In February I hired a company to do a Restructure for my mortgage loan. Due to being scammed by RMA legal a modification and swindled by Real Estate law center LLC, I wanted to make sure it wasn't just bells, whistles and smoke blowing.
I was told to stop paying the bogus trial modification and pay my initial fees through wire to Michael Rockman the beneficiary for Tri-West USA located at 3435 Wilshire Boulevard CA. I made two wire transfers to him, following my litigator/intake person of this group, Dominic Bradford, strict instruction.
Dominic was very up beat and friendly seeming to be on the up and up when I first sent money. It took a turn in April when he said the trustees of my account wanted more money so they wanted another 1200.00. I could not even begin to pay that since I had just given 2400.00 at the beginning of march. Dominic said he would talk to them. So he came back with 700.00 and it needed to be sent today. I told him I worked until close of banking hours and he told me to Western Union the money to Michael D Grinnell. 700.00 minus the fee of 58.00 was sent. Then Dominic came back with they still need 300.00. So I told him I couldn't and again he said he would talk to them, what could I send, I didn't have an amount.
You see where this was going. I send a little and he asks for a little more, so eventually he got 1167.00 more plus fees. I did not have it to give but in smaller increments 1200.00 was almost doable. I stopped getting phone calls, texts, voice messages and emails. I started to get worried because there wasn't any communication returned. when I finally got a hold of him it was because I got a letter to foreclose on my home.
Dominic said it was a scared tactic and it was fine he was talking to the bank. the second letter came in the mail saying not to ignore the foreclosure letters, and then was a letter of an actual sale date. I immediately started to call repeatedly, leaving messages to call back I had a date of sale. No calls, no answered emails, text's nothing. I then sent an email requesting the names of the bank personnel, the third party advocate the federal treasury had sent on my behalf and the information he had obtained from the forensic audit the he had sent the QWR form to the bank for. I finally got a response saying he had been sick, he had been in court and he did not get my emails, which had all been sent to the exact email address he was answering from.
Dominic said don't do anything let me talk to the bank and I'll call you back. I did not hear back from him, so I started to call email text and voice message him as well as leaving messages with his secretary. He finally answered one of my phone calls a week before my house was due to sell and told me to file a bankruptcy. What the f??? I don't know how to do that. Dominic said it was easy take these three papers to the court house. What? I can't get off work. Dominic said it just takes a couple minutes, you can drop them after work. What does it cost? and what was the 3000.00 plus for? Dominic didn't answer. Aren't you supposed to be doing this? Dominic finally replied with a brief call saying it was going to be about 75.00 call him when I have the file number. What the F???
So it is 310.00 to file a bankruptcy. It is far more than 3 papers, and that is only the beginning. I was told to file a skeletal bankruptcy to stop foreclosure because then Dominic could get the modification to go through. I did not want to lose my home so I filed about 8 pages of detailed information, had to take a credit course to get a certificate and it got dismissed because I couldn't fill out the rest of the papers because my intake guy, Dominic said he was going to help me with them and never did.
I have now been trying to get my money back, and they aren't answering or emailing or faxing back. No Different than Dominic who has been conveniently let go. I have sent multiple written requests starting in August and specifically in October on the 29th 2015. I got a couple of calls asking for proof, which I faxed them to Robert Shapiro which I am not sure of the spelling of his last name and Alex Roth, again not sure of the spelling and their receptionist Angie and still nothing and no more returned phone calls, emails or Faxes
On January 6 I made another call to Tri-West USA in hope to hear an actual person. Alex Roth did in fact answer my call. When I asked if there was any news about my refund he said they had the check for 2400.00 and I asked what about the Money I was made to pay Trustee Michael D Grinnell under the directions from Dominic Bradford who was no longer working for their company, he said that they were not responsible for that money, they do not know Michael D Grinnell and he was not their employee, plus they do not accept Western Union as a form of payment. I asked then why did Dominic suggest I pay someone that didn't work for them and why did their employee Dominic Bradford have me pay through Western Union? Alex said that I would have to call this Grinn and I corrected him, "Michael D Grinnell", and I said I do not have his information only the name and that he picked up my money for Dominic Bradford as My trustee appointed by Their employee Dominic Bradford. He said he has a check for 2400.00 that he will send once I take down my complaint from RipOff Report, so I asked what complaint? He said that his boss was very angry and that they have lost a lot of business because of it and once I take down my complaint He will send my check of 2400.00 Fed Ex and the tracking number. I have sent a couple from when I was working with Dominic Bradford that is no longer with their company. Alex said he would send me the Link. So today as I was getting ready remove the complaint, when I noticed that there was another complaint filed on Jan 5th and then in his comment on January the 6th probably after being asked to remove his complaint, he mentioned that Dominic was going to be working with him? So if Dominic is still working with them why isn't he returning my email, faxes, voicemail or texts? And why am I now having to work with Alex Roth? I do apologize that my complaint lost them business, however, I am not sorry. The fact Remains they have taken money that they should not have, they have handled my account very poorly through Dominic Bradford. They are not willing to pay back the entire amount I have paid into due to their Employee Dominic Bradford who is/was working under their Company Name of Tri-West USA. They offer no retribution for my loan now being outrageously behind, extra attorney fees added, negative escrow added, damaging my credit further, making a restructure or modification possibly impossible due to Dominic telling me to stop payment on my checks to the bank and wire money to TriWest USA to start my case, and having me to file a bankruptcy on my own without TriWest Representation because Dominic Bradford told me I had to so that the bank would do what they are supposed to do by federal guidelines and then the modification would go through. So I cannot take down my complaint I did apologize and I will wait for my Check, but I am going to continue to pursue this matter further. I do not think that I should be taken advantage of because I am a woman, or because I am a mom of 5, or because I am a single income individual, or because I am in a position of needing help and have trusted Tri-West USA after being scammed by other's and told that everything was going to be ok and that's why He makes six figures as Dominic Bradford told me. I do hope that anyone that reads these posts thinks very hard before signing anything or sending any money to companies. I know the struggle of barely getting by and being behind and how hard it is to let go of a hundred dollars and being asked for thousands.
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