Divorce Settlement Fraud
Most divorce settlement fraud initial contact emails state that a spousal support payment is owed further to a collaborative law agreement signed by husband and wife (some do not reference a collaborative law agreement, but instead simply refer to general support payments owing). It is claimed that the ex-spouse is in the lawyer’s jurisdiction, while the email sender is always in the far away (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, etc).
The fraudster will provide identification, a copy of the support agreement and will complete a retain agreement. However, they will delay on paying any retainer fee and insist that the lawyer deduct the fee from the ex-spouse’s payment. That payment will arrive in short order, and in some cases even before the lawyer has agreed to act or sent a demand letter. The fraudster will ask the lawyer to deposit the cheque into the trust account, and then wire the payment (minus lawyer’s fees) to an overseas account. Of course, the cheque is counterfeit and the lawyer will then find a shortfall in the account.
Below is a list of names associated with this type of fraud.
, Date First Reported:
Adelson, Liu Date First Reported: September 2016
Anderson, Fumiko Date First Reported: September 2013
Aoki, Lily Date First Reported: July 2013
Atsushi, Haila Date First Reported: January 2012
Ayumu, Konatsu Date First Reported: November 2013
Azuma, Angela Date First Reported: April 2014
Baker, Akemi Date First Reported: September 2013
Bong, Grace Date First Reported: June 2013
Brewer, Tammy Date First Reported: February 2012
Brogren, Heather Date First Reported: October 2012
Campbell, Hina Date First Reported: October 2013
Chan, Linda Date First Reported: May 2013
Chang, Annie Date First Reported: September 2019
Chang, Lisa Date First Reported: May 2013
Chang, Pascha Date First Reported: November 2012
Changmin, Shim Date First Reported: May 2014
Chihu, Kim Date First Reported: February 2014
Choi, Susan Date First Reported: June 2017
Chopra, Raj Date First Reported: June 2019
Chue, Paula Date First Reported: August 2014
Chun, Lisa Date First Reported: March 2015
Chung, Wang Date First Reported: January 2012
Chung, Kathrine Date First Reported: September 2012
Clark, Karina Date First Reported: December 2014
Cox, Marlene Date First Reported: March 2014
Crowford, Kim Date First Reported: November 2013
Dae-du, Farah Date First Reported: April 2014
Daley, Gloria Date First Reported: March 2015
Dalton, Dina Date First Reported: May 2014
Dong, Sun-Hi Date First Reported: February 2018
Duong, Trang Date First Reported: December 2013
Eley, Michelle Date First Reported: January 2012
Fisher, Clara Date First Reported: April 2019
Giichi, Ayane Date First Reported: September 2018
Giichi, Junko Date First Reported: August 2018
Gonzalez, Rose Date First Reported: April 2014
Gorou, Miwa Date First Reported: September 2014
Han, Elizabeth Date First Reported: May 2012
Harper, Xuge Date First Reported: March 2015
Haruyo, Zaila Date First Reported: June 2013
Hasfa, Hachirou Date First Reported: January 2014
Hee, Elizabeth Date First Reported: January 2017
Heochi, Susan Date First Reported: March 2012
Herrera, Martha Date First Reported: October 2017
Hikaru, Nana Date First Reported: October 2015
Hitoshi, Miura Date First Reported: March 2014
Holmstrom, Jorma Date First Reported: October 2015
Hun, Maria Ji Date First Reported: March 2016
Ichiro, Laurin Date First Reported: June 2013
Jacob, Mariam Date First Reported: April 2014
Jefferson, Hitomi Date First Reported: November 2013
Jones, Tami Date First Reported: March 2015
Jun, Paris Date First Reported: June 2015
Kazuhiro, Juliet Date First Reported: November 2012
Kazumi, Ellison Date First Reported: June 2014
Kennedy, Maki Date First Reported: October 2013
Kennedy, Mika Date First Reported: September 2013
Kennedy, Rhoda Date First Reported: September 2016
Kenshi, Hanae Date First Reported: August 2019
Khand, Ayesha Date First Reported: December 2013
Kitaya , Marina Date First Reported: November 2013
Kiyoharu, Fukui Date First Reported: February 2015
Kiyoshi, Stephany Date First Reported: February 2012
Koch, Akemi Date First Reported: May 2014
Kross, Stacy Date First Reported: July 2016
Kukrou, Naomi Date First Reported: November 2014
Kwema, Miyoko Date First Reported: April 2012
Kyung, Bella Date First Reported: October 2012
Marcel, Sharon Date First Reported: April 2013
Marmon , Hania Date First Reported: March 2014
Masa, Kei Date First Reported: April 2015
Masato, Tanaka Date First Reported: August 2013
Mills, Diana Date First Reported: February 2014
Mitsuo, Reiko Date First Reported: January 2012
Murdoch, Yumiko Date First Reported: January 2015
Mutsuto, Emi Date First Reported: May 2014
Newberg, Shizuko Date First Reported: December 2013
Olga, Carmen Date First Reported: November 2016
Olga, Carmen Date First Reported: May 2017
Pacelli, Linda Date First Reported: October 2015
Pack, Jayen Date First Reported: November 2015
Page, Reika Date First Reported: May 2015
Patel, Natali Date First Reported: January 2015
Paul, Lucy Date First Reported: August 2014
Pirez, Anita Date First Reported: December 2018
Pollack, Rivka Date First Reported: August 2014
Powers, Wynona Date First Reported: July 2014
Russell, Iberia Date First Reported: January 2014
Russell, Mei Date First Reported: December 2013
Sadah, Taaliyah Date First Reported: October 2017
Seung , Michelle Date First Reported: September 2012
Seung, Yeon Date First Reported: June 2018
Simmons, Hanako Date First Reported: June 2013
Song , Huan Date First Reported: July 2013
Su, Jinghua Date First Reported: July 2014
Suarez, Maria Date First Reported: February 2020
Sun, Lauren Date First Reported: November 2015
Susumu, Miki Date First Reported: February 2015
Swang, Alice Date First Reported: July 2014
Tadaharu, Wendy Date First Reported: March 2013
Taisu, Cynthia Date First Reported: February 2013
Tatsuya, Ginko Date First Reported: December 2018
Tiachi, Hillary Date First Reported: February 2012
Tochi , Maria Date First Reported: September 2018
Trailer, Diana Date First Reported: July 2013
Walter, Lysa Date First Reported: May 2015
Wang, Betty Date First Reported: March 2013
Williams, Naomi Date First Reported: January 2014
Williams, Maki Date First Reported: January 2014
Wong, Sara Date First Reported: November 2023
Xu, Vivian Date First Reported: February 2018
Yashushi, Valerie Date First Reported: February 2012
Yato, Trina Date First Reported: June 2012
Yoshimoto, Natty Date First Reported: September 2016
Young, Harmony Date First Reported: September 2012
Young, Josephine Date First Reported: January 2014
Zaira, Valerie Date First Reported: March 2013
Zhou, Jun Date First Reported: September 2018
