Three Florida men have pleaded guilty in a massive scam to defraud $25 million, from timeshare owners across USA and Canada in an elaborate telemarketing operation.
The operation ran between 2009-2015 where the defendants made unsolicited phone calls to timeshare owner across America and Canada persuading them to part with large sums of money associated with the sale of their property.
The three claimed to represent a global company connecting buyers and seller in timeshare but have admitted to misrepresenting the actual existence of a buyer of the timeshares and had solicited the money for their own gain.
The scheme was highly professional and even created a bogus verification company to assist with making follow up phone calls to the victims adding to the false impression that they were dealing with a company that would protect their money and property, but this was just part of the scam. The reason for the second company was to trick the victims into making recorded statements “that no sale had been promised” by the telemarketers.
During the whole ordeal the victims were continuously being advised that they were covered under the telemarking laws and they were able to cancel contract and was entitled to request a full refund at any time.
The three defendants Max Chilson, Victor Sanchez, and Gunner Dell, have all pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud. And telemarketing fraud.
The district attorney office claim estimates that Chilson collected $7.06 million thru the scam, while Sanchez collected $12.7 million and Dell $5 million.
Five others were arrested in the scam and will be on trial later in the year
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