Real Estate Investment Fraud in North Carolina?
I sent K to McGee Investment Group in NC last March 2008 to invest on an East Plaza Development project in Kansas City, MO.
Here is what happened -
1.) McGee received my K
2.) McGee said he gave the K to the builder of the property in MO. (The plan was for me to receive 00/mo for two years plus the principle investment of K at the end of two years.)
3.) Two months later, Thomas McGee said there was a problem with the builder in MO.
4.) I sent numerous emails (for weeks) requesting information about the reason they had a problem in details.
5.) Finally, Thomas McGee said he had a private holding company (He will not tell me the name of the holding company) to buy me (investors of East Plaza development) out. He said he got the report from the holding company.
6.) Without any solid information or report, Thomas said the holding company offered me K to buy me out plus K at the end of two years after the project is completed in MO.
7.) I waited for months and sent emails and emails requesting him to send us the report. He gave me some bullshit stories like "My computer crashed", "I completely forgot", and "The report was sent" and I never got any report and the later he said "it must be lost in the PO".
8.) Finally, we had enough and demanded K to be sent back to us. He said he would do that.
9.) Thomas changed stories like "due to the bad economy, we have to close all my properties in order to pay all of my investors including you"
10) This month (Nov), he said he has been sending checks and transferred funds to my investors all week and let me see where we stopped today where you money is located"
11.) I told him "I can have to talk to my attorney about this and he said "he would be welcomed to have your attorney to talk to my legal council about this".
This whole thing forced me to work second job to pay for the K loan. I had a difficult finding attorney who will take action against them in NC from Dallas where I live.
Any advice what I need to do first? We REALLY need the K back!
Thank you!
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2 comments
Net Advisor on July 3, 2009 at 10:25 pm
It looks like you have been had.
You should have known better, but you were greedy into thinking that a $20,000 investment in REAL ESTATE would bring you 100% a year interest on your money ($3500 mo x 12 = $42,000).
What planet have you been living on? The real estate market peaked in spring 2006, and even at the top, NO ONE on this planet (Earth) was offering even a 10% return on REITS.
You will need an attorney and prob file a report claiming fraud. Save any docs you received.
Odds are you will never see that money again.
enoriverbend on July 3, 2009 at 10:25 pm
If you really suspect a scam or fraud, which sounds likely, contact the North Carolina Attorney General’s office for assistance:
http://www.ncdoj.com/consumerprotection/cp_complaints.jsp
If on the other hand you just made a bad investment, there’s probably not much hope.