Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Corey Blames Missing Money on Osborn

Recently, I have been receiving emails from various people who have received this letter from Corey, dated July 15, 2010. It appears that Corey is attempting to pawn off his embezzlement schemes onto Mike Osborn who is now in prison on unrelated charges. While I would be the last person to ever suggest the innocence of Michael Osborn, I can tell you that Corey has been sending this letter to those who invested money with him way before he ever even met Michael. These victims report that Corey has been delegating blame for lost funds for years. Now that Mike is in jail, he is an easy target. Apparently, Corey is trying to benefit from Mike's incarceration by using it as a means to take some heat off himself.

Once again, Corey is representing himself as some sort of secret agent for the Feds and claims to be operating a sting against Michael. Question: If Corey was an agent for the Feds, or even just cooperating with them, would he be advertising it?

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Corey Serves Time for Bank Fraud

Why would anybody give their money to a guy convicted of bank fraud? Your guess is as good as mine. I would like to assume that these people didn't know that Corey is a felon but that means that they didn't do their homework. Honestly, how does one give investment capital to someone they don't know without checking him out?

Our hero has been convicted of 11 counts of making a false statement to a financial institution and sentenced to 22 months in prison. In spite of every effort to overturn the ruling, including blaming his lawyer for not telling him to take the plea bargain (he did), Engelen's appeal was ultimately denied by an Appellate court which unanimously upheld the trials court's finding.

Now, Corey explains his incarceration to his marks as undercover work for the Feds. Apparently, some people are buying his story and now they have come to regret it. He claims that it his undercover work that has led to an investigation of his associate and fellow con man, Michael Osborn.

Corey Engelen is a con man. Period.