Arizona Feds Bag Suspected Vacant Foreclosed Home Hijacker On Unrelated Charges Of Filing False Bankruptcy Claims While Promising Foreclosure Rescue

In Tucson, Arizona, KVOA-TV Channel 4 reports:

• A former mayoral candidate and self-proclaimed "sovereign citizen" has been arrested for false claims in bankruptcy stemming from a website he operated claiming he could make the foreclosure process stop.



• According to a release from Dennis Burke, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Marshall E. Home, 81, is facing a criminal complaint charging him with two counts of false claims in bankruptcy.



• According to the complaint, Home operated the "Individual Rights Party; Mortgage Rescue Service," and would charge individuals in foreclosure proceedings $500 to make the process stop.(1) The complaint alleges that Home believes Congress does not have the authority to make laws binding to anyone outside the District of Columbia and federal territories, under the U.S. Constitution. The complaint also alleges that in March, Home falsely told the Bankruptcy Court that he had a $3 billion financial claim against the United States, then went on to file 173 more false claims relating to individuals participating in his "Mortgage Rescue Service."



• The complaint says these claims totaled over $2.5 trillion dollars - the two counts in the criminal complaint involve claims of $2.5 billion and $50 million. "The anti-government paranoia of so-called ‘sovereign citizens' becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when they use their false claims and fraudulent practices to rip-off others," said U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke. "We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to pursue and prosecute those who make false claims against the government to cover for their wrongdoing."

For the story, see Former mayoral candidate arrested for false bankruptcy claims.

(1) In addition to his alleged antics filing dubious documents in bankruptcy court, the 81-year old Home also appears to have a career as a self-employed vacant foreclosed home hijacker. See Fringe Tucson Mayoral Candidate Goes On 'Home' Hijacking Spree, Staking Claims To Vacant Fannie-Owned REOs Throughout Metro Phoenix.