JNS BLOG SUPER EXCLUSIVE: Victims Of North Minneapolis Identity Theft Scheme Win Judgment Of $849,131.54

Contributed photo, 1564 Hillside Ave. N. around the time it was
sold for an inflated sum, blog post by John Hoff

John Foster and Melony Michaels, who were the victims of a mortgage fraud scheme involving 1564 Hillside Ave. N. (pictured above) and one other property, have won a civil suit filed against participants in the scheme. Click here to read the entire Order For Damages, issued recently by the Honorable Judge Mel Dickstein.

After a long and difficult struggle, this judgment is a massive victory and may very well be the largest civil judgment ever won by a victim of mortgage fraud. (That is entirely speculative, and if anybody can ferret out contrary information please post it) While the civil suit was complicated enough, the shocking facts in the criminal case tumbled injuriously like a dum dum bullet and gave rise to...

Civil Trial Stemming From 1564 Hillside Ave. N. Mortgage Fraud Wraps Up In 45 Minutes, Plaintiff Was Unopposed...

Contributed photo, blog post by John Hoff

For years, this blog has followed the many twists and turns of the Larry Maxwell criminal trial and the civil suit which emerged as a result of Maxwell's mortgage fraud. The fraud involved 1564 Hillside Ave. N. (pictured above around the time it was sold for a ridiculous and inflated sum of money) as well as one other property. In summary, the fraud was accomplished because of identity theft. A mild mannered UPS delivery driver named John Foster, who had assiduously built up a lifetime of perfect credit, was impersonated by an "imposter Foster" who was actually a crackhead piece of crap named Jerome Kingrussell.

 As a result of the scheme, the real John Foster's credit (as well as that of his wife) was wiped out and they experienced financial problems.

Larry Maxwell, who now sits in prison, was the mastermind behind the scheme but other little fish were involved, including former JACC executive director Jerry Moore. Regular readers know how much this blogger has gone through to be able to write that previous sentence about Jerry Moore being involved, and so permit me a moment to pour relish upon that hotdog of a sentence.

There were many twists and turns leading to the civil trial, but at long last the trial took place this morning, Monday December 3. No defendants even showed up to oppose the plaintiff in court. To be perfectly fair, some of the defendants are in prison and so showing up would have been difficult, but no legal counsel showed up on their behalf, either. The trial wrapped up in about 45 minutes and was a one-sided presentation of...

PART THREE, Jerry Moore vs. John Hoff a/k/a Johnny Northside Case Argued Before Minnesota State Court Of Appeals, Meanwhile "Third Amended" Lawsuit Names Moore And Describes His Purported Key Role In The Mortgage Fraud At 1564 Hillside Ave. N.

Photo, (taken circa 2008 at "mortgage outreach" event Moore helped organize) blog post by John Hoff

This post primarily concerns the "strange bounce of the legal ping-pong ball" which made Jerry Moore a defendant, once again, in the civil suit filed over the mortgage fraud at 1564 Hillside Ave. N.

Meanwhile, I am appealing a judgment in a defamation lawsuit which involves writing stuff about Moore being "involved" in the mortgage fraud at 1564 Hillside Ave. N., shortly before he lost a job at the University of Minnesota where he (stomp stomp) researched stuff involving MORTGAGES.

Click here for Part One, a neighborhood in turmoil, Moore at the center of the storm.

Click here for Part Two, a tale of two trials deeply rooted in North Minneapolis issues.

So, to continue: Melony Michaels and John Foster, who were the identity theft victims of Larry Maxwell's "imposter Foster," (a crackhead named Kingrussel) filed a lawsuit against a host of individuals and business alleged to be liable for the damages they suffered from having a lifetime of carefully-managed credit torpedoed like the Lusitania.

But the first lawyer they hired (through a prepaid legal plan) did a terrible job...