Seattle Contractor Charged With Defrauding Investors
Aaron Wilmot
August 17, 2008
In Seattle criminal and legal news, the owner of the MA Quick Construction has been charged with at least 19 counts of theft and securities fraud. According to records in King County Superior Court the owner identified as Laurence Anthone defrauded investors between 2003 and 2005 out of more than $600,000 for parcels of land he stated he owned or was going to buy.
The property in Seattles Central District including Skyway and Renton was to be used to build townhouses; Anthone had at least six investors that gave funds ranging from $10,000 to $327,000 according to prosecutors and/or District Attorney.
The investigation found after a four year investigation by the Securities Division of the state´s Department of Financial Institution that Anthone took money from investors at times as "earnest money" and the businesses that he allegedly told the investors would be for a sandwich shop, a woman´s fitness center and residential townhouses. If this allegation is true it obviously qualifies as criminal behavior, albeit white collar crime.
In 2004 Antone was charged in the King County District Court with attempted theft and unregistered contracting. He did not appear and was considered a fugitive until July 2005 when he was arrested. Prior to the trial in 2006 for these charges he made restitution to the defendant in the amount of $10,000 and pleaded guilty to a lesser contracting charge.
In the criminal complaint it is stated that the fraud victims of Antone have won in a civil court that ordered Antone to pay an amount of $600,000 to the bilked investors. To date none of the money has been paid by Antone. By the way if you need a
Seattle criminal attorney you may want to consider
Blair & Kim. They are an experienced criminal attorney firm. While this case qualifies as white collar crime there has been a fair share of other types of criminal activity in the Seattle area as of late. For instance, Clinton Chad Grainger, age 22 was arrested recently after being involved in a fight at the Folklife Festival and was carrying a gun that was strapped to his ankle. he has plead guilty to the class C felony he is charged with.
Grainger according to the King County deputy prosecutor Ian Goodhew was at the festival and hand a gun strapped to his ankle when he became involved in a fight. The person he was fighting with noticed the gun and tried to take control of it, this is when the gun discharged hitting two nearby people and injuring them.
He has been confined since the shooting took place on May 24 and could be sentenced from three to eight months. Goodhew stated that Grainger will qualify for a first-time offender waiver, which means he would spend no more time in jail. Could be sentenced with up to two years community supervision. It is not clear yet whether Grainger has retained a private attorney or whether he will go with a public defender.
The property in Seattles Central District including Skyway and Renton was to be used to build townhouses; Anthone had at least six investors that gave funds ranging from $10,000 to $327,000 according to prosecutors and/or District Attorney.
The investigation found after a four year investigation by the Securities Division of the state´s Department of Financial Institution that Anthone took money from investors at times as "earnest money" and the businesses that he allegedly told the investors would be for a sandwich shop, a woman´s fitness center and residential townhouses. If this allegation is true it obviously qualifies as criminal behavior, albeit white collar crime.
In 2004 Antone was charged in the King County District Court with attempted theft and unregistered contracting. He did not appear and was considered a fugitive until July 2005 when he was arrested. Prior to the trial in 2006 for these charges he made restitution to the defendant in the amount of $10,000 and pleaded guilty to a lesser contracting charge.
In the criminal complaint it is stated that the fraud victims of Antone have won in a civil court that ordered Antone to pay an amount of $600,000 to the bilked investors. To date none of the money has been paid by Antone. By the way if you need a
Seattle criminal attorney you may want to consider
Blair & Kim. They are an experienced criminal attorney firm. While this case qualifies as white collar crime there has been a fair share of other types of criminal activity in the Seattle area as of late. For instance, Clinton Chad Grainger, age 22 was arrested recently after being involved in a fight at the Folklife Festival and was carrying a gun that was strapped to his ankle. he has plead guilty to the class C felony he is charged with.
Grainger according to the King County deputy prosecutor Ian Goodhew was at the festival and hand a gun strapped to his ankle when he became involved in a fight. The person he was fighting with noticed the gun and tried to take control of it, this is when the gun discharged hitting two nearby people and injuring them.
He has been confined since the shooting took place on May 24 and could be sentenced from three to eight months. Goodhew stated that Grainger will qualify for a first-time offender waiver, which means he would spend no more time in jail. Could be sentenced with up to two years community supervision. It is not clear yet whether Grainger has retained a private attorney or whether he will go with a public defender.
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