Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Now That's Using The System
An interesting (and unnerving) story out of Dallas today:
"Faced with foreclosure on a Dallas County land deal, a 33-year-old Dallas man used the legal system to mount a retaliation campaign against some of the state's highest public officials, according to a 16-count indictment released Tuesday.
Tanenankhana Andrews peppered court clerks with phony legal papers last December, falsely claiming that Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott, as well as Dallas County court workers and area attorneys, owed him more than $10 million, according to court documents.
Sheriff's Department deputies were working to locate and arrest him late Tuesday.
Mr. Andrews was able to file the fraudulent claims because there is no review process when such court documents are filed, said Judge Mark Greenberg, one of Mr. Andrews' targets. Once the claims were filed, the targets had financial liens placed on their property, preventing them from selling real estate and other assets until they could get the issue resolved. "
Read the entire story in the Dallas Morning News.
"Faced with foreclosure on a Dallas County land deal, a 33-year-old Dallas man used the legal system to mount a retaliation campaign against some of the state's highest public officials, according to a 16-count indictment released Tuesday.
Tanenankhana Andrews peppered court clerks with phony legal papers last December, falsely claiming that Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott, as well as Dallas County court workers and area attorneys, owed him more than $10 million, according to court documents.
Sheriff's Department deputies were working to locate and arrest him late Tuesday.
Mr. Andrews was able to file the fraudulent claims because there is no review process when such court documents are filed, said Judge Mark Greenberg, one of Mr. Andrews' targets. Once the claims were filed, the targets had financial liens placed on their property, preventing them from selling real estate and other assets until they could get the issue resolved. "
Read the entire story in the Dallas Morning News.
