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Fraudulent Escrow Documents

8th of Jan, 2016 by dupedinCt

On or about October 10th 2015 I was introduced to Jeffrey Lustbader of Commercial Mortgage City and POF-1 to facilitate a POF Escrow transcation for a client in the Caribbean.

Jeffrey in turn introduced me to his funds "provider" Globus Capital Holdings located in Downey California run by a one Albertus "Albert" Diaz and a Santos Lozoya. Both claim to be private equity bankers with ties to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.

My client needed a POF of $30,000,000 and a physical Escrow of $10,000,000 to satisfy requirements for the reorganization of hospitality assets he owned. I was assured by all parties that this was a typical transaction for them and they had performed many times. I was quoted a fee of $425,000 which is below typical for a transaction of this type.

I was supplied with sample documents and wire instructions to a Paymaster called "Puissant Progression Group" as I could find no information on Puissant I becamse a bit suspicious and began to investigate further.

Simple searches on Globus tunred up a website globuscapitalholding.com which has since been taken offline. The Globus website listed the company as formerly being Pacific West Equities. A check with the Nevada SOS where the company is registered showed the Company owned by a Novus LLC. The website listed several companies located in Los Anglees CA that were part of Globus's "Holdings" These companies included the Los Angeles Aztecs Soccer Team which has been defunct since the 1970's and sseveral other companies that searxhes on all lead to dead ends. I could find nothing on the compaines "president" Albertus either other than a linkedin page.

I presented my findings to Jeffrey Lustbader who claimed to have done "dozens" of transactions with them and proceeded to recite their resumes. Lawyers Bankers Real Estate Agents Who would "never ruin thier reputations." I decided in the interest of protecting myself and my client to go small and test the Escrow with a $25,000 deposit and $1500 for the Escrow Agent

I received a letter on October 13th from Newcomer Escrow located in Tustin California verifiying they were holding $2,000,000 for the benefit of my client. The letter was signed by Senior Escrow Officer Mirtys Rodriguez and Compliance Officer Tyrone Harris. The initial email stated for faster verification we were to call the agents who signed the letter directly raher than through the company switchboard. I also recieved from Jeffrey personally an EDI tear sheet (fake) showing a $2m wire into Newcomer from Banamex Bank ( who was shuttered by citibank for money laudnering suspicion) which was also signed with Mirtys Rodriguez signature

When looking at the Escrow Letter I became increasingly suspicious as Tyrone Harris had been the signature on the sample POF doc as a Managing Partner of Globus. I googled Mirtys Rodriguez and found that she was banned from employment in the Escrow industry for impropriety. I brought this information to Jeffrey Lustbader and was informed by him via email that there was a signature error and that the blacked out name i read as Tyrone Harris was a mistake on my part and that Mirtys Rodriguez had merely been suspended and had since been reintated. As we had already submitted our documents I was in no position to rebut these points.

Over the course of the next 4 weeks I recieved numerous emails from Jefrey Lustbader asking if we would be sending the other $400,000. During this time the entity that required the Escrow called Newcomer Escrow and reached the owner Christopjer Newcomer. Mr Newcomer stated that although no escrow like that had ever been held at his company he remebers "working on it but not completeing the transaction" Within 2 hours of that conversation taking place I received an email from Jeffrey stating that someone had called to verify the escrow but it had since expired and we were not to call again.

I called Jeffrey the next day to discuss as to why the owner would not say expired rahter than no escrow ever existed. I was told by Jeffrey that there was mixup and that the escrow had actually been held at an Aegis Escrow and that I had been informed as such but must have missed the email. This email does not exist.

I called Newcomer peronally and asked to speak with Mirtys and was told she wasn;t in tie office. I called the licensing agency in her state and learned that she was not and ative escrow oficer and was in fact banned from employment. Newcomer stated she was a sales agent with no access to files. Both she and Tyrone Harriss claim Globus owner Albertus forged their signatures and neither ever had any intention of verifying the escrow even though someone called Jeffrey to tip him off that it was being called for verification.

I sent a group email to all parties and the finger pointing began and cries of innocecne were had from all. Except Albertus who called me a bitch and said he wanted to fly to where I am and straighten me out. Alberts web pages and linkedin have since been deleted but not before he changed his name to Antonio Perez. A lexis/nexis background check on Albert prove his entire resume and education backgorund false. A background check on Santos Lozoya show he was previously convicted of escrow fraud and had his real estate brokers license revoked as a result. Mt Lustbader will protest that he was "just a broker" but he lied,backed up lies and drove the deal from day one. His website POF-1 claims he is the provider of legitmate valid POF and Escrow products and he claimed dozens of deals with these guys that never took place.

If you have dealt with any of these characters and have Escrow letters from Newcomer or Aegis Escrow they are fake. Any POF letters showing funds held by Globus are fake they cannot be verified as real funds and you were scammed. Most of the players here benefitted financially from this scam the ones that didnt I beleive were willing to look the otjer way. If you have had any experiece with thse people along these lines feel free to leave a contact me as I have made reports to all the proper agencies and authorities.

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