“Conmen, scammers and fraudsters are thieves, plain and simple, and when they repeatedly take advantage of our community, like in this case, they need to be in prison.”Houston fraudster Robert Gibson, who made over $1 million pretending to wholesale distressed properties for cash, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to theft.

At Trial, held Sept 2022, it was determined that he was guilty of Tax EvasionAccording to the report, for the Tax Years 2014, 2015, 2016 he Failed to accurately report his income between calendar years 2014 and 2016 He also received payments in cash from customers that he failed to report He reported a loss of $38,000 in 2016 despite, in the same year, purchasing a primary residence He was “asking clients to make payments with checks in his name and depositing them into personal bank accounts instead of business accounts.”Sentencing is scheduled for December 5, 2022What is interesting is that he was indicted in September of 2021 for tax years 5, 6 & 7 years earlier.

He was found guilty on all counts.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted grand theft"The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”https://www.propublica.org/article/ugly-truth-behind-we-buy-...

Which yes, there are properties for sale in the area that project that price and some which have sold in the north part of the area near an historic (King Williams area).NW is sometimes guilty of that.I believe MHD website seems to be running with integrity, but like anything else, early bird gets the worm.I would say, keep in mind, not every investor has the same criteria...

In this case of the IRS, you have the right to remain guilty until you can prove yourself innocent!

A 7 year old misdemeanor possession charge is not a big deal, assuming everything else checks out alright.Applicant must never have plead guilty, plead no contest, received probation, deferred adjudication, court-ordered community supervision, pre-trial diversion, or a have pending charge that has not yet been resolved for a felony of any type nor for a misdemeanor involving violence or sexual misconduct (whether or not resulting in a conviction).

(I plead guilty.)That said, we are in a unique situation. 

It states, quite clearly, that anyone engaged in the unauthorized practice of law shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

In my experience, and most law enforcement officers, people who commit crimes tend to indict themselves by association with guilty behaviors, and for my LEO officers - we call the suspect "Furtive".