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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
One week to go
Posted by The Loan Officer at 9:22PM No comments:
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On August 11, 2011 I was indicted by the US Department of
Justice as the “Mastermind” of a $66 million dollar mortgage fraud.
Since that time there has been much erroneous information
written about me on the internet, I plan to put the story from my point of
view. The most important thing I want to
say is “I’m Guilty”! I would also like
to state that I have absolutely no ill will toward the Government’s prosecuting
team, or the FBI agents who investigated me.
The Judge who sentenced me is Robert Patterson, a decorated war veteran,
who at 90+ years old was as compassionate as he could be under the “Federal
Guidelines”. Honestly, the Federal
Government has a job to do once you are arrested. They do not investigate cases unless they
believe there will be a conviction. The FBI
agents and the government prosecutors want to come down hard on criminals. I never realized until my indictment the type
of serious criminal they believe I am. I
do now.
I am just as “happy” today as I have been for my entire
life. I am not bitter, and I do count my
blessings!! Honestly, I think that everything happens for a reason and the best
is yet to come. I always enjoyed my
life, seen the brighter side and laughed at what others stress over. I still do.
Yes, they have taken my ability to have all that money,
cars, condos, vacations, clothes, watches, shoes, etc, blah, blah and blah. I
plan to get all those things again LEGALLY!
For the most part I have my health, my family and TRUE close
friends. Al those material items were a
lot of fun. I am still ME, with the
money or not! Oh yeah, once all the
money was gone, all my “YES MEN” such as my attorneys, sales managers,
co-workers, loan officers, loan processors and staff suddenly became “perfect
citizens” and shunned me. They made all
this illegal money with me, but since they didn’t get caught, I was the bad
guy. Most of them, I am stunned were not
indicted, but they have to live with the possibility the government can indict
them at any time. For me, it is over,
and I am ready to serve my sentence, obey the law and move on. Through it all I have the love, admiration
and support of my oldest son, who I am forever proud of. Likewise, my daughter feels the same and nothing
has changed. She has had a rockier road
than any of us and is on the road to recovery.
More recently, she has come into her own and I love her and look forward
to my time with her in the future.
Unfortunately I have not seen my youngest son anywhere near what I hoped
for, and I’m afraid I won’t see him throughout my entire incarceration. This is my greatest regret. It is what I look forward to most when I am
released.
I still have the passion to watch and follow everything
about my favorite sports teams, NY JETS, NY KNICK and the NY METS; once
incarcerated I’ll be watching my team in prison as well. I play basketball with about 30 of the
greatest guys in the universe. We go out
socially, and most of these guys pick up the tab. I have been fortunate to be a guest at friend’s
pools clubs, Hampton houses, and been invited to so many events, ranging from
benefits for autistic children to holiday parties and private club
functions. I have found accepting people
everywhere.
This entire process was made much clearer to me by reading
various blogs on the internet. I hope to
inform others who, like me, got indicted, arrested and plead guilty, or were
found guilty after trial. I can only
inform others who have been indicted by the Federal Government. I also can count my blessings that I am being
incarcerated by the FEDS. Prison lore
has it that the FEDS to a better job. As
I said, I have a lot of support from friends and family. I enjoy as much as I can, with what little I
have left. BTW. Did I mention I wear an
ankle bracelet? Yes, I do and sometimes I don’t even know it is on. I go into the pool or ocean with it on and it
has just become a part of my body. I
have a curfew, and over the past 22 months, it has never been violated. So, socially, really nothing has changed,
except I am completely broke.
I hope to help others who are facing what I am going
through. I plan to inform everyone who
is interested with monthly updates about prison life to give a clearer picture
of what it is truly like. Two years ago,
after I was initially indicted, I went through hell and was completely stressed
out, not knowing what would happen.
I read a blog by Jonathan Soto. It was a life saver. He explained the process from indictment
through incarceration in an easy to read form.
So I plan to do the same thing.
Blog writing is new to me.
I will be working with a very close friend to me update the blogs. I still do not know where I’m being sent to
serve my sentence. I will post my
address for anyone who would like to contact me. I will do my best to answer via post mail or
maybe on my blog. It is all new to me so
I cannot guarantee anything and I must conform to the rules of the institution
where I will be incarcerated.
