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danng
Joined 2015
Posts: 5

POSSIBLE FRAUD BY LAWYER AND NOTARY WHAT TO DO?

8 years ago

I have had a trustworthy lawyer for many years that has helped my family through some very difficult legal problems.But that trust went out the window when I asked him to make a will for me.He didnt bother to tell me that the will was free of costs from NOTARY if you are over 65 years of age and told me that I had to pay notary 200$ and his fee $50.but only to revoke previous will 10 years before.Then to make new will about $600.most of which went to notary which i later learned was complete lie since by law in ecuador the will for senior citizen is free of cost from notary.Things got much worse.I paid the lawyer to make a revocation of my previous 10 year old will. and then he made the revocation of will 3 pages with the problem being the last page which basically was a blank page with a place for my signature and 3 witnesses.I signed that last page and very worried about signing a blank page told the lawyer I wanted to make a copy of this paper which he said he couldnt do till the notary finished the revocation f the will and refused to let me make a copy of the revocation of the will with last page having my signature.Iasked him for 1 month for copy of that revocation of will and decided that I needed to hire another lawyer to go to untrustworthy lawyers office to discuss this revocation of will i signed on blank page.Bad lawyer told my second lawyer he had been too busy to do the revocation of will but would have it next week.I finally got the revocation of will that notary had stamped .I could immediately see my signature had been altered and language had been added that wasnt there before.Totally fraudulent. document.I then went with my new lawyer to office of notary to see my original document.The notary told me I couldnt see the original revocation of will only a copy and when i insisted the notary told me to go to court and get a court order to see the original.I and my new lawyer believe that the lawyer and notary are in conspiracy together and have made a new will leaving all my money and properties to somebody in their family or perhaps a power of attorney giving all my money and properties to the devil lawyer and notary or someone in their family.If I make a complaint to police .I have no real proof of fraud and could easily be sued for defamation by lawyer and notary for everything i own.What should I do????It s a mess and where can i find an honest lawyer in QUITO??? I thought my lawyer was honest after some 10 years of using him and he turned out not to be once he saw there was money he could rob from me.

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