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Kendra Bernal Gets One Year in County Jail by Christopher Menkin After all is said and done, including many postponements, Kendra Bernal plead guilty directly to the judge, made now deals with the district attorneys office, said she would continue to make restitution and was sorry, so after all the publicity and hard work by California Riverside District Attorney Steven Counelis and his staff, she through herself and asked for “mercy” from the court. True to the end, she was an excellent sales person. Many truck dealers, leasing brokers, truckers, and others ,lost a lot of money, had many heartaches, loss of business and trucking contracts. She held off all the news expose from Landline Magazine (( trade publication for the professional truckers, official publication of the owner-operator independent drivers ( www.ooida.com ) articles written by the late Rene Tankersley. After working with Growth 1, Bernal set up two companies in Southern California, then when the State of California Department of Corporations closed her down (she had a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was on parole, and no Finance Lender's License.) She specialized in obtaining first and last plus ten percent from truckers anxious to fulfill hauling contracts. The company acquired a new “president,” apparently in name only, then moved the operation to Nevada. The Nevada Attorney General caught on pretty quickly, reportedly catching the company engaging in the same practices here in California: collecting advance rentals, but not funding leases. He told us off the record, “ I don't want any of these California leasing companies operating in my state. Tell your readers these type of people may operate in your state, but not ours. “Stay in California,” he ordered. Bernal's own attorney, active is several equipment leasing associations, was stiffed by her for $15,000 in non-payment for defending her. He never asked her for a retainer, as he “trusted” his client. When the well-known leasing industry attorney complained to the judge about the money owed, he instructed him to continue in her defense on this case without pay. He was not listed as one of the parties that restitution was to be made. It should be noted that those who do not believe a California Finance Lender's license is necessary to do business in this state, here is an example of a company working without a California Finance Lender's license. All the transactions that were put lost their recourse to lessee's on transactions as they now would be considered usurious because the originator was no licensed. The California Department of Corporation also had the legal power to shut down the company with a legal “cease and desist” order. Here are some of the charges Bernal has plead guilty to: http://www.leasingnews.org/PDF/Bernal.pdf Here is her public criminal history: Here are a four year collection of news stories about Kendra Bernal and the Funding Tree: |
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