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Founder of Bankrupt O.C. Real Estate Investment Firm Guilty of Fraud
Founder of Bankrupt O.C. Real Estate Investment Firm Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Resulted in More Than $110 Million Bankruptcy
SANTA ANA, CA—One of the owners of a now-defunct Southern California real estate investment firm pleaded guilty today to perpetrating a fraudulent scheme that ended with the bankruptcy of the company, in which investors and banks collectively lost more than $110 million.
John Packard,
64, of Long Beach, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud before United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney.
During today’s hearing, Packard admitted bilking investors in Pacific Property Assets (PPA), which had offices in Long Beach and Irvine.
Packard and his co-defendant, Phoenix resident
Michael J. Stewart,
created PPA in 1999 to purchase, renovate, operate and resell or refinance apartment complexes in Southern California and Arizona.
Typically, PPA financed property acquisitions through mortgages, and it raised money from private investors to pay for renovations to the properties. After several years, PPA would usually refinance (or sometimes sell) each property.
Although PPA’s apartment rental operations were not profitable, it was able to raise cash through refinancing and selling properties. As real estate values were generally increasing until approximately 2007, the properties were ... more

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