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Updated 8 days ago, 11/18/2024

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Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Scam (ORES)

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The original one was deleted, creating this new one. 

Please don't post content from paid website, otherwise will be deleted again.

Thx

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Does anyone have an info on how this is going? 


 Sorry for my very delayed response. I did not contact anyone. I did receive an email 14OCT from Frederic Robinson about filling up a survey.  You should receive one too. It was advised not to share to anyone, but if you have already in contact with Charles Adams, you should receive it.

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SEC Charges Accountant for Role in Mobile Home Investment Scheme

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
File No. 3-21547

August 7, 2023 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Lawrence White, CPA, the former part-time Chief Financial Officer for Outstanding Real Estate Solutions, Inc. ("ORES"), for preparing false and misleading correspondence to investors in a xxxx fraudulent mobile home investment scheme.

According to the SEC's Order, ORES is a Texas-based company that claimed to specialize in the fixing and flipping of mobile homes through xxx  investor funding. The Order finds that ORES did not own the vast majority of mobile homes that it represented to investors that it would fix and flip. Instead, ORES paid investor returns from the funds raised from other investors. According to the Order, between May and July 2021, White, at the request of ORES's CEO, drafted and signed letters to investors that contained false and misleading information. The Order finds that White signed these letters as ORES's part-time CFO, or using his CPA designation, but did not verify whether the statements were accurate.

Without admitting or denying the findings, White consented to the SEC's Order finding that he willfully violated Section 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), and he agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty. White is denied the privilege of appearing or practicing before the Commission as an accountant, with the right to apply for reinstatement after three years.

In a separate proceeding filed in district court on May 31, 2023, the SEC charged, among others, ORES and its CEO and founder Chimene Van Gundy with violating Sections 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. SEC v. xxx Chimene Van Gundy, et al., No. 5:23-cv-700 (W.D. Tex. Filed May 31, 2023). The SEC seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement with pre-judgment interest, civil penalties, against ORES and Van Gundy, and an officer-and-director bar against Van Gundy in that litigation.

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@Chasity Brown

Wow. Whoever gave this person “women of the year award” should be sued for doing zero due diligence on this person


I agree, please report that organization which is POWER magazine

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Does anyone have an info on how this is going? 




Hello to all,

Do anyone have any updates about our investments from the receiver Charlie Adams? Have anyone already completed the ORES Survey by Frederic Robinson on behalf of Charlie Adams? I am wondering if the email I received on 14OCT is legitimate. Did anyone also receive the ORES Survey from this person?


Thank you all


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I tried to contact Charlie last 3 weeks, no response.
Did not receive the 140CT.

Regards,

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Quote from @Dongzi Wu:
I tried to contact Charlie last 3 weeks, no response.
Did not receive the 140CT.

Regards,

Please share what info you have.

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Quote from @Chasity Brown:

Does anyone have an info on how this is going? 


 Sorry for my very delayed response. I did not contact anyone. I did receive an email 14OCT from Frederic Robinson about filling up a survey.  You should receive one too. It was advised not to share to anyone, but if you have already in contact with Charles Adams, you should receive it.

Hi everyone. I hope I'm not too late to the party, but I'm currently working on a documentary on the "Mobile Home Queen" and her accomplices. I've managed to compile a lot of information online about her Ponzi scheme from various sources. Some of your quotes from this thread will be used as supporting material in the production.

As some of you may have guessed, a lot of information about her has been removed since her case came to light so it's sort of difficult to piece this story together

If anyone has any information they'd like to share that would help paint a clearer picture of her actions and the damage she's caused, please reach out to me. I'd love to chat with some of the actual victims of these terrible people.

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@Michael Wiley

If you want another documentary on someone that is just like this I can give you another good one you could do.

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@Michael Wiley

If you want another documentary on someone that is just like this I can give you another good one you could do.


That isnt what this thread is for. This is regarding Chimenes scandal

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Does anyone have an info on how this is going? 


 Sorry for my very delayed response. I did not contact anyone. I did receive an email 14OCT from Frederic Robinson about filling up a survey.  You should receive one too. It was advised not to share to anyone, but if you have already in contact with Charles Adams, you should receive it.

Hi everyone. I hope I'm not too late to the party, but I'm currently working on a documentary on the "Mobile Home Queen" and her accomplices. I've managed to compile a lot of information online about her Ponzi scheme from various sources. Some of your quotes from this thread will be used as supporting material in the production.

As some of you may have guessed, a lot of information about her has been removed since her case came to light so it's sort of difficult to piece this story together

If anyone has any information they'd like to share that would help paint a clearer picture of her actions and the damage she's caused, please reach out to me. I'd love to chat with some of the actual victims of these terrible people.


Bless you!!! Everyone deserves to know the truth!

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  1. Michael Trofimoff, age 61, resides in Dillard, Georgia. Trofimoff is the owner and founder of Viridis Holdings LLC, doing business as Georgia Mobile Home Investing ("GMHI"). Trofimoff has never been registered with the Commission in any capacity.
  2. Santos Kidd, age 54, resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kidd is the CEO of Kina'ole Financial Services, LLC, an entity that claims to help homeowners achieve their financial goals through debt elimination and wealth acceleration. Neither Kidd nor Kina'ole Financial Services has ever been registered with the Commission.
  3. Maria Tosta, age 48, is a former resident of New Braunfels, Texas and Dallas, Texas. Tosta is the former Vice President of Sales for ORES and was responsible for bringing in investors. Tosta has never been registered with the Commission in any capacity.

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Thank you for taking on this project.  Should be interesting.  Let us know please when it comes out.

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Thank you for taking on this project.  Should be interesting.  Let us know please when it comes out.


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Does anyone have an update or is anyone in contact with Chimene? 

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I just received this

Talking about Chimene and Outstanding Real Estate Solutions

https://spotify.link/ebVQsLldDDb

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From court appointed receiver dated April 26, 2024. As many of you know I was appointed as the Court Appointed Receiver for Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc. and Ms. Chimene Van Gundy. We have recently submitted new documents to Judge Waldrip, Comal County District Judge for a hearing date of May 13, 2024. All documents going forward will be located at the following website (https://www.ores-receivership.com). If you know someone who hasn’t spoken with me, my ask is that you please have them fill out the contact form on the website and I will reach out to them directly. It is extremely important that we get all claims submitted soon for investors. There will be additional court filings in the coming weeks. Please check back to the website periodically for updates. Charlie Charlie Adams | CEO Sentry Strategy, LLC

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From court appointed receiver dated April 26, 2024. As many of you know I was appointed as the Court Appointed Receiver for Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc. and Ms. Chimene Van Gundy. We have recently submitted new documents to Judge Waldrip, Comal County District Judge for a hearing date of May 13, 2024. All documents going forward will be located at the following website (https://www.ores-receivership.com). If you know someone who hasn’t spoken with me, my ask is that you please have them fill out the contact form on the website and I will reach out to them directly. It is extremely important that we get all claims submitted soon for investors. There will be additional court filings in the coming weeks. Please check back to the website periodically for updates. Charlie Charlie Adams | CEO Sentry Strategy, LLC

Thank for the update!

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A message to you Chimene and I hope you see this! You are an absolute loser for defrauding thousands of investors for your own gain! and you lie about it! Cant even make an honest living without having to lie a TOTAL lie! Pathetic! With as many people you lied to just to live a good life for yourself you should be EXTREMELY ashamed! How embarrassing to need to use people just to move up in life! What a great legacy you created for your kids! I hope you get everything you deserve and more!!!!

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https://www.ores-receivership.com

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‘Queen of Mobile Homes’ Owes SEC Nearly $14 Million, Court Says

The SEC**** is entitled to a default judgment against a Texas woman who allegedly ran a mobile home investment scam, a federal court said in ordering almost $14 million in disgorgement, interest, and penalties******

Chimene Van***** Gundy is also subject to injunctions prohibiting her participation in the offer or sale of securities, Judge Fred Biery said in the order docketed Thursday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

The Securities and Exchange Commission *****alleged that Van Gundy, who marketed herself as “the Queen of Mobile Homes,” ran an $18.5 million Ponzi scheme, using the investors’ money ...

Looks like Chimene owes them a lot of money, but where is ours!

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    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/texas/txwdce/5:2023cv00700...

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    Chimene ****Van Gundy, accused of defrauding

    investors who believed they were investing in

    her business buying, refurbishing and selling

    mobile homes, will have to turn over the keys

    to her dream home.

    Bank records obtained by Adams show more
    than a dozen payments totaling just less than
    $1 million DOLLARS went from Van Gundy’s company’s
    account in 2017 to pay builder Vintage Estate
    Homes and for the down payment to a title
    company. Chimenes company was known as
    Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc

    Chimene did you think no one would find out? 

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    more photos of chimene floating around the web

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    OMG thats crazy

    https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2020/02/19/james-beckw...