Feds Bag Fugitive In Malaysia; Man Accused Of Running Utah, Colorado Home Hijacking, Rent Skimming Scams Targeting Properties In Foreclosure

In Denver, Colorado, KUSA-TV Channel 9 reports:

• The man 9Wants to Know exposed for running one of the most sophisticated rental schemes in Colorado is under arrest after U.S. Marshals took him into custody in Malaysia and flew him to Los Angeles [...]. 9Wants to Know has learned FBI agents in Denver are now investigating his rental scheme, and plan on presenting their findings to federal prosecutors in Colorado.

• Gordon Miller has been on the run since 2005 when Utah federal prosecutors charged him with running a very similar scheme that took money from Utah residents. He's lived in Malaysia for at least the past nine months. When 9Wants to Know showed U.S. Marshals in Utah that Miller was still running another operation in Colorado, U.S. Marshals worked with the State Department who revoked Miller's U.S. passport due to his fugitive status stemming from the 2005 case, according to Utah Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Mike Wingert. Without a valid passport, the Malaysian government picked him up on immigration violations, Wingert said. U.S. Marshal Deputies then took him into custody and flew him to Los Angeles. [...] It is likely that Miller will then be brought to Utah to face his charges.

For more, see Man behind alleged rental scheme arrested in Asia.

(1) 9Wants to Know discovered Miller recently targeted Coloradans using the name Greg Castle. 9NEWS exposed how Miller/Castle searched bankruptcy records to find people having trouble paying their mortgage. He then sent letters and left phone messages to convince those homeowners they had to move out of their homes. Several homeowners told 9Wants to Know they believed the letters and voicemail messages were coming from someone working on behalf of their mortgage companies. Once homeowners moved from the homes Miller put rental ads on Craigslist.