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Federal Court Permanently Bars Las Vegas Man From Promoting “Asset Protection” Scheme

Business Allegedly Helped Customers Evade Taxes

WASHINGTON - A federal judge in St. Louis has permanently barred William S. Reed, the founder of a so-called “asset protection” business, from preparing fraudulent liens for customers and helping customers conceal their funds by having shell corporations own their bank accounts, the Justice Department announced today.

According to the government’s complaint, Reed operated the now-defunct Asset Protection Group Inc. (APGI), which helped customers place sham liens on their property to deceive creditors, including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Reed and APGI also allegedly helped customers hide their income and assets by holding their money in bank accounts in the names of shell corporations..

The complaint provides examples of six sham liens totaling more than $2 million that Reed and APGI allegedly filed for customers who owed nearly $900,000 in federal taxes. According to the complaint, the IRS has discovered at least 75 APGI customers that have used nominee bank accounts to evade collection of federal taxes. A copy of the complaint is available at http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/txdv07636.htm.

Since 2001 the Justice Department has obtained injunctions against more than 280 tax preparers and tax-fraud promoters. Information on those cases is available at http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/taxpress2007.htm. More information about the Justice Department’s Tax Division can be found at www.usdoj.gov/tax.

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Can Co-Signers Be Protected
If you file Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the creditor can proceed against your co-signers, according to the terms of the debt agreement. However, if you file a Chapter 13 debt adjustment, a co-signer is protected if the following conditions are met. The debt must be a consumer debt. Also, the debt may not be incurred in the ordinary course of business, and the co-signer cannot benefit from the proceeds of the debt.

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Reamortization

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If your loan is reamortized, the delinquency is added to the loan balance in order to bring your payments up to date. This increases your loan amount and will also increase your monthly payments.

Reorganization

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The resolving of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the emergence of the debtor as a viable business. Generally, the company agrees with creditors on a plan for payment of their claims (plan of reorganization) and emerges from Chapter 11 after the plan is confirmed by the court.

Default

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The failure by an entity to abide by the covenants in a debt obligation or other agreement to which it is a party. The most common default is non-payment of interest or principal.

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