IN RE JOHNSON
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland, Baltimore Division.
Filed: October 19, 2012.
17. In April 2012, Mancini amended his name-change petition, thereby asking that the state court to change Mancini's name to "Michael Antonio Mancini" rather than the originally-requested "A. Michael Scalia."
18. In June 2012, Mancini's request was granted and his name was legally changed from "Michael Antonio Lonardo" to "Michael Antonio Mancini."
19. There was no point in time during which Mancini's actual name was "A. Michael Scalia."
Defendants' Public Persona Implied They Were Attorneys20. The Defendants conducted business out of offices located in Baltimore City, Maryland.
21. In July 2012, the Assistant United States Trustee stationed in Baltimore, along with an attorney and an investigator from the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission, met with and interviewed Mancini at his offices on Harford Road in Baltimore City.
22. The Assistant United States Trustee testified that the office was decorated to look like a law office, including containing shelves of law books.
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.