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Fraud
This includes un licensed practice of law, Jacob King aka Mark Hakim (CEO of ULRS INC. Jacob King was impersonating the “Corporate attorney” practicing law free of a license.
They filed a default judgment (with NO service) on 1/3/23 which was reversed on 3/21/23
They have done this multiple times and for extortion:
For Extortion
• The defendant knew the threat was wrongful,
• The threat included a demand for money, property or services (this threat could be express or implied), and
• The plaintiff complied with the demand.
Retaliation
A. On 3/11/22 Alameda County #HS21112776 Hogarty vs United Legal Group for $1,000 and removal of judgment. (United Legal Group reported a collection on my personal credit lowering my credit score by 100 points.) It was served to attorney Jonathan Teperson ESQ yet it was not allowed in Small Claims. Service was attempted 7 times to United Legal Group, with 2 separate court dates, to no avail.
B. On 3/18/22 United Legal Group filed this complaint for $250,000 Extortion in Riverside County #CVSW2201581. This case is a direct retaliation against Proof Smart Food (Corporation dissolved 2020 due to COVID), The Fitness Meal Inc. (CA Corp 2021).
A. Defendant Hogarty had multiple conversations with Jacob King aka Mark Hakim (CEO of ULRS INC. Jacob King was impersonating the “Corporate attorney” practicing law free of a license. Jacob King has practiced law free of a license with other clients.
B. From BBB (Better Business Bureau) website: https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/corona/profile/collections-agencies/united-legal-group...⇄ (many more on the link)
• Jessica "In that email, the lab owner said she had not authorized ULG to collect on these debts, and that she had sent them a cease-and-desist letter, but they had ignored the request. I have spoken to Elizabeth from ULG several times. I asked if I could record the call for my records and she told me it was an FDCPA violation to record the call. It is not. She lied to me about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.”
• Phillip “They then started to threaten us, especially Jacob K***. He said he will not pay us over 20k of monies he has already collected and if we go after him he will go after us for more penalties. He also told me he based off of the customer I have sent to collections he can tell that I'm working with criminals and breaking the law.
• Christina: “Stay away from this company. The owner, Mark H****, aka Jacob K*** (the “legal director” - who isn’t an attorney yet continuously provides clients with reckless legal advice, and has actually told other people that he IS an attorney) will retaliate if you use PSL and will even fire you for request*** FFCRA pay after require*** that you quarantine. He illegally demoted me while I was on medical leave. He also falsely claims that employees “resigned” since he doesn’t want to pay unemployment benefits. There are multiple past employees who can attest to this. This place is ridiculous, and I’m surprised the Department of Labor hasn’t shut them down yet.
Jurisdiction and Venue
A. Trustart Financial is located in Chicago, Illinois (They were the company defendant did business with, not United Legal Group). United Legal Group is located in Corona, CA, ULRS Inc is located in Murrieta CA and William Hogarty, The Fitness Meal Inc, Proof Smart Food Inc (dissolved in 2020) are located in Alameda County, CA. All business dealing with Trustart Financial were done in Alameda County, CA.
B. United Legal Group is not a California entity and was not authorized to put defendant into collections in Feb 2021. ULRS, Inc. is a newly formed corporation (formed 8/19/21). The defendant never did any business with ULRS, Inc. or United Legal Group.
Original complaint dated 5/01/19 by defendant against Trustart Financial (Alameda Count #HS19004448 for fraud, misrepresentation and services not rendered) dismissed as served in Chicago so not valid for small claims in CA.
Duty to meet and confer.
1. Defendant called Peter Bronstein on 9/29/23 for a meet and confirm, promised a called back to no avail. Defendant called and emailed Peter Bronstein on January 10, 2023 to no avail, Defendant called and emailed Peter Bronstein on January 11, 2023 to no avail and Defendant emailed Peter Bronstein and Jonathan Teperson on February 2, 2023 to no avail.
2. No service of ANY motions below to defendant:
• Request for Entry of Default (CIV-100) on Complaint for Other Collections (Over $25,000) of ULRS INC. DBA UNITED LEGAL GROUP
• Declaration of Attorney Peter C. Bronstein in Response to the Court's Order to Show Cause for Failure to File Proof of Service on Complaint for Other Collections (Over $25,000) of ULRS INC. DBA UNITED LEGAL GROUP
• And 4 filings Proof of Service on Complaint for Other Collections (Over $25,000) of ULRS INC. DBA UNITED LEGAL GROUP
UNITED LEGAL GROUP, UNITED LAW GROUP - SCAM
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I reached out to the lab to see if I have any outstanding labs. I spoke to a woman named Elena Jimenez. She emailed me from [email protected]. She sent invoices that didn't make sense. The website in her signature doesn't go to any working website. Here's her signature:
Elena Jimenez
Department: Billing
Phone (818) 582-3189 Ext. 8355
Fax (818) 582-3773
6700 Valjean Ave, Van Nuys CA 91406
www.universaldxlab.com
I contacted the doctor's office and they stated that this company is a scam. They told me not to pay any bills from this company. They said that they can't charge me after 5 years from the date of service.