Michigan Man Faces Larceny Charges In Alleged Ripoff Disguised As Loan Modification Help

In Washtenaw County, Michigan, AnnArbor.com reports:

• He offered to help struggling homeowners save their Saline homes from foreclosure, but authorities say all Bryan Crevier delivered were empty promises and widespread fraud. Crevier, 48, is charged with multiple counts of larceny for allegedly swindling nearly $10,000 from three Saline women within a few months in 2008.

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• Saline police began investigating Crevier in the spring of 2008 when three city residents reported he took money from each of them up front for loan refinancing services like closing costs, appraisals and fees. The women, ages 47, 58, and 60, were all friends dealing with financial hardship and were in danger of losing their homes.

• Though he presented himself as a mortgage modification consultant and had each resident fill out official applications, Crevier never filed the women’s paperwork with lending institutions, police reports said. By the time they suspected him of fraud, Crevier had stopped returning their phone calls and e-mails. When officers visited his Troy home that fall, it was vacant and appeared abandoned, police said. [...] Crevier is also charged with one count of larceny by false pretenses of more than $20,000 in Macomb County.

For more, see Grosse Pointe man accused of swindling Saline residents out of money for foreclosure help.