HIS BUSINESS AFTER CONSTRUCTION
BEGINS.
>>> A CENTENNIAL COUPLE IS
LOSING MONEY DUE TO FRAUD.
>> THEY SAY THERE WAS AN EFFORT
TO STOP A WIRE TRANSFER FROM
GOING THROUGH.
GOOD EVENING, I'M ANNE
TRUJILLO.
>> I'M SHANNON OGDEN.
DENVER7'S LANCE HERNANDEZ
TALKED TO THE COUPLE.
>> Reporter: SHANE AND CANDACE
BUTCHER SOLD THEIR HOUSE IN
LONGMONT AND WERE USING
PROCEEDS AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON A
NEW HOME IN PARKER.
THEY WANTED TO BE CLOSER TO
THEIR SON AND BIG ENOUGH FOR
GRANDCHILDREN BUT THEY LOST THE
DOWN PAYMENT IN A WIRE TRANSFER
SCAM.
THEY ALLEGE THAT THE REALTOR,
TITLE AND MORTGAGE COMPANIES
DID NOT LEARN ENOUGH TO PROTECT
SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND THE
BANK OBSTRUCTED EFFORTS TO KEEP
THE MONEY FROM GOING OVERSEAS.
>> WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DOWN
PAYMENT TO GO BUY ANOTHER HOME.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE NOW
LIVING IN THE BASEMENT OF THEIR
SON'S HOME IN CENTENNIAL.
>> I WAS SICK.
I MEAN, THAT WAS OUR LIFE
SAVINGS.
EVERYTHING WE HAD BUILT UP IN
OUR HOME
>> Reporter: THEY SAY THE
REALTOR TOLD THEM THEY RECEIVED
WIRING INSTRUCTIONS FROM
SHANNON RYAN WITH LAND TITLE
GUARANTEE.
WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE CLOSING
STATEMENT, THE AMOUNT FO THE
WIRING MATCHED THAT ON THEIR
STATEMENTS.
SO, THEY WENT TO WELLS FARGO
AND ROUTED THE MONEY.
TURNS OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE
FRAUDULENT.
THE FBI HAS WHAT IS CALLED A
FINANCIAL PRODUCT KILL CHAIN TO
STOP OVERSEAS TRANSFERS.
>> NOT ONLY DI THEY NOT EVEN
TELL THEM, HEY, JUST MAKE A
PHONE CALL TO THE FBI, WE WILL
GIVE YOU TWO NUMBERS AND YOU
CAN STOP THIS AND SAVE YOURSELF
FROM FINANCIAL RUIN.
>> Reporter: ATTORNEY IAN HICKS
SAID WELLS FARGO WOULD NOT
PROVIDE THE NEEDED INFORMATION
TO THE FBI SO THEY ARE SUING
WELLS FARGO, LAND TITLE REALTY,
ALLEGING THAT SENSITIVE
FINANCIAL INFORMATION WAS SENT
THROUGH UNSECURED CHANNELS.
WELLS FARGO HAS OFFERED TO GET
SOME OF THE MONEY BACK IF THEY
ARE RELEASED FROM LIABILITY.
>> IT CONCERNS ME THAT THEY
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