TEL2002
Elite Member
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2002
- Professional Status
- Retired Appraiser
- State
- Louisiana
12/21/07 (Details below are from the "Akron Beacon Journal")
17 people and 2 Akron companies face 147 counts.
( The companies were: Evergreen Investment, Evergreen Homes, & Carnation Banc.)
More indictment action expected across Ohio.
Two year investigation with 800,000 pages of documents & thousands of manhours.
4 appraisers indicted (Robert Kokai, Jon Schwinkendorf, Susan Bigley, & Joseph Pietro)
(Bigley is not listed on the ASC website. The other 3 are Licensed Residential.)
Pietro's attorney said "Pietro does 1600 appraisals a year and in four years he had done less than 50 for those involved in the indictment. Joe has been cooperating with the authorities since he was contacted in late 2006 and his indictment comes as a shock to him and myself. Joe did honest, by the book appraisals."
17 people and 2 Akron companies face 147 counts.
( The companies were: Evergreen Investment, Evergreen Homes, & Carnation Banc.)
More indictment action expected across Ohio.
Two year investigation with 800,000 pages of documents & thousands of manhours.
4 appraisers indicted (Robert Kokai, Jon Schwinkendorf, Susan Bigley, & Joseph Pietro)
(Bigley is not listed on the ASC website. The other 3 are Licensed Residential.)
Pietro's attorney said "Pietro does 1600 appraisals a year and in four years he had done less than 50 for those involved in the indictment. Joe has been cooperating with the authorities since he was contacted in late 2006 and his indictment comes as a shock to him and myself. Joe did honest, by the book appraisals."
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