What I am going to release this evening is highly compartmentalized information. This information was never intended to see the light of day; however, as both Buczek Enterprises and Altisource have decided to turn their backs upon promises each have made to Contractors, I am going to ensure that the American Public become aware of the fraud and deceit both have perpetrated. Blind to all logic and law, both Buczek Enterprises and Altisource have engaged in questionable actions which have amounted to the total destruction of the innocent men and women. Property Baggage has the beginning of a visual map to show precisely how bad the defraudment has become just by Buczek Enterprises!
For nearly a year now, Altisource has known about the fact that they have been sending work to National and Regional Order Mills whom are defrauding Contractors in the Mortgage Field Services Industry. What have they done? Not much, really. This is not the first nor the last occasion wherein Altisource has known and stood by while Order Mills hired directly by them have purposefully defrauded Contractors.
As early as the 20th of November, 2013, Altisource knew that there was a problem with Buczek Enterprises not paying Contractors. Many emails between myself and Altisource began to be dispatched on this matter. These emails began after the Berghorst Enterprises fiasco — Altisource knew of the entirety of the Berghorst Enterprises fraud perpetrated against Contractors and yet still, to this day, continues to conduct business with Heather Berghorst — in hopes that Altisource would begin to understand that Adam and Amanda Buczek’s illegal actions in the name of Altisource would end. Not only did it not cease, Altisource ramped up the work orders being delivered to Buczek Enterprises. This was one of the first email sent by Foreclosurepedia to Altisource’s Associate General Counsel after the Brandon Pribble affair. It originated from a defrauded Contractor,
Hi Paul, I have been reading your post about NAMFS and Berghorst Enterprises. I am one of the contractors that is being slow paid by Berghorst but im am slowly cutting them off. I feel if I stop all work immediately I will never get paid. the real reason im writing you is to see if you can investigate another company like Berghorst. they are from Taylor MI. their name is Great Lakes Property Specialists. the owners name is Jason Mazei. I began completing work for them last November. I have completed over 50 jobs for them in just under a 3 month period. I have not received payment from them since early February 2013. I recently started googling the company and it appears there might be many contractor out there that this guy has screwed over. This company is very similar to Berghorst in the sense of no or slow payment, altering bids and photos, bogus chargebacks. I would love to see this company fall flat on his face. he is still in debt to me for $12,625,50. and I do know he bought 3 new vehicles this year. Altisource US Best Reparis and Safeguard all appear to be on these Please let me know if you are interested in this one. thanks again and we all appreciate the info you give us.
Why did he not get paid? Well, the piece of shit Order Mill got paid by the Clients and filed bankruptcy. I want to lay out the entirety of the pertinent portions of my dialogues; those dialogues I am willing to share with respect to #OpBuczekEnterprises, as it is now obvious that neither Buczek Enterprises nor Altisource have any interest in Contractors being paid. On 17 March 2014, Buczek Enterprises sent this, after months of denials,
Hey Paul –
Deep down the rabbit hole you are… I’m telling you this in confidence and really do not want to be quoted if you could please do that for me. I don’t however want to lie to you and want to make sure you have an idea of what is going on. I’ve wanted to reach out to you and give you a heads up but literally the decision that was made today was finalized on Saturday evening. We’re moving fast to try to keep the doors open. No one wants to see this fail.
Buczek Enterprises finally realized that their client base and coverage areas were not sustainable and we were actively losing money on some product lines. In addition to that, our accounts receivable balances are being paid to us, but slower than they should be. We’re at a point where continuing to take work in such a large coverage area is not feasible and not fair to our network because we’re not sure when we will be paid on the work we’re being asked to do. We had 3 email communications that went out to our clients that were affected (not all of them were). Some of them got a termination notice effective immediately. Others got a “we’re putting you on hold until you pay us” and a third set got “We must modify the coverage area we service for you effective immediately.” Based on the A/R that continues to trickle in, we are paying our network however for some in the network this has resulted in payment delays. These delays would get worse if we continued down the path we were on (which is why the decision today was made). The original computer/accounting glitch that caused the initial issues with a backlog were resolved a couple months ago but then they were compounded with very slow A/R. Over the last couple months, the amount of charge backs to us from clients (that were not always passed through to the vendor), denied disputes from clients, continued downward downward pressure on pricing and unfair discounts from our clients (in addition to bids getting rejected or cut to the point where now the vendor would be losing money) made it impossible to continue operating the way we were. Bottom line, changes are being made to ensure the company can remain solvent and I literally haven’t had a day off in over 2 weeks to try to assist them with this goal. There is light at the end of the tunnel, it’s just very challenging right now. […] If you have any questions definitely let me know. For what it’s worth, I’m really sorry we even have to have this conversation.
This email is significant to document the fact that Adam Buczek knew, far earlier, that Buczek Enterprises was in no position to ever be able to pay Contractors. By the time this email was sent, Buczek Enterprises was in total and complete free fall. There was no way whatsoever that Altisource could not have known this unless they were not properly monitoring them. This email, from Buczek Enterprises to Foreclosurepedia, discusses part of the situation which contributed to going over the edge,
With Amanda [Buczek], she held a sales position at NFN because while she was a partner in her own business, we as a company aren’t big enough to support a marketer of Amanda‘s caliber. She truly knows everyone and is quite the saleswoman. Attended many conferences, etc., that sort of thing. That being said, IMHO, our company was grossly used to NFN’s benefit. while it looked like the relationship was beneficial on the surface, it was way skewed towards NFN and once it was clear that the relationship was toxic we exited it Amanda found other employment. The control was and always has been in Shari’s hands. From my technology standpoint, we did a ton of work for NFN that was definitely their responsibility but due to their lack of technology we were forced to do it. Your plan is good, I’m going to get with the powers that be in the morning and discuss as I’m sure there’s a way to help both ways. We’re certainly owed money that we’ve long paid out to those that performed the work.
On 16 April 2014, Altisource began implying that all was well and that payments were being made. These two emails were transmitted from Altisource to Foreclosurepedia. What this telegraphs is far deeper than the simple fact that Altisource knew there was trouble at Buczek Enterprises; that Adam and Amanda Buczek had through a policy of incompetence destroyed their business and defrauded Contractors, the emails signify that Altisource’s initial discussions of forcing involuntary bankruptcy upon Buczek Enterprises were not going to be honored. It further indicates that Altisource fully acknowledged the fact that Buczek Enterprises was financially insolvent and unable to abide by Interstate Contracts which crossed state lines using electronic means.
Hi Paul. I am checking with VMO now…. I think they were good. Buczek was actually cooperating and providing his accounting so they could reconcile. Will let you know tomorrow what the status is.
Have them reach out to [Redacted] at [email protected] . She can give them an update. She told me she advised each of them she hoped to have them reconciled and paid within 30 days.
The problem is that while a couple of payments were made by Buczek Enterprises, that was it. With respect to the hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars owed; monies owed that Altisource now has evidence that Contractors provided services for and Buczek Enterprises has refused to pay for, Contractors are left holding a bag of shit. For the past two weeks I have been getting emails indicative of the one I received two hours ago,
Good evening, my name is Erica Lewis with Avenue E Enterprises, LLC in Atlanta, Georgia. I am a vendor who has been stiffed by Buczek Enterprises and I have been following your articles for a few months now. I am just now trying to reach out to anyone who has experienced what I am going through since it has become apparent that Adam Buczek is not going to pay me what he owes me which is over $20,000.00. I have had correspondence with Buczek as late as early May promising to start paying on the balance owed to me starting with the oldest invoices first.
This is why I have not reached out prior to now because I was very hopeful that they would do the right thing and at least try to pay up. I am emailing you now in hopes of being able to reach out to other vendors who have been stiffed as well so that maybe by coming together to do what is necessary, we can at least keep them from doing business ever again if we are not able to recover any of our monies. To my knowledge, there has been no bankruptcy filing to date but I am sure it is forthcoming and I want them to be held accountable as I am sure I am not the only vendor dealing with this.
I mean surely to goodness by doing this across state lines and stealing God knows how much money from various vendors, this behavior would be frowned upon within the industry. Please email me or I can be reached at [Redacted] to discuss further.
I am willing to put forth any and all efforts to bring more attention to this matter.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Another one, which neither Buczek Enterprises nor Altisource cares about, hit me close to home. Whereas, Adam and Amanda Buczek are concerned about how to best keep their brother out of a return trip to the Federal Prison System and Altisource is trying its best to stay off the radar with Benjamin Lawsky, the New York Superintendent of Financial Services, this Contractor worked hard to feed his children while these maggots lined their pockets.
Buczek owes me roughly $15000. I was completing work orders into March. I have received numerous emails from Adam Buczek suggesting he was going to pay me, this after the staff was stalling claiming the system crashed etc. Then the group message was sent out asking for our pitty followed with threats against all of us scammed contractors. I personally am going through a divorce have 2 young children I am responsible for mortgage and bills food etc. Not to mention the cost of running a business. I have tried calling Altisource and get the same treatment as I do from Buczek…a nameless voice mail. I am in dire straits here any info on getting paid or advice would be greatly appreciated.
The National Association of Mortgage Field Services (NAMFS) Regime have single handedly destroyed nearly as many families as the Sub Prime Crisis itself. This is an outrage. When Altisource found out that Buczek Enterprises could not pay their Contractors and were still sending out work, they should have been reported to authorities. Taking into consideration that a tremendous amount of this fraud and deception was occurring in the State of New York, it might have behooved Altisource to attempt to stem the hemorrhaging which Buczek Enterprises was undergoing. Altisource was a NAMFS Regime Member; Buczek Enterprises was a NAMFS Regime Member; National Field Network (NFN) was a NAMFS Regime Member; Boyd Property Preservation was a NAMFS Regime Member; Berghorst Enterprises was a NAMFS Regime Member — anyone seeing a pattern yet?!
Here is what I believe. Altisource has known for years that many of their Order Mills have been cooking the books. In the case of Berghorst Enterprises, the only reason they entered into the fray was that they didn’t want the bad publicity. They gave two shits about legality lest they would have never continued doing business with Heather Berghorst. Should Altisource come out swinging I will release the name of my Source and we can all hash it out in Discovery. Yeah, that will be a good deal. Foreign Nationals on Domestic Soil allowing for the defraudment of US Citizens.
Altisource made a promise that people were going to be paid on a time line. They backed out of that. Buczek Enterprises made a promise they were going to pay people. They simply lied like the low down cowards that they are. To make sure we are all on the same page, I personally invite Benjamin Lawsky to give me a call. I will be more than happy to release the emails which include the unpublished figures pertaining to the Hubzu Auctions. Could save everyone a hell of a lot of Discovery Time. Sure, Lawsky is shaking down, but the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Foreclosurepedia will occupy the #1 Spot by the end of the next quarter.
This is known as a Bell Shaped Curve. The pattern of consumption; the continued defraudment of Contractors, is unsustainable now. The NAMFS Regime will ultimately have to reign in its Membership and hold them accountable lest they loose what little credibility they have. Public sentiment is wearing thin these days. The American Public are growing weary of hearing about the One Percent continuing to kick innocent men, women and children in the gut by stealing their money. The NAMFS Regime has the ability to weed out, through an Ethics Process in their Canons, the offenders. They continue to choose not to do such. Their recent Reichsminister of Propaganda; the recently anointed NAMFS Regime Member Terry Platt, seems to be preoccupied. His promises of Google SEO and the TM/SM of all words in the dictionary are falling short of the promises he made or advertises over on Cubic Blow Hard.
I promised Eric Miller, the Commandant of the NAMFS Regime whom is awarded over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR CONSUMING NEARLY SEVENTY PERCENT OF ALL MEMBER DUES, that I would engage in a protracted and asymmetrical media blitz if the NAMFS Regime refused to hold its Membership accountable. Honestly, he simply should have called the police on the NAMFS Regime Offenders when Contractor after Contractor wrote him describing the atrocities being committed under his Executive Directorship.
The NAMFS Regime is reeling now from the recent revelations of one of their Committee Members conducting hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with Safeguard Properties and yet being unlicensed in North Carolina where Big Joe is — Joe Hummel of Keystone Property Services LLC. The further revelations of yet another Committee Member being involved in narcotics and yet poised to contribute well over TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE NAMFS REGIME calls into question precisely how clean ANY OF THE NAMFS REGIME MONEY IS! We saw this, as well, when Carol Boyd contributed money to the NAMFS Regime while defrauding Contractors on the Veterans Administration Contracts last year in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.
If you are owed money on any Buczek Enterprises Account you need to reach out to CMI — Credit Mediators INC. Wendy Harker, Collection Consultant, CMI Credit Mediators Inc., 800-456-3328 ext 21, [email protected] Tell her that Foreclosurepedia personally sent you to them so as to import the gravity of not screwing the pooch. So far, I am hearing good things about them. I DO NOT RECEIVE A SINGLE DIME FROM THEM. It would be nice, though, if you followed up with me and informed me how they treated you and if you get paid to consider Donating to our Mission of No Contractor Left Behind.
In closing, for those of you whom feel that what I do is inappropriate, fuck you. Get on the receiving side of this screw fest which is going on and then tell me how it feels. The NAMFS Regime is now, single handedly, forcing more American Citizens in this Industry onto welfare and bankruptcy than any other factor I am able to identify including drug addiction. If they have other statistics to challenge please feel free to provide them across the board Eric Miller. This obscene abuse of and atrocities committed against American Citizens must end. The use of Foreign Nationals within the Property Preservation Industry must come to an end. We are begging for a fair and impartial US Government Agency to come in and do a thorough and comprehensive investigation of that which is taking place.
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