IN RE JOHNSON
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland, Baltimore Division.
Filed: October 19, 2012.
51. The Court finds that the Defendants' use of a false name and false social security number was intentional and for the purpose of concealing Mancini's true identity.
52. The chart below identifies these 53 cases by case number and debtor name, and indicates the date of filing, the name the Defendants used to identify Mancini and the amount the Defendants charged the debtor for their services:
Case No. Case Name Date Filed Alias/Name Used Amount
Charged
12-12203 Justice, Tuyna 2/10/2012 Scalia $399
12-12543 Jackson, Sabrina 2/15/2012 Scalia $399
12-12892 Elliott, Amie 2/21/2012 Scalia $400
12-13047 Kelly, Walter 2/22/2012 Scalia $400
12-13253 Terry, Mary Katherine 2/24/2012 Scalia $399
12-13458 Henson, Charles 2/28/2012 Scalia $400
12-13617 Lucas, Richard 2/29/2012 Scalia $400
12-14009 Dhanesar, David 3/5/2012 Scalia $400
12-14620 Thompson, Lateasha 3/12/2012 Scalia $400
12-15156 Healy, Audrey 3/20/2012 Scalia $400
12-15815 Jenkins, Shaunda 3/28/2012 Scalia $400
12-15828 Simms, Andrew 2/28/2012 Scalia $380
12-16230 Gray, Larry Jackson 4/2/2012 Scalia $400
12-16377 Carroll, Kelli 4/4/2012 Scalia $400
12-16427 Rhodes, Kenyona 4/5/2012 Scalia $400
12-16730 Manning, Bernadette 4/10/2012 Scalia $400
12-16891 Klein, Deborah 4/12/2012 Scalia $400
12-16941 McLeod, Gabriell 4/13/2012 Scalia $400
12-17131 Bennett, Simone 4/16/2012 Scalia $400
12-17260 Banks, Denise 4/17/2012 Scalia $400
12-17468 Perry, Ronald 4/20/2012 Scalia $400
12-17630 Spiegel, Glenn 4/23/2012 Scalia $400
12-17619 Cherry, Mary 4/23/2012 Scalia $400
12-17971 Gathers, Ameisha 4/27/2012 Scalia $400
12-18259 Hughes, Antwan 5/1/2012 Scalia $400
12-18321 Demccuttac, Charmaine 5/2/2012 Scalia $500
12-18438 Iten, Dale 5/3/2012 Scalia $400
12-18775 Stover, Laura 5/8/2012 Scalia $400
12-18736 Bellison, James 5/8/2012 Scalia $400
12-18763 Jones, Kili Lushaan 5/8/2012 Scalia $169
12-18908 Wilt, Ronald 5/10/2012 Scalia $400
12-19413 Conaway, Cheryl 5/17/2012 Scalia $400
12-19460 Scott, Lauren 5/18/2012 Scalia $400
12-19504 Brown, Ann 5/18/2012 Scalia $400
12-19597 German, William 5/21/2012 Scalia $400
12-19687 Miller, Kailin 5/22/2012 Scalia $400
12-19747 MacNeal, Daniel 5/23/2012 Scalia $400
12-19915 Johnson, Darlene 5/25/2012 Scalia $400
12-19914 Dew, Michael 5/25/2012 Scalia $400
12-20539 Franczkowski, Ashley 6/5/2012 Scalia $400
12-21542 Lawson, Cornelia 6/20/2012 Scalia $50
12-21660 Huggins, Samalia 6/22/2012 Scalia $400
12-21686 Ince, Renata 6/22/2012 Scalia $400
12-22360 Ward, Darrian 7/2/2012 Scalia $400
12-21546 Bright, Antonia 6/20/2012 Mancini $400
12-21687 Bates. Kim 6/22/2012 Mancini $400
12-22190 Anderson, Lauren 6/29/2012 Mancini $400
12-23188 Diesel, John 7/17/2012 Mancini $400
12-23340 Pollitt, Jerome 7/19/2012 Mancini $400
12-23420 Jeffries, Dante 7/20/2012 Mancini $400
12-23419 Brown, Artricia 7/20/2012 Mancini $400
12-23589 Lewis, Mark 7/24/2012 Mancini $400
12-23662 Spione, Joy 7/25/2012 Mancini $400
53. In connection with Ms. Johnson's bankruptcy case and the bankruptcy cases described in the chart above, the Defendants acted as persons, other than an attorney for the debtor or an employee of such attorney under direct supervision of such attorney, who prepared for compensation, documents for filing in the bankruptcy court in connection with a bankruptcy case.
54. In each case described above where the Defendants identified Mancini as "A. Michael Scalia," Mancini failed to print his name on a document prepared for filing or to print the name of the officer, principal, responsible person or partner of Scalia & Seidel who prepared each document for filing.
55. In each case described above, the Defendants failed to place on each document filed, Mancini's social security number or the social security number of the officer, principal, responsible person, or partner of Scalia & Seidel who prepared each document for filing.
1. Congress has provided that "[t]he United States trustee may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue in any case or proceeding" under Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code"). 11 U.S.C. § 307. Additionally, various paragraphs of § 110 of the Bankruptcy Code specifically provide that the United State Trustee may bring actions to redress the misconduct alleged in this case. See, e.g., 11 U.S.C. §§ 110(i)(1), 110(J)(1).
2. The term "debtor" is defined by the Bankruptcy Code as a "person ... concerning which a case under [the Bankruptcy Code] has been commenced." 11 U.S.C. § 101(13). For purposes of these Findings, the Court applies that same definition.
3. At the hearing on this matter, the Assistant United States Trustee testified that Mancini admitted to him that the social security number listed on these documents was not Mancini's social security number but that Mancini claimed the numbers were tax identification numbers assigned to him or his businesses. However, the Assistant United States Trustee also testified that his own investigation indicated that the numbers were actually social security numbers issued to individuals living outside of Maryland. There was no evidence presented as to the identity of these individuals or that these individuals were aware that Mancini had used their social security numbers.