1 Of 5BEVERLY TRAN DLBA 4239 Tyler, Detroit. MI 48238
[email protected] http://beverlytran.com 313-455-8882 313-312-5195 July 1, 2016 State of Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission 535 Griswold, Suite 1700 Detroit, MI 48226 RE: DETROIT LAND BANK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; ATTORNEYS ACTING IN THE CAPACITIES OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS WITHOUT LICENSE, P.A. 299 OF 1980, MCL 339.2508, AND OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS Rebecca Camargo, Quiet Title Principal Attorney, P66013 Michael Brady, General Counsel, P72314 Tammy Daniels, Deputy General Counsel, P53705 Leor Barak, Compliance Manager, P72590 falsely listed business address, non profit? J 590 Jeffrey Perlman, Associate Attorney P80517 (Not sure) not listed as LB Ebony Jamison, Quiet Title Staff Attorney, P75856 Michael Donovan, Quiet Title Staff Attorney. P32319 Andrew Sarazin, Quiet Title Staff Attorney P76964 Kerlynne Alexis-Pinkins, Staff Attorney (P# not found) Wayne Garris, Staff Attorney P79806 J. Gabriel Guerrero, Staff Attorney P72691 http://beverlytran.com http://votingisbeautiful.com http://detroitlandbankauthority.com 2 Of 5 Terre McKinney, Staff Attorney (P# not found) Brooke Jordan, Staff Attorney P65301 )not sure Giuseppe Palazzolo, Associate Attorney P79176 Corporate standing The Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation, (hereinafter DLBCDC) a registered Michigan Domestic Non-Profit Corporation, State ID #70883X , and FEIN #27-1170869 which operates without issuance of real estate brokerage license of the State of Michigan. The Detroit Land Bank Authority (with the assumed name of DLBA) is a Michigan Limited Liability Corporation, State ID# E85432, and FEIN #81-3058814. The DLBCDC fraudulently represents itself in the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan, as a fictional “quasi-governmental organization”: (1) as the plaintiff, “DLBA” in all Quiet Title Actions; and, as in all filings with the Wayne County Register of Deeds. when it is a domestic corporation under the State of Michigan, with its articles of incorporation never amended to properly identify its Registered Agent's properly recognized address and its purpose is contrary to being, in any shape or form, engaged in real estate transactions, thereby, not even being close to be considered for even entertaining an argument that “they are a real estate broker”. Its restated articles of incorporation purpose states, in full: The purposes for which the Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation (the “Corporation”) is organized are to receive and administer funds exclusively for charitable, education and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In particular, the Corporation is organized to serve the people of the City of Detroit, Michigan through the advancement of economic welfare, by making available technical assistance, training, and capital for the establishment of new enterprises and the growth of existing enterprises, through the promotion of community development, and through the provision of affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income (including making distributions to other Code Section 501(C)(3) organizations). (emphasis added). This has nothing, whatsoever, to do with real estate brokerage. The DLBCDC under the guise of DLBA stipulates in its Purchase Agreement that it possesses the right to levy property taxes. 6. Responsibility for Taxes, Utilities, and Other Charges. A. Seller, at its sole cost and expense, will be responsible for any real property taxes due prior to July 1, 2014 or other recorded lien charges assessed against the Property for prior calendar years, and Purchaser will be responsible for paying real property taxes http://beverlytran.com http://votingisbeautiful.com http://detroitlandbankauthority.com 3 Of 5 assessed against the Property after July 1, 2014 and all future years B. Purchaser will pay any transfer taxes, revenue or documentary stamps, costs of recording the Deed, title search fee, Pre-sale inspection fee, closing fee, recording fee, tax certification fee and any other charges customarily incurred in the sale of real property in Wayne County, Michigan. The DLBCDC holds public auction, via internet, under the guise of “Building Detroit”, a Michigan corporation which has been dissolved, without disclosing that the State Circuit Court has granted any orders. With my property, after I had signed and notarized the Purchase Agreement, I was informed that there were “legal issues with the title”. Manipulating the public record Not only was I sold a house this DLBCDC did not own, it was processed through the Court, without demonstrating legal standing, as a Quiet Title action, not once, 14-012119-CH, but twice, 15-008639- CH, where the first action, was filed before Wayne County had issued certificate of foreclosure. Quit claim deeds are issued as “DLBA” and does not specify in what capacity (ie. Corporation, individual), automatically nullifying any legality of the instrument. Tax fraud There are no taxes due, yet DLBCDC levies an arbitrary and capricious amount of past due taxes, of which it is then instructed for the purchaser to have a bank issue a certified cashier check to TSI, inc. (Title Source, Inc.), and not the DLBA. This is nothing but a “bait and switch”. The fictitiously levied taxes and fraudulent fees places the successful bidder in a position to either lose the entire submitted bid, without any legal recourse, according to the stated policies of the Detroit Land Bank-Auction, another artificially perpetrated legal entity, or are presented with the option of securing a mortgage with their banking partners. Pursuant to MCL 124.759 (11)(c) it states in full: (c) That all liens against the property, including any lien for unpaid taxes or special assessments, except future installments of special assessments and liens recorded by this state or the authority under the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106, are extinguished. According to the Wayne County delinquent tax rolls and City of Detroit property tax records, and court records, there were no outstanding taxes. The City of Detroit issued a refund check to TSI, inc., after collecting a special sewage fee, yet the Wayne County Treasurer issued a full refund of fraudulently levied taxes. This begs the questions, “From where did this money come and where did it go?” http://beverlytran.com http://votingisbeautiful.com http://detroitlandbankauthority.com 4 Of 5 Fraudulent title searches Then, the DLBCDC not only levies taxes, but double bills for title work which is never done. Cost reimbursements for title searches were submitted to City Council, and approved, for the filing of Quiet Title actions, of which this property was billed and processed twice in the court. Then, to make natters ever more egregious, I was billed for title search upon the so-called closing. If title search was properly executed, then why is it that Quiet Title proceedings were initiated before the property was issued a certificate of tax foreclosure by the County and why was the Quit Claim Deed issued with improper address? Compliance The DLBCDC believes it is in the business of municipal code enforcement, without any working agreement, oversight, or right of grievance. As a threat tactic, it whimsically sets its own codes and stipulations, charges for it, then manipulates the purchaser of the property to pay the City for services which have been phased out. I was billed for a pre-sale inspection of a two family home, yet, the sale and deed reflected a one family home. The City of Detroit never received the money, as all money is kept by DLBCDC as it has no “quasi-governmental” instrument of agreement with the City. It is my belief that the DLBCDC has also added on another layer of fraudulent billing by submitting false cost reimbursements to the Hardest Hit Fund as the services of title search and pre-sale inspections are part of the acquisition process, the first leg of the program model for rehabilitation or demolition. Wayne County Deed Fraud Unit It is also my belief the Wayne County Criminal Prosecutor Deed Fraud Division is directly working behind the scenes with the DLBCDC to improperly “hand over” property, circumventing the legal process for the purposes of generating profit for under its tax exempt status, under the strawman, “Detroit Land Bank”. I spoke to Ms. Jackson, who refused to give her first name, of the Deed Fraud Unit, whose miserable deportment instructed me that she “works directly with Rebecca Camargo on a daily basis” and informed me that she was going to share my information with her. Rebecca Camargo, according to Craig Fahle, a public representative of the DLBCDC, is the Principle Attorney of the DLBCDC, has threatened to file for reconveyance of my property while, in the same breath, telling me that “You have no right to complain. You have no civil rights.” Rebecca Camargo is a former Wayne County Prosecutor and it is believed she is the individual who is circumventing the recordkeeping process of the chain of command for properties. Simply put, she is acquiring properties from the Deed Fraud Unit to be sold through the DLBCDC without documenting. It is believed that this pattern of practice in fraudulent cost-reimbursements may also be applied to http://beverlytran.com http://votingisbeautiful.com http://detroitlandbankauthority.com 5 Of 5 properties slated for demolition. Once demolished, there is no evidence. Therefore, I am requesting this honorable body to address these aforementioned issues by shutting this criminal enterprise down with referral to the proper jurisdictions for full prosecution and recovery as the actions and inactions of the DLBCDC severely compromises the integrity of the State of Michigan and the well-being of the people of the City of Detroit. With sincerity and serenity, /s/Beverly Tran http://beverlytran.com http://votingisbeautiful.com http://detroitlandbankauthority.com