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Preferred Metropolitan Escrow falsified receipts and altered deposit evidence — Regulatory record

San Bernardino, California · SOCEF-0039

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Court / region
San Bernardino
Case number
SOCEF-0039
Filed
November 14, 2008
Source system
California DFPI
Procedural posture
Regulatory order
Strongest reviewed source
Public source record
Allegation / finding status
Unknown / needs review
Disposition
Regulatory order
Last posture checked
2026-05-30
Reviewed
2026-05-30

Why this is included

Teaches an escrow file-review pattern from a public regulatory or court record.

Summary

The cited regulatory order describes license revoked and individuals barred. The extracted workflow issue is trust receipts misrepresented buyer deposits, escrow records reflected deposits that were not deposited, altered cashier's check evidence, and undisclosed control by a person with a prior grand-theft conviction.

Topics

Disbursement Authorization

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File-record question

What the reviewed record suggests the file later needed to show:

Trust-account control evidence, authorization trail, reconciliation/shortage evidence, reporting timing, and custody decision.

What this record does not show

This reviewed record does not show a court finding that any company or person did anything wrong. The strongest reviewed source is a public source record; agency action is not a criminal conviction and may not resolve underlying disputed facts.

Limit: Regulatory order or agency record; not a court judgment. Read the primary source.

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