Monday, March 22, 2010

NY Feds Bag Two In Alleged Upfront Fee Foreclosure Rescue Scam Using Bogus Bankruptcy Filings On Behalf Of Strapped Homeowners To Delay Loss of Homes

In White Plains, New York, Courthouse News Service reports:

  • Two New Jersey residents took nearly $400,000 in a foreclosure protection scam, federal prosecutors said. Andrew Bartok of Clifton and Kathleen Addario aka Kathy Adams [aka Kathleen Kelly, aka Kate Adams] of Saddle River raked in $44,000 a month for 9 months last year through their business, Revelations Consulting, prosecutors said. Clifton and Addario ran their scam in Dutchess and Westchester Counties, N.Y., according to the complaint. They not only bilked people up front, they charged monthly fees for "services" such as "foreclosure delay," and banked the money, prosecutors said.

Source: Foreclosure Scam Raked It In, Feds Say.

For the criminal charges, see U.S. v. Bartok, et ano.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Get your facts straight. Kathleen Addario is not a resident of Saddle River. Revelations Consulting is not Addario's company, it is run and managed by Bartok. It is unfortunate she is now involved and affected by what Bartok did.

Anonymous said...

"Clifton and Addario ran their..."

"Clifton" is supposed to be "Bartok." Terrible journalism, if you even call this a journalism website.

Anonymous said...

I think it is GREAT reporting! Mistakes happen. Keep us updated on the INDICTMENT!

Anonymous said...

Fact #1. Kathleen Kelly, Kate Adams and her real name Kathleen Addario WAS involved actually she made statements that they were HER clients and not Andrew Bartok.

Fact #2 Kathleen Addario operates a business called ALADDIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION IN UNION CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Fact #3 Several customers have complained about her and ALEX about their unprofessionalism and lack of knowledge pertaining to homeowners who are financially in trouble. For example. Customers complained of last minute solutions, getting phone calls at 11:00 at night, Kathleen and Alex preparing incomplete paperwork.

Fact #4 If people would do their research, they would read in Court papers from Poughkeepsie. They were after Kathleen Addario and not Andrew Bartok. Andrew Bartok got caught in the middle.

Anonymous said...

Fact # 5 Andrew Bartok was indicted.

Anonymous said...

Andrew Bartok DID NOT get caught in the middle of anything.He is a CON ARTIST who PRAYS on desperate people along with his PARTNER Veronica Tobin.Read some of the stories on Mortgage Fraud Blog it is a shame!While he has been living the HIGH life others were suffering.And as for Veronica she is just a nasty person that always threatened you for money.As for Kathleen she got caught up in it all what is a shame, it was a job to her She worked her ass off for that man HE TAUGHT HER everything.

Anonymous said...

Fact #4 I did read!And what i read was ANDREW BARTOK making comments about A Judge.Maybe if BARTOK didn't try to RUN from the problem and go with Kathleen that would of helped.Andrew Bartok would never go in front of a Judge cause he knows he is a CON MAN and they would See through him.

Anonymous said...

I WOULD LIKE A PICTURE OF ADDARIO NEW MUG SHOT

Anonymous said...

Their is a MUG SHOT of ANDREW BARTOK already on NJInmates.com go look!
Veronica yours will be NEXT!

mary bartok said...

andrew aka a drew bartok is on a stolen valor website for parading around as a military officer war hero pilot he never served in the military he is a loser, failure, and a disgrace as a human being. he will finaly be put away this time for a long long time

Anonymous said...

Andrew Bartok was the mastermind of the entire scheme. He took money from me and others. I witnessed him doing this to many "clients" while sitting in his office. He claimed to have insight and connections for stopping foreclosures when, in reality, he was just taking money from people and pretending to be an authority of law. Essentially, he was also practicing law without a license. He is nothing more than a con man...and Kathy...whatever her real name is...is just his gun maul!

Anonymous said...

Bartok is a scum bag.i hope he gets the 20 years

leah oliver said...

matt marlon citynewslocal new scam this guy is the same as bartok does criminal real estate foreclosure scam now he is robbing people with a sham fake online newspaper and conning people to donate cars to charity this guy is a no heart coward anybody that deals with this company will get cheated and full blown robbed this guy is a major criminal- he is being watched now and they are on to him source tells me