This report isn't againt the business (Gotta Have Shoes) listed, rather it is against the owner of that business... Prior to opening Gotta Have Shoes the owner had a less than shining reputation, as you will read below.
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In I underwent an identity theft by a person named Eric Rommelle Bartolome Asahan. This identity theft ruined my credit, and very nearly destroyed my life. Upon doing additional investigation into this person, I found out that I had not been the first person that had been victimized by Asahan.
I knew Asahan before before Gotta Have Shoes existed. Based upon what I've learned of this person, I find it hard to believe that Asahan has changed.
Asahan had been given limited power of attorney to access my bank accounts and pay my bills, since I was working overseas. I later learned that Asahan also had stolen my credit card numbers.
At the very end of the year 1999, Asahan cleared out my bank accounts, and 'double-maxed' my credit cards. Asahan attempted to make it look like a Y2K computer glitch, which slowed the banks' attempts at figuring out what had happened.
The method of 'double-maxing' the credit cards was thusly:
Asahan had been collecting the cash-advance checks that the credit card companies sometimes include with the bills they send out. Asahan had access to my credit card bills, because I was working overseas, and allowed Asahan to pay my bills while I was away. Asahan used these cash-advance checks to max out the credit cards.
Asahan then went on a shopping spree, purchasing high-value gemstones using my credit cards. The gemstones were purchased from a cable TV show in the Seattle, WA area that sold precious stones. The purchases happened before the cash-advance checks could clear.
The net effect is that my credit cards were 'double-maxed', at twice their credit limit.
Asahan then bought a plane ticket to Manila, Philippines, and smuggled the gemstones out of the US. From Manila, Asahan then went by car to Olongapo, Philippines.
Asahan's mother (Lucy Bartolome) is a compulsive gambler, and gambled most of the money away in a short period of time in the Olongapo casinos, which forced Asahan to return to the US to initiate another scam.
Before Asahan returned to the US, however, he underwent a sex change operation, and began using the name Erica Rommelle Bartolome Asahan. This occurred in Manila, Philippines, in 2001.
The current target of Asahan's scam is one Greg McKim, owner of McKim Mortgage, in Bellevue, WA. Greg was taken in by Asahan, and they ended up marrying.
Asahan's modus operandi is to establish rapport with the impending victim, gain their trust, and establish that Asahan is an 'expert' in the field of finance. Asahan then offers to do the books for the impending victim, whether it be for their personal finances or for their business.
Asahan then begins 'cooking the books' to cover up the embezzlement taking place. Asahan holds a dual citizenship (US, Philippines), and uses that to easily move between the two countries when laundering the stolen money.
It is my belief that Asahan's scam is currently taking place at McKim Mortgage. Asahan has an email address under the '@mckimmortgage.com' domain ([email protected]), and thus is working there. And, of course, Asahan is now married to Greg McKim.
Based upon the fact that McKim Mortgage received a $385,000.00 loan from the Small Business Administration in I believe that Greg McKim was targeted for Asahan's scam.
Http://www.sba. Gov/loans/businessdetail/output/buswa.html
Erica Rommelle Bartolome Asahan - McKim
(aka Eric Rommelle Bartolome Asahan)
Owner of:
Gotta Have Shoes
262 169th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98008
United States
Phone: 1 (425) 460-8316
[email protected]
Married to Greg McKim, owner of:
McKim Mortgage Inc.
10047 Main St.
Ste. 101
Bellevue, WA 98004
Contact Information
Phone: 425-401-8368
Noy
Nowhere, Saskatchewan
Canada
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