Okay this is a hot ass mess for sure. RHOC reality star Heather Dubrow and her husband, Terry, claim that "good friend Jennifer Lindsey Bell" scammed them out of nearly $2 million dollars in an accounting scam. This was the teaser for her podcast which will have all of the details on Dec 15th.
The Dubrows are offering a $25,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of Jennifer Lindsey Bell, the woman they say is responsible. The Dubrows believe Bell fled the country.
"Right now, it's just about Jennifer Lindsey Bell," Dubrow says. "Trying to get someone from another country and finding out where people are is a very interesting proposition."
"We felt we were making a calculated, risk-free investment and it turned out not to be so," Dubrow continues. "And really, it comes down to a matter of trust. Who do you trust? Who can you trust? And, you know, you think you have people you've known for years and years, and it turns out they're not who you think they are."
Dubrow says a longtime advisor set up the deal gone wrong.
"We're putting this story out there, not just to tell everyone, 'Hey, we lost almost $2 million,'" Dubrow adds. "But, you know, we feel responsibility. We found out later that these people that scammed us have scammed other people for millions and millions of dollars, and if Terry and I don't come out and go public with this, they will do it again." Wow, I'm gonna have to check out that podcast later today. But first I need to find out how to do that. hahahaha
Heather is supposed to be an actress and her husband Terry is a Plastic Surgeon. They made their money from his income and real estate and she's had some bit parts in some big shows, like "Married With Children", "Hawaii 5-0", "Jenny, Stark Raving Mad" and "Hot in Cleveland". They flipped 9 houses in 8 years and sold their personal house that they lived in for $16.95 million.
Okay, I just listened to part of Heather's podcast. Here is the 4-1-1 on the scam. Their accountant of 20 yrs brings a deal to them claiming that he will personally guarantee it and that he's known this woman Jennifer Lindsey Bell for "a very long time", yada yada yada. And Jennifer Lindsey Bell is planning on renting these apartments near the World Cup for dirt cheap and then she is going to rent them out for big bucks during the World Cup and rake in millions. And Mr. Hoffman, the accountant promises that there is no way the Dubrow's will lose any money because he will pay it back IF Jennifer fails to do so. Okay, that should have been a red flag right there. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is a scam.
Heather and Terry have since found out that Mr. Hoffman, their "CPA" is not rich and he is not a CPA, he is just a tax preparer. He doesn't even have an accounting degree, at all. PERIOD! Let along a certified public accounting license. Initially, the Dubrow's gave Jennifer Lindsey Bell $1.5 million dollars, then just b4 the World Cup started, she came back and got another $250,000.00 claiming that some of the apts wanted more rent up front. So, Terry gave it to her. Bringing their total investment to $1, 750,000.00 US dollars. So, the World Cup comes and goes, and now the Dubrow's want to be repaid. So Jennifer Lindsey Bell gives them the first payment due by check, but the check bounces. So now the Dubrow's start investigating and find out that Mr. Hoffman is not a CPA, and that he is broke, and cannot repay them. AND that he just met this Jennifer Lindsey Bell in a bar a few weeks ago and he is having an affair with her. The Dubrow's also find out that Hoffman and Bell have scammed other people with this scheme to a total of $6 million + dollars. Making their total take for this scheme over $8 million dollars!!!! And this is why they are going public, to stop Bell from doing this again.
I cannot believe that these 2 people, Terry and Heather Dubrow are so stupid!!! They are investigating these people now after the fact that they have stolen nearly $2 million dollars from them. That's like fixing the barn door after your prized stallion has run off and escaped. What the Dubrow's should have done was investigate everyone involved b4 they handed over the $1.75 million dollars. Heather claims that Terry knew this Hoffman guy for over 20yrs and he trusted him. Yeah, look where that trust got you! The Dubrows are suing Jennifer Lindsey Bell and tricked her into coming to Terry's office to pick up a check, but they had a summons of complaint instead and served it to her. She didn't open the envelope in the office. But once she did, she texted Terry, something lame, like "good one". Jennifer failed to show up in court and so the judge issued a bench warrant for her arrest. But the Dubrow's fear that she has left the country. Yeah, she has $8 million + dollars that you know about!!! I would leave the country too. $8 million is a nice nest egg and you could live very comfortable in the South of France on $8 million dollars.
This is a very important lesson to be learned to all of the rich people out there. Don't trust anyone with your money!!! Fully vet anyone bringing you business deals and check everyones' back ground and credit. I bet that Jennifer Lindsey Bell doesn't even have good credit. hahahaha Sigh. C'est la vie!!! Like Judge Marilyn always says on the people's court, "Do you know what we call people who trust Jane and John doe's they just met with business deals, plaintiffs." LOL So true gurl, so true.
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