Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Moving files via “18″ wheeler??: 'Foreclosure Mill' Employees Got Gifts For Altering Documents, Witness Says

8 Q. And what was said about Cheryl’s bills being paid for


9 the Law Offices of David Stern?

10 A. That he’s always done it. David Stern has always

11 paid for Cheryl’s expenses.


12 Q. Personal expenses?


13 A. Yes.


14 Q. Do you know if he — Well was there rumor — Was


15 there talk, rather, that he paid — that he bought her car?


16 A. No, that’s confirmed. He did buy her a car. I

17 acknowledge that.

18 Q. He did buy her a car?


19 A. Yes.


20 Q. What kind of car did he buy her?


21 A. It was a BMW SUV.



Q. Anything that –

4 A. Is it like personal or business or –

5 Q. Personal? Business? Anything at all?

6 A. Personal? The only thing that I was aware of that

7 took place there were the perks that certain employees received

8 from David Stern. If they were either dating him or they were

9 good friends with him, that they would basically do certain

10 things for him for certain files, in the sense of like David

11 Vargas. He would have certain perks from David Stern, like a


12 house, a car, cell phone paid all by David Stern.


13 And that’s all I know.


14 Q. Okay. So do you know of any other perks besides what


15 you said that Cheryl Salmons got? A car you said, for sure.


16 And her personal bills paid.


17 A. Yes. And cell phone.


18 Q. And probably her mortgage?


19 A. Yes. And vacations and gifts, jewelry.


20 Q. Who else would received gifts and jewelry or cars or


21 homes?


22 A. His girlfriend and David Vargas.


23 Q. Who’s his girlfriend?


24 A. At the time it was Christina Dell’Aguila




8 Q. You have friends that still work at the office?

9 A. Yes.

10 Q. Doing what?

11 A. Foreclosure paralegals, docket return clerks.

12 Q. And what are they telling you?

13 A. That they’re very scared. That’s it.

14 Q. That your friends are scared?

15 A. Yeah, that my friends are scared.

16 Q. Did they say anything about what’s going on with

17 Stern or Cheryl Salmons or anybody else?

18 A. The only concern was that they were moving files out

19 of the office into a different office and that Eighteen Inch

20 Freight, I think, was picking them up. Something like that.

21 Trailer freight, something like that.

22 Q. Do you know where –

23 MS. CLARKSON: Eighteen wheeler?


24 THE WITNESS: Yeah, eighteen wheeler.

25 BY MS. EDWARDS:

1 Q. Do you know where they were moving them?


2 A. Supposedly they were being moved to Orlando’s office.

3 Q. And do you know why they would do that?

4 A. No.

5 Q. Do you know how long ago this was going on?

6 A. I think a month and a half ago.

7 Q. What kind of office is Orlando?

8 A. David Stern has another law office in Orlando,

9 Florida.

10 Q. What office is that?

11 A. I don’t know.

12 Q. And was it connected with the office here in Broward

13 County?

14 A. Yes.

15 Q. And do you know which — what the office is there or

16 what the location is?

17 A. No, I just know it’s another law office for David

18 Stern that he’s opened for foreclosures in Orlando.

19 Q. And did he just open it a month and a half ago?

20 A. No. He opened it, I think it was either sometime at

21 the beginning of this year or the end of last year. I can’t

22 remember.

23 Q. 2010?

24 A. Yeah.

25 Q. Or December 2009?

Full Deposition of Kelly Scott of the Law Office of David J Stern

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