Is there a Milwaukee town in MI ?

not that i know of. i have yet to understand how he has not been charged? certainly the evidence is out there and well known. it seeems certain laws were broken, correct?

He was also involved in the same type of scam with a car dealer a few years ago also.....no charges in that scam also, not sure why he would continue to try and roll with this again....and again......and again....maybe it is true, crime does pay if done correctly....

I think were all eager to find out what will happen to him after he appears in front of a Judge today says WOOD TV 8 of Grand Rapids. If anybody hears the out come, please post .Maybe this is the end of the throttles for this guy.

go to www.wxmi.com and watch last nights video o0n Vorce

They are getting more info

FBI is on the hunt
they showed up at a few places around here looking for more info on boats that Mike has apparently bought (stole)

Still in FBI Custody..................

If anyone knows this tool PLEASE tell him that I am smiling ear to ear because I helped put this azzhole in jail! :evilb::evilb:

Michael Vorce arrested in Chicago with another West Michigan man over an alleged loan fraud

Posted by knagenga August 29, 2008 13:00PM
Michael Vorce

MILWAUKEE -- Michael Vorce, a former West Michigan boat broker who investigators say is behind a multi-million loan fraud scam that cost local banks millions of dollars, was taken into federal custody this week.

Vorce, 31, was arrested in Chicago late Tuesday, along with a Byron Township man, in what authorities say was another effort to allegedly defraud a bank.

A hearing that had been scheduled for Friday in Milwaukee was postponed until next Thursday. Vorce and the other suspect will remain in custody at least until that hearing.


INVESTIGATIONS
Michael Vorce was arrested outside Chicago this week, stemming from an alleged bank fraud scheme. He has been under federal investigation for millions of dollars in boat loans since 2007. Here's a look at how the case has evolved:

2007

March 15 -- Macatawa Bank restates fourth-quarter earnings, saying it may have $5.2 million in bad loans to one customer, later identified as Vorce.

March 23 -- Banks seize boats and other property from Vorce's homes and storage facility.

April 5 -- Federal officials raid Vorce's former office in Bridgewater Place.

April 10 -- Ryan Steensma, owner of security firm Redline 22 and a friend of Vorce, says he has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury.

April 12 -- FBI and U.S. Attorney's office are investigating Vorce and loans based on fake boat identities and titles. Losses to local banks and a credit union are estimated at $16 million.

May 1 -- Banks auction contents of Vorce's homes in Grand Haven and Alpine Township for a total of $224,000.

August -- Wachovia Bank becomes first bank to sue Vorce.

Oct. 16 -- Vorce apologizes to banks, their employees and shareholders.


2008

April 24 -- Macatawa Bank chairman expresses frustration about lack of criminal charges against Vorce.

June 30 -- Vorce allegedly files online loan application for $391,450, using Milwaukee attorney's name.

Tuesday -- Vorce is arrested near Chicago with James Jett, of Byron Township, while picking up paperwork for loan.


Vorce, formerly of Alpine Township, allegedly tried to use the identity of a Milwaukee attorney to secure a $391,450 loan. That loan was ostensibly to buy a 48-foot Sea Ray yacht, according to the case filed in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee.

The federal complaint alleges Vorce and James Jett, 29, initiated the scheme with a fraudulent loan application June 30.

They face felony charges of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, along with possible identity theft charges.

How the situation could be tied to an ongoing criminal investigation of Vorce in Grand Rapids is unclear.

In a press release, the FBI said the pair are involved in a multi-state identity theft and bank fraud scheme involving at least $2.6 million at four financial institutions.

"The investigation is continuing as the individuals appear to be part of a larger fraud scheme," the statement said.

FBI spokesman Leonard Peace said he didn't know whether the larger scheme not detailed in the court complaint included activity in Michigan.

A Press investigation in 2007 showed Vorce managed to secure millions of dollars in loans from 2005 through 2007 against a fleet of high-end yachts that either didn't exist or didn't belong to Vorce.

The money he secured was used, in part, to support a luxurious lifestyle that included high-end cars and a Miami condominium.

Vorce later apologized to the banks, which filed civil cases against him in Kent County Circuit Court and seized his property.

Vorce has remained free since the West Michigan scheme unraveled and never was criminally charged in those cases.

The June loan application detailed in the Milwaukee case used the identity of Michael Berzowski, a Milwaukee lawyer, along with a bogus e-mail address and fake tax returns, authorities said.

Fraud officials from Bank of the West discovered the alleged fraud when they contacted the accountant listed on the tax returns. The accountant said he did not prepare such returns for Berzowski.

The bank also found an appraisal on the boat Vorce was supposedly trying to buy to be fake after contacting the appraiser, authorities said.

FBI agents tracked Vorce to a courier service company where Vorce had arranged to pick up Bank of the West's loan documents.

Jett, who was driving a BMW with its license plates removed and Vorce in the passenger seat, picked up the package, authorities said. As he pulled away from the courier service, agents stopped the BMW and ordered Jett and Vorce out of the vehicle.

When Vorce got out, a pre-paid phone that had been used to make arrangements to pick up the package fell to the ground, according to an FBI statement.

An apparently faked voicemail message that greets those who call the phone says callers have reached Berzowski.

Berzowski told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he didn't know how his name came to be used in the alleged fraud.

E-mail Chris Knape: [email protected]

The "Elliot Ness" of power boating..... our boy Dave can do anything!:D:D:D

By the way...can I borrow a hundred million or so.....?

Use my new name ........... Triple Digits.

T2x

More fallout.

Hair salon closes after co-owner accused of fraud

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 By Chris Knape
The Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS -- Kristen Morton first sensed something was wrong Friday afternoon when the elevators stopped working.

A couple of hours later, Morton and the 12 other employees of Studio 64 salon and spa, at 64 Ionia Ave. SW, found themselves out on the curb -- apparently the latest victims of an alleged fraud involving Michael Vorce.

"We were just standing outside with bags full of our stuff," said Morton, the office manager for the salon since May.

Today, the second-floor leased space has been locked by the landlord.

The salon was co-owned by James Jett, a 29-year-old Byron Township man who was arrested last week with Vorce during what federal officials said was an attempt at defrauding a bank.

According to a federal affidavit, the pair were arrested while picking up documents to secure a $391,450 loan that supposedly was to be used to buy a yacht. Federal investigators said Vorce and Jett used the identity of a Milwaukee attorney in communications with the bank.

The FBI said the pair are involved in a multi-state identity theft and bank fraud involving at least $2.6 million at four financial institutions.

Both men are in custody in Milwaukee facing bank fraud and identity theft charges. A hearing has been set for Thursday.

Studio 64 employees and Jett's partner in the business say they had no idea Jett might be involved in criminal activities.

For now, employees are left without jobs and three weeks in back pay.

Vorce, 31, is a former Alpine Township boat broker. A Press investigation in 2007 showed he obtained millions of dollars in loans from West Michigan banks based on fraudulent information.

Paul Priest, the other owner of the salon, said he is doing what he can to take care of his employees and reopen.

"I'm in negotiations to take care of their past paychecks," he said. "I'm doing all I can not to leave them high and dry. I'm trying to figure this all out myself."

Priest said he only learned about Jett's problems Friday when Jett's mother called him Everything else he has heard about the case has been from media reports, he said.

He said the building's landlord decided to lock the salon's doors. Priest declined to discuss the business' financial details.

"It's absolutely shocking to me," Priest said. "It was a whirlwind of emotion to me when I heard a friend, let alone a business partner, was supposedly into things that I had no idea about."

Vorce faces multiple civil suits in Kent County and was under federal investigation. But before Tuesday's arrest he had not faced criminal charges.

Jett appears to have little criminal history other than minor traffic infractions, according to state records.

Jett's mother declined to comment Tuesday.

Neighbors in the subdivision where Jett lives said they were unaware of the allegations. County records show Jett does not own the $222,000 house.

Morton and other employees at the salon said they rarely saw Jett, who was known as the money man behind the salon.

Priest was the more active partner, although neither had any experience working in the salon business before Studio 64's opening in May 2007.

Vorce was an occasional client and visitor. His fiance, Stacey Veeder, was a receptionist there.

Veeder, who visited Vorce in jail last week, said she is standing by him.

"I was really surprised" by the arrest, she said. "There's another side to the story that nobody knows. Everybody believes everything that immediately comes out in the media.

"I know his heart. I know he wouldn't intentionally hurt me or his family again," she said.

Veeder said she didn't know anything about the business Vorce and Jett allegedly were doing in Chicago.

"I can have hope and faith in my heart that he wasn't involved," she said.

Hair stylists Anna Lamberts, Kylee Brandsen and Vanessa Heckaman were among those who suddenly found themselves unemployed and looking for answers.

They described a salon that lost money through most of its existence but appeared finally to be coming into its own after a lot of hard work by employees.

Morton said she was told August was the first month the salon paid its bills.

"We all worked very hard -- all this hard work just to have it taken away by people we never met before," Lamberts said.

Employees said they believed Jett had been helping the salon meet payroll, apparently from his other ventures, such as the construction business he owned.

On his Myspace.com profile, Jett described himself as a custom home builder whose interests include "clubbin, friends, hockey, boating, working out, always striving to be a better person."

Under the books heading, he wrote: "Overrated. I learn soo much more from real life."

hopefully both these boyz will learn about "real life " real soon!!

Ohhh man is she drinking the kool aid
I know first hand this guy is smooth and slippery

Poor girl has no idea what she is attached to

word is he has taken more than one identity this past year to get another boat or two

I know how he gets em to follow him into the fire

Hope she can just walk away
Proof love is deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid

I would tell her the same thing i told another person that was involved with Vorce a couple of years ago

what i said is "DONT WALK RUN" away from him I hope she heeds this and RUNS

Make no mistake

I got burned by this guy a couple of years ago and i didnt see what he was about until i started to work for him, then it became obvious fairly fast

he had myself and everyone around him fooled he is smooth but the jig is up now and no one can think he is innocent anymore

He will get a slap on the hand and be selling in real estate in southern Florida by year end!! sound familiar

Probably B party'n w/ KK from Detroit!!!:angry-smiley-038:

This is what he did before he started the scaming with boats

but i am not sure he didnt write this himself and it would be interesting to verify some of the information that was posted on him I found it on a business site called SPOKE


Michael Vorce Executive Vice President Mr. Vorce is a technical executive with expertise in global telecommunications, major program implementation, and technology development. As EVP for VoEx, Inc., Mr. Vorce is responsible for strategic delivery of VoIP solutions to VoEx's clients as well as end-user satisfaction. Mr. Vorce directs the development and implementation of product, market, and channel strategies to guide the direction of the company and collaborates with clients and partners to improve their communications infrastructures while reducing operating expenses and capital expenditures. Mr. Vorce has extensive experience in telecommunications' engineering, operations and infrastructure. As Vice President of Operations for Technology Properties, Inc., Mr. Vorce managed a portfolio of carrier access and interexchange properties. Prior to TPI, Mr. Vorce founded and directed the optical engineering operations for US Signal, one of the Midwest's largest broadband carriers. In this capacity, Mr. Vorce directed a multi-state OC-192 deployment and established the company's optical backbone that currently serves the nation's largest providers. Previously, Mr. Vorce was responsible for corporate technology strategy as Vice President of Technology for Convergency Centers, a premier telecommunications infrastructure company. Before joining Convergency Centers, Mr. Vorce held the position of Senior Design Consultant with SBC Global, a division of SBC Communications Inc. In this position, he helped Fortune 100 customers understand the strategic implications of current and emerging transport solutions and worked towards their design and implementation. The position at SBC allowed Mr. Vorce the unique opportunity to design carrier architecture, including interoffice facility and CO deployment. Mr. Vorce began his career as Engineering Manager for ITS Technologies, a startup division of the parent company, ITS Communications. Mr. Vorce has attained some of the most advanced networking and optical engineering certifications in the world from Cisco Systems, Inc. and Nortel Networks. He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, completed coursework at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, VA, maintains membership with the United States Naval Academy Foundation, and holds a degree in business from Michigan State University

man o man what a mess. what a punk!!!!!!!!

This guy has been lining his pockets illegally for years AND HE"S STILL WALKING THE STREETS? WTF?

News said last night that they had a hearing yesterday and the judge decided not to let them out of jail on bail (Yet)

The longer he sits behind bars the better

Once he is charged i am sure he will go somewhere much more comfortable than the county jail so let him sit there and contemplate his room mates

Pair held in Wisconsin fraud probe may be divided
by Chris Knape | The Grand Rapids Press
Friday September 05, 2008, 8:24 AM

Michael Vorce

James JettMILWAUKEE -- A lawyer for a Byron Township man nabbed as part of a federal investigation into alleged loan fraud and identity theft indicated Thursday his client is part of a bigger probe in West Michigan involving former Alpine Township boat broker Michael Vorce.

William Burke, attorney for 29-year-old suspect James Jett, said he will argue to have the Milwaukee-based case moved to Michigan "as part of a larger proceeding that might be there."

Burke was speaking at a detention hearing for Jett and Vorce, 31, who were arrested last week in Chicago. The pair were taken into custody while picking up documents to secure a $391,450 loan to buy a luxury yacht using the name and faked tax returns of a Milwaukee attorney, according to a federal affidavit.

The men remained held without bail after the hearing.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Gorence said there are warrants for Vorce and Jett seeking their return to Michigan.

Vorce's warrant apparently stems from a drunken-driving case. In 2005, Vorce pleaded guilty to operating while visibly impaired after a crash that severely injured a man near East Beltline Avenue NE and the Int. 96 interchange.

He was fined and received two years on probation in that case after Kent County Circuit Judge Donald Johnston told Vorce he didn't "sense any malevolence or criminality on your outlook on life."

A judge in Michigan has agreed to let Vorce stay in Wisconsin for prosecution, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Haanstad said.

Haanstad said he didn't have as much information on Jett's warrant, but it appeared to stem from an identity-theft investigation.

Vorce waived his preliminary hearing, but attorney Martin Pruhs said he will return to court next week with a proposal for Vorce's release.

"He is not a danger to the community," Pruhs said. "We have not seen any documentation of any wrongdoing by him."

Jett is due in court Sept. 18 for his preliminary hearing and to deal with the warrant.

Asked if Vorce is under federal investigation in Michigan, Pruhs said: "He is dealing with a lot of civil lawsuits. He's not been charged (criminally) with anything."

While Jett's attorney did not detail the nature of the "larger proceeding" involving his client, he did say it involves allegations the Milwaukee-based crime was committed by the men in Michigan using computers.

The FBI has said Vorce and Jett are being investigated for a multistate identity theft and bank fraud involving at least $2.6 million at four financial institutions.

Vorce has been the subject of a probe in West Michigan related to millions of dollars in bogus boat loans. No criminal charges have been filed related to this, and last year Vorce apologized to the banks involved, which filed civil cases against him in Kent County Circuit Court and seized his property.

A source familiar with the case said Jett, who has identified himself as a custom home builder, was in the process of buying Vorce's gated Alpine Township home. Vorce purchased it for at least $550,000 in 2004, according to township records.

Kent County records show a land contract between Vorce and Jett was made May 28 with the approval of banks that held liens on the property.

That deal resulted in Jett paying Vorce $108,725, which Vorce then paid to LaSalle Bank to prevent seizure of the property. After that initial payment, Jett was to pay an additional amount at a later date to take full ownership, a source said.

LaSalle had been moving to foreclose on the property, but the process has taken more than a year.

-- John Diedrich of the Milwaukee

Accused 1

Accused 2

Interesting click on this

http://www.state.mi.us/mdoc/asp/otis...cNumber=534861

you think he violated his parol ??

Just barely.:eek:

He'll probably get sent to a federal "country club" prison like Duluth, Minn. with other white collar criminals (doctors, lawyers, bankers, accountants, etc...

It will only give him/them more time to compare notes and better hone their craft of scamming, when they are eventually released...

If it were you or I, we'd probably be put under the jail...

Some guys have all the luck...

Divenstar :angry-smiley-038:

any one want to go visit him ? here ya go LOL

http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/router.asp?docid=15657

More of his stuff on the block

AGAIN


Another auction set for Michael Vorce's assets
by Chris Knape | The Grand Rapids Press
Tuesday October 07, 2008, 12:23 PM
RESOURCE
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• Photo gallery of auction items

BYRON TOWNSHIP -- Another round of high-end goods seized from jailed boat-broker Michael Vorce is set to go on the auction block.

Proceeds from the Oct. 28 auction at Miedema Auctioneering's Repocast.com will go to the bank Vorce still owes millions of dollars from loans he allegedly obtained through fraud or misrepresentation.

The three truckloads of merchandise recently were seized from the Alpine Township mansion where Vorce had continued to live since federal officials began investigating him in 2007.

Vorce is in jail in Milwaukee. He was arrested by federal officials in August with Grand Rapids builder and salon owner James Jett. They are accused of trying to use an attorney's identity to fraudulently secure a huge bank loan.


The charges have not directly been tied the fraud that was being investigated in Michigan. Vorce had not been criminally charged in those cases, though he faces numerous civil suits.

Jett had been in the process of buying Vorce's gated home, which Bank of America said is now in foreclosure.

All of the goods up for sale -- nearly 150 items on Miedema's Web site -- had been brought into the home since the contents of the same home were seized and auctioned in May 2007.

Among the goods are two 50-inch high-definition TVs, one 42-inch HDTV, workout equipment, leather chairs, a digital safe and works of art.

Scott Miedema , Miedema chief operating officer, said he hopes to capitalize on the public's fascination with the Vorce case in to get as much as possible for his creditors.

"It's definitely something that people are fascinated and interested in," he said. "I think because of the drama." What's unclear is where everything came from and whether Vorce bought it all after the last auction or acquired it since then.

"It was surprising," Miedema said. "I think everybody just kind of assumes he was in hard times or something."

E-mail Chris Knape: [email protected]

No smile on his Mug now

Bad boyz bad boyz....whatcha gonna do when DaveP catches you! :evilb:

Refreshing to see a big-time scammer NOT based in SE Florida for a change. Grand Rapids, Michigan? I thought only saints came from there.

ahhh yeaaaaa

Marc - that is classic!

Hey - the auction has a Mercury Inflatible. I'm in for $500 if you can ship it to me! I will put the name "Vorce's YOT" on it! :evilb:

I wonder if "Kielbasi in the CAN" is on the lunch menu???

Ummmm let's see:

01 - No violations of any criminal law OOPS!!!! Strike one!

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02 - Not leave state without permission OOPS!!!! Strike two!


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02.0 - Not use/possess alcohol or intoxicants

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02.1 - Alcohol testing

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03 - Monthly reporting OOPS!!!! Strike three!

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03.3 - Apply to Mental Health Treatment Program

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03.9 - Educational or Vocational program

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03.11 - Community service in lieu of ____

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04 - Notify of change of residence

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04.2 - Not change residence

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04.18 - Behavior

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04.20 - Not own or possess weapons

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04.23 - Allow Field Agent into your residence

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04.24 - Authorize a search if Field Agent has cause

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04.25 - Report any arrest or police contact OOPS!!!! Strike four!


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06.4 - Maintain employment of at least 30 hours per week OOPS!!!! Strike five!


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08.2 - Pay a Crime Victim's Assessment

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08.3 - Pay Supervision Fee pursuant to PA 185 of 1993

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08.4 - Court Cost

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08.5 - Fine

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08.11 - Assignment of wages until ordered assessments are paid OOPS!!!! Strike six! - i don't think ill gotten gains can be assessed


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08.15 - OUIL/OUID reimbursement

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08.18 - State Costs

Yea Dave I was looking at the same thing

To think that he was getting away with over 16 million in fraud here and then your 2 mill buired him

It was the straw that broke the back

Ahh Dave there's only 3 strikes to the out which means he's out twice! Hhmmm maybe he can cell up with Mr. Kramer he had 2 outs as welll

Did they retrieve the loot from him?

What an A-Hole!! :angry-smiley-038::waffen093:

Anyone seen his 2003 fountain 48???

5 Bucks says Jett rolls over on Vorce or vice-versa. Monty Hall, Lets Make A Deal is what always happens.

That has already happened :evilb:

Who rolled on who?

Jett rolled on Vorce :evilb: