Convicted Loan Modification Scammer Cops Another Plea In Neighboring County; Judge Puts $10K Jail Sentence 'Buy-Out' Deal On Table

In Washtenaw County, Michigan, AnnArbor.com reports:

• A Grosse Pointe man was convicted [last] week of bilking three Saline women who turned to him for help to avoid foreclosure. Bryan Crevier, 50, pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false pretenses and avoided a jury trial scheduled to start Monday, Washtenaw County court records show. Prosecutors will dismiss three counts of larceny by conversion between $1,000 and $20,000 at sentencing May 11.
• Authorities charged Crevier last spring after a lengthy investigation by Saline police showed he took nearly $10,000 from the three women who were in financial hardship and wanted to refinance their homes. He presented himself as a mortgage modification consultant but never submitted the victim’s payments or paperwork to lenders.
• Under a sentencing agreement with Circuit Judge Archie Brown, Crevier must repay at least half the full amount he took from the women in 2008, or he faces 60 days in jail, records show.
• The entire amount of restitution, which has not been determined yet, must be paid within two years or he faces another 60 days incarceration.
• Court officials said Crevier submitted checks of $1,000 to each victim at the plea hearing to avoid jail immediately. He remains free pending sentencing.
• Crevier is currently on probation for running a similar scam in Macomb County. He was sentenced to one year probation last fall on two counts of fraud by false pretenses, prison records show. He must also meet a dozen conditions, including repayment to those victims and not leaving the state without the court’s permission.

Source: Man pleads guilty to bilking Saline women he promised to help avoid foreclosure.