This page lists the investigations and lawsuits involving HL Leasing, as well as the lawyers who have been mentioned in conjunction with conducting potential investigations or potentially filing lawsuits, as well as contact points for some government representatives. This list is incomplete. Feel free to add in the comments below.
Vicken Massoyan v. HL Leasing, 09CEG01839 (docket indicates it is a suit for fraud, although the Fresno Bee reports it is a class action). The bee story reports that the defendants named, in addition to HL Leasing, were "Heritage Pacific Leasing, HL Leasing president Dan Ramirez and executive vice president Norma Lewis; and Heritage Pacific chief financial officer Andy Fernandez". Either the lawyers or the bee missed something important, because Heritage Pacific Leasing is a fictitious business name for Manufacturers Acceptance Corporation (this information was out there very early, just search for "dba" on this page).
UPDATE: A copy of the lawsuit can be viewed here. They only name 10 "doe" defendants, they are going to need more. They also failed to name Manufacturers Acceptance Corporation.
Plaintiffs: It is a class action, but there are two plaintiff identified by name. The first is "Vicken Massoyan". Linkedin says Vicken Massoyan is a "Graphic Designer at Vaneno/Bitney, Fresno, California Area" in the "Marketing and Advertising" industry. Vicken Massoyan also has this link, but otherwise there is not much information on google. Maggie Antaramian also has little information on google. I doubt that this facebook link is her.
UPDATE: Contact information for the law firm that filed it is as follows:
Attention: Toni Stevens [UPDATE: Toni Stevens substituted for Jennifer Wang]
c/o Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy Law Firm
840 Malcolm Road #200
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-697-6000
ajabagchourian@cpmlegal.com
STATE OF CALIFORNIA INVESTIGATION
Karen Patterson with the California Department of Corporations is said to be investigating, 916-322-6737.
A complaint form is available at http://www.corp.ca.gov/ENF/complaint.asp.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
The FBI is active in Fresno and Sacramento, but I understand that the FBI prefers to be contacted through the Sacramento office as follows:
FBI Sacramento Office
Steve Dupre
4500 Orange Grove
Sacramento, CA 95841-4205
916-481-9110
ATTORNEYS NOT MENTIONED ABOVE:
Donald Fischbach, dfischbach@daklaw.com, 559-432-4500, held a meeting regarding pursuing claims against HL Leasing.
Tom McCurnin, tmccurnin@bkolaw.com, 213-617-6129, mentioned in this blog comment as potentially working with investors.
WEB SITES TO CONTACT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
contact for sending your information to attorney in Burlingame has changed to:
ReplyDeleteToni Stevens. If you send it to the other contact person named Jennifer it is okay she will pass it on.