OneCoin defendant Gilbert Armenta is being pursued for unpaid mortgage funds courting again to April 2020.
For some cause the Plaintiff’s legal professional is having points serving him.
The property in query is a residential house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Armenta (proper) held a $290,625 mortgage in 2018. In August 2019 the mortgage was transferred to Velocity Industrial Capital.
Armenta is being sued by the Trustee behind Velocity Industrial Capital, U.S. Financial institution Nationwide Affiliation.
As alleged within the lawsuit in opposition to Armenta;
A default exist below the Word and Mortgage on account of an absence of fee of the installment due April 1, 2020 and all subsequent funds on the Word.
Plaintiff, U.S. Financial institution, has demanded fee of the duty mirrored by the Word and Mortgage, however regardless of such demand, stated default has not been cured.
To that finish U.S. Financial institution is suing Armenta throughout three counts for
- breach of promissory be aware;
- mortgage foreclosures throughout two counts; and
- task of rents and leases.
The sought quantity in damages is $287,021.88 plus “curiosity, late expenses, company advances, and all prices of assortment”, backdated to April 2020.
U.S. Financial institution filed go well with in opposition to Armenta on January twelfth, 2021.
On April sixteenth, a submitting revealed Armenta’s summons was returned unserved.
As per the submitting, at least 13 makes an attempt had been made to serve Armenta at a residential deal with in Pompano Seashore, Florida.
Every time service was tried, nobody answered the door.
On February 1st a card was left of the property door. It was nonetheless there on February sixteenth.
On Could fifth the court docket granted U.S. Financial institution an extension to serve Armenta.
On June sixteenth, one other submitting revealed Armenta had nonetheless but to be served.
This submitting particulars 9 makes an attempt at service throughout three addresses in Florida.
A followup June seventeenth submitting on behalf of U.S. Financial institution’s legal professional particulars makes an attempt to find Armenta’s present whereabouts.
This contains cross-referencing social safety, phone listings, Florida property data and the web.
On June twenty first a “Discover of Motion” was filed by the court docket, directing Armenta to file a response to the lawsuit by August fifth.
If Armenta fails to file a response by this deadline, default judgment shall be entered into in opposition to him.
Gilbert Armenta seemingly having monetary issues isn’t notably fascinating. What’s fascinating is Armenta, as a OneCoin legal defendant, was launched “below compassionate launch” final 12 months.
As per a November 2020 submitting in a associated civil class-action lawsuit filed in opposition to him, Armenta said he’s
below a compassionate launch order, with restricted alternative to go away my residence.
Armenta was launched on bond in March 2020. The submitting nevertheless solely grew to become public final month.
Armenta was launched on a $5 million bond, secured by $500,000 in money and two Florida properties; one in Fort Lauderdale and one in Lauderdale by the Sea
Neither of those properties are the one tied to Armenta’s defaulted mortgage.
Each properties nevertheless are listed as addresses service was tried at.
Residence incarceration circumstances imposed in Armenta’s bond submitting state:
You’re restricted to 24-hour-a-day-lock-down at your residence apart from medical requirements and court docket appearances or different actions particularly authorised by the court docket.
Armenta’s house incarceration is meant to be “enforced by location monitoring know-how”.
The deal with Armenta is to serve house incarceration at is a unit deal with in Lauderdale by the Sea.
This is similar deal with service was tried 13 instances throughout January and February 2021.
Armenta’s bond submitting does state he has to
advise the court docket or the pretrial companies officer or supervising officer in writing earlier than making any change of residence or phone quantity.
On the time of publication there’s nothing suggesting a change of deal with on his OneCoin legal case docket.
Which begs the query, the place is Gilbert Armenta?
The percentages Armenta had “medical requirements and court docket appearances” 13 instances in Jan/Feb 2021 throughout AM and PM tried service instances is slim to none.
Both
- Armenta is absolutely good at pretending no person is house;
- his bond circumstances have modified and there’s no public file of it; or
- he’s in potential violation of his OneCoin legal bond launch circumstances.
Pending any updates on Armenta’s whereabouts, keep tuned…