A handful of individuals have had charges filed against them for allegedly collecting debts from individuals but not remitting those payments to the agency’s clients.
The names of those charged are: Timothy Burke, Jr., Deisi Rivera, Angela Covarrubias, Veronica Ventura, and Elizabeth Olvera. The defendants used a number of different fraudulent collection agencies, which went by the names of Nationwide Debt Busters, Walker Adams & Associates, Financial Service Bureau, Steven Chasity & Associates, and Rutter Riesman & Associates.
The charges include money laundering, grand theft, theft from an elder, and conspiracy to commit false advertising, according to a published report. As well, the members of the group have been charged with an aggravated white-collar crime enhancement of stealing more than $100,000. The exact amount that was taken as part of the scam was not made public.
