Process Server Fraud destroys business
Angus McEachern, a former process server for Minnesota based Major Legal Professional Process Serving is now facing trial for perjury for creating nearly 200 false affidavits of service.
As a result of this case John Bauer, the owner of Major Legal and a professional process server for almost twenty years, is now dissolving the business due to the complete destruction of his local reputation. “The defendant had been fully trained in process serving, but simply made the decision not to do his job. He was lazy; that’s what it comes down to,” Bauer said.
In my experience, this is not an isolated incident — this is more common than you might think.
http://www.confidentialresource.com/2009/08/17/process-server-fraud-destroys-business/
As a former President of the California Association of Legal Support Professionals, and a Ca. Process Server for almost 30 years I am truly sorry for what happened to Mr. Bauer. However, I feel I must point out that the majority of process servers are professional, responsible and honest. I am encouraged by the “conversations” that are taking place but I urge everyone to remember that a minority of bad apples should not reflect badly on the majority of good, honest, hard working process servers who are vital to the furtherance of justice and due process in the U.S. legal system.
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