Beware Of Sovereign Citizen Movement Peddling Worthless Service To Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

In Orlando, Florida, WKMG-TV Channel 6 reports:

• The words are stamped in red across every page of the bank foreclosure notice. Statements such as "United States is a for-profit corporation and is bankrupt," or, "No consent to forced seizure by sale or takings," cover the foreclosure papers without any apparent purpose.

• Yet, over the past nine months, court clerks in Lake County report they have received a handful of foreclosure documents covered in the same random words and statements.

• Paul Urmson had some of those statements stamped on his foreclosure notice. He is about to lose his Lake County home to foreclosure. [...] Urmson said a friend guaranteed he would save his home. He claimed the government already had $800,000 set aside in his name. [...] He was told to pay $1,000 for the service and mail the documents to the Lake County Court. He never did.

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• Matt Englett, managing partner of the KEL law firm, said his staff has seen a few of those stamped documents from clients who had turned to his firm for help. KEL specializes in mortgage foreclosure cases. "Courts do not recognize this, and any court that sees this will not give it any credibility," Englett said.

• The veteran attorney said the bigger issue is the sovereign movement's sales pitch. "I don't think the courts waste a lot of time on these things, but I'm more concerned about people spending $1,000, which is probably all the money they have on something that will not work," he said.

For the story, see Lawyers Warn Against Foreclosure Quick Fix (Anti-Tax Group's Propaganda Shows Up In Local Foreclosure Courts).

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