http://www.keepbailing.com/2009/01/beware-unscrupulous-bondsmen-abound/ Keeping your head above water and your butt out of jail Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.keepbailing.com/2009/01/beware-unscrupulous-bondsmen-abound/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Alen Becker Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:36:38 +0000 http://www.keepbailing.com/?p=156#comment-16 I liked your article about unscrupulous bail bond agents. A bail agent having the technological knowhow on hacking into governmental computers and getting information about inmates is amazing. However you should also talk about a much bigger problem in the bail industry; lawyer referrals and kickbacks. Too many agents have been illegally paying attorneys a kickback for referrals and vice-versa. As you very well know, that type of practice violates both state and federal laws. It is interesting how you have not mentioned the trail of a certain attorney and two bail agents from Orange County who were sentenced last year. I believe it had something to do with former Sheriff Mike Corona. Anyway I hope future city Attorney Trutanich will put this illegal and damaging practice on top of his to do list. I know that Steve Cooley, Jerry Brown, the California Bar association, and FBI have. I liked your article about unscrupulous bail bond agents. A bail agent having the technological knowhow on hacking into governmental computers and getting information about inmates is amazing. However you should also talk about a much bigger problem in the bail industry; lawyer referrals and kickbacks. Too many agents have been illegally paying attorneys a kickback for referrals and vice-versa. As you very well know, that type of practice violates both state and federal laws. It is interesting how you have not mentioned the trail of a certain attorney and two bail agents from Orange County who were sentenced last year. I believe it had something to do with former Sheriff Mike Corona. Anyway I hope future city Attorney Trutanich will put this illegal and damaging practice on top of his to do list. I know that Steve Cooley, Jerry Brown, the California Bar association, and FBI have.

]]> http://www.keepbailing.com/2009/01/beware-unscrupulous-bondsmen-abound/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Matt Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:56:57 +0000 http://www.keepbailing.com/?p=156#comment-8 I agree totally....There's a company that some customers get us confused with, and not a day goes by where we don't get an angry call where the caller feels cheated on something!...Something the "unscrupulous" company did to them! After we explain that we're a different company, the caller usually feels at ease. It's sad and I'm sure it leaves more of a scar on the local industry here than just on our company. I agree totally….There’s a company that some customers get us confused with, and not a day goes by where we don’t get an angry call where the caller feels cheated on something!…Something the “unscrupulous” company did to them! After we explain that we’re a different company, the caller usually feels at ease. It’s sad and I’m sure it leaves more of a scar on the local industry here than just on our company.

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