Jury Trial Scheduled in Bradley Dean v. Land And Mineral Corporation

According to the Collin County website, a jury trial date has been set for September 16th, 2013 at 9:00 am. 

This is the case #366-00485-2010; Bradley Dean v. Land And Mineral Corporation, Carrie Rogers, Kelly G Rogers, Series C, L.P., LMC Financing, L.L.C., Kelly G Rogers, Carrie Rogers.

The Bradley Dean case is stereo-typical of a Kelly G Rogers deal. 

You initially meet and get to know Kelly Rogers from church, the local community or a friend of a friend. You think he's sharp. Impressive. One day he reaches out, contacts you with this fantastic opportunity. He's devised a scheme. He comes out and pitches it, it really sounds good...so you invest.

However, as time goes on you begin to notice that NOTHING he promised is working out. You begin to ask questions and eventually it hits you "up side the head". Is this deal is a scam? 

You scramble to get your money---only to find that it's long gone. Transfered to another person who was owed money form a different entity that had no relation what-so-ever to your deal. 

You were just the tool.  

You file a lawsuit, hire expense lawyers but eventually everyone runs out of money pursuing justice. 

In the meantime, Kelly G Rogers represents himself or Carrie S. Rogers (his wife) at no cost. He simply drags out the process until you give up or run out of money. Cunning. Calculated. 

But wait.......NOT THIS TIME! Enter Bradley Dean.

In his case against Kelly G Rogers, Bradley Dean retained James Skinner and Michael F. Pezzulli of Pezzulli Barnes, L.L.P. This "Team" has lead to the involvement of the Texas State Security Commission working in conjunction with the Collin County DA's office, resulting in SIX indictments for money laundering, theft of property and securities fraud. 

Each Felony charge carries a minimum of 5 year and maximum of 99 years. Do the math.

And so it goes.....a jury trial scheduled for September. Can't wait. Fill out your "September madness" trial brackets at your office!

KELLY G ROGERS REPORT NAMES BRADLEY DEAN AS 2012 MAN OF THE YEAR

After much deliberation, the KELLY G ROGERS REPORT has named
D. Bradley Dean, D.D.S., M.S. as its "Man of the Year".

This was a difficult decision because so many new faces had emerged onto the playing field of the Kelly G Rogers and Carrie S Rogers show.

For example, Dale Barron of the Texas State Securities Board has worked tirelessly in conjunction with the Collin County DA's office to vigorously enforce the Texas Securities Act violations committed by Kelly G Rogers.

How about the Honorable Mark Rusch of the 401st District Court? Here's a 27 year, no nonsense purveyor of good judgement over crooks and con-men.  In less than 60 days, Judge Rusch has provided verbal smack-downs on TWO different occasions on Kelly G Rogers.

And how can we overlook the fine work of James Skinner of Pezzulli Barnes, LLP? With 25-years of law enforcement and prosecutor, he's brought a vast amount of investigative knowledge and experience to this case. With the combined talents of Michael F. Pezzulli, they continue to bring the hammer down on Rogers' seemingly loose grip of the facts.

But at the end of the day, it's been D. Bradley Dean's drive, focus and perseverance that has brought all these good men to the table. Through a good sense of right and wrong, he's kept motivated to push forward in doing the right thing.

We've talked to many past investors and they all held this same view of right and wrong, all wanted to move forward with their own litigation but most found themselves wiped out financially after the affair was over.

And this is why the KELLY G ROGERS REPORT has voted D. Bradley Dean as its "Man of the Year". 

In the words of Harry S. Truman: “I don’t give them Hell, I just tell the truth about them and they think it’s Hell.” —

Judge Rusch loses patience with Kelly G Rogers

Kelly G Rogers of Frisco made his second appearance on Friday  in the 401^st District court of Texas. Appearing before the Honorable Mark Rusch, it didn’t take long for Rogers to push the Judges buttons.

The Judge began by asking both parties to approach the bench.

The Judge then pointed out that Kelly G Rogers of Frisco, TX was to appear with an attorney. Mr. Rogers said he’d called 12 law firms and each wanted a retainer of $75,000 to $300,000 upfront. He said he didn’t have that kind of money.

Judge Rusch then asked for Rogers to provide a list of lawyers contacted.

A retainer is smart move considering that contained in Rogers July 2009 bankruptcy filing, he listed owing Scheef & Stone LLP $77,934 and Fitch & Richardson PC for $28,263.

Rogers told the Judge he took the Judges advice and got a job. He didn’t say where but said he was earning $12,000 per month.  Does anyone know who has hired this man?

Rogers also indicated that he was waiting on a “Deal” to close. While we’re not sure what kind of “Deal”, the best we can tell he’s doing two other things in the background. 

First, supposedly he's purchasing oil and gas leases at low prices and selling them high. This sounds like the “Land and Minerals” operation that Bradley Dean is suing him over.

Second, it appears he has a legal client he's representing and he thinks a settlement is forthcoming. Supposedly the income produced by one or both of these deals will net Rogers between $325,000-$600,000. 

However, consider the source. This from a man who filed documents saying his home in Frisco was worth $2.8 million and had it listed for $3.2 Million. Eventually it was foreclosed on by the bank who paid $1.4 million and resold for less than $2.0.   

Also from the man who filed bankruptcy paperwork saying he was making $30,000 a month and Carrie $45,000. In reality, we heard Rogers never made a single payment on him Chapter 13 agreement which caused the trustee to convert the bankruptcy to a Chapter 7. 

Anyways, at this point Judge Rusch was clearly perturbed at Rogers for appearing without representation. He now comments that he has some 1,600 cases in his docket and the fact that this case ends with “09” is extremely troubling to him. He said he’s sat on this bench for some 26 years and seen his share of “Con-men” come and go through his court.

He now put his thumb and index finger almost together and said something to the effect of; You are this close to forcing me to take some drastic action. The Judge went on to say that Rogers is indicted on SEVEN FIRST DEGREE FELONIES, each carry a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 99 years to life penalty.  Further, it was up to HIS digression as to whether they run concurrently or consecutively. 

Given consecutively, Rogers would spend a minimum of 35 years and a maximum of 7 life sentences or the rest of his life in jail if convicted. 

The Judge then instructed Rogers that he was going to schedule another date between January 14^thand the 21^st (Officially scheduled for January 18th @ 9 am) and he’d better appear with an attorney or the Judge would put him in jail until his trial begins. 

I’d say this Judge has read Kelly G Rogers for who he really is…

Team Dean continues to clean Kelly Rogers Clock!

 

Kelly G Rogers and Carrie S. Rogers continues to get their clock cleaned in civil case 366-00485-2010, Bradley Dean v. Land And Mineral Corporation. 

According to the Bankruptcy records, Kelly G Rogers listed Carrie S. Rogers as the owner of Land and Minerals Corporation and himself as the President. However, actual ownership has become unclear as Kelly G Rogers has contradicted himself in statements provided to the court.  

But on Thursday, October 11th, the Honorable Judge Ray Wheless granted Plaintiff Brad Dean's Motion to Compel Records from BOKF, N.A. d/b/a Bank of Texas (According to the Collin County Website).

Oh-O! 

Apparently, these are the financial records Kelly G Rogers has been hesitant to turn over for one reason or another. Hmmm...that sounds fishy in itself. 

So what does it mean now that he's been ordered by Judge Wheless to turn over the books? (You can read motion by clicking to the Collin County link and looking up Rogers, Kelly). 

Is the jig is now up? Maybe now Team Dean will get the truthful answers to; 

• Who really owns Land and Minerals Corporation?
• Where did Bradley Dean's money go? 
• Did Rogers use Dean's funds to pay off other investors or personal bills? 
• Would that make Land and Minerals Corporation another Ponzi Scheme similar to level par? 
• Since Rogers has already been busted by the SEC, would this further incriminate him as a primary Ponzi facilitator?
• Has Rogers co-mingling corporate funds?
• Is Kelly G Rogers running a "Control Group" of corporations to avoid paying taxes? 
• Will the Dean team succeed in pierce the corporate veil?  
• Is Rogers paying his rent to George Shipp directly from Land and Minerals Corporation?

Anyone see other answers coming out of the Bank of Texas records?

Bradley Dean v Land & Minerials Corp, Kelly G Rogers and Carrie Rogers Frisco UPDATE

According to Collin County Court records, Carrie Rogers Frisco has hired the services of Craig M. Price as council for Bradley Dean's lawsuit.

As way of background;

On February 2nd, 2009, Kelly and Carrie Rogers enter into an agreement with Timothy Woods of Series C, LP to borrow $125,000 to be paid back by May 1, 2009.

Seven days later on February 9th, 2009,  Kelly G Rogers acting as President of Land and Minerals Corporation (LMC), signs a joint venture agreement with Bradley Dean to invest $102,000. Dean was due $122,000 by March 20th.
 
At this point Kelly G Rogers failed to disclose he'd been sued by the SEC and agreed to a $153,000 final settlement. He also failed to disclose he was being sued by multiple investors over other deals.  

On February 10th, 2009, Dean wires $102,000 to LMC but Kelly G Rogers calls an audible and immediately wires $193,618 to a bank account for Series C, LP in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Unknown to Dean, from March 13th to April 13, four contractors doing remodeling work on Rogers home file M/L affidavits against the 8 Riva Ridge home for unpaid bills totaling $196,372.

Combine the $196,372 to the $247,000 (Series C + Dean) and Rogers now owes $521,372 by May 1st. Rogers will go one to file personal Chapter 11 on July 27th, 2009. 

In the August 3rd, 2009 Section 341 bankruptcy meeting transcript, Kelly G Rogers testified that Carrie owned LMC. The LAST thing he wants is to have LMC ownership be tied to him. He repeats this claim at an August 25th, 2009 deposition, where Kelly testifies that Carrie owns LMC and he was President.

But suddenly, in a May 12th, 2010  motion filed by Kelly (acting as legal representative for his wife Carrie), Carrie swears that she had NEVER had ownership interest in LMC. But the best part; at an April 3rd, 2012 evidentiary hearing,  Kelly contradicts his Section 341 and August 25th, 2009 deposition testimony and stated that his wife, Carrie, owned NO interest in LMC and that " the actual ownership of the corporation is in a trust. That trust is managed by Carrie Rogers, my wife."

Bring in Craig M.Price to save the day.



Craig is an aggressive trial lawyer who possesses the rare combination of experience in both criminal and civil cases. His many jury trials have included business disputes, malpractice and personal injury cases as well as felony and misdemeanor criminal cases.

During his two decades of practice, he has recovered for his clients millions of dollars that have been embezzled by former employees, represented businesses in contractual disputes, defended physicians in malpractice actions, settled disputes for numerous family-owned companies, represented clients in software and contract disputes, assisted governmental entities and property owners on condemnation matters, prosecuted and defended deceptive trade practice actions for consumers and business owners, and represented insureds and insurers in disputes over policy coverage and benefits.

He also has handled numerous appeals, and he is an experienced mediator. In his criminal defense work, he has defended clients accused of DWI, family violence, sexual assault and a host of other felony and misdemeanor matters.

Good luck on this one Craig!

Kelly G Rogers, Land & Mineral Corp & Bradley Dean

William Seelye told investors he was a successful oilman in the classic Texas mold. A regular J.R. Ewing.

So did Kelly G Rogers.

Using investor funds as working capital, he was reportedly able to deliver significant returns through drilling or reworking wells throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Investors anted up more than $400,000, but their monies often didn’t make it to the oilfield.

Seelye instead used their funds to make payments to his mortgage and credit card companies and to sustain his lifestyle. Not surprisingly, his oil drilling program turned out to consist mostly of phantom projects and low-producing wells.

In Williams Seelye's case, the only return on investment was a 99-year state prison sentence, which was secured in a Collin County courtroom in 2010 by the Texas State Securities Board.

Now comes Kelly G Rogers where investors anted up $2,800,000.

Bradley Dean was told Land and Minerals Corporation would buy royalty interests, package it with other interests and sell them with his $102,000 investment. Rogers told Dean he would return $122,000 within six weeks of the investment. Dean signed a JV Agreement and forwarded his money on February 2nd, 2009.

But his money never purchased any royalty interests.

Instead, Kelly G Rogers wired $193,618 to a bank account for Series C, LP in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the same day Dean wired his money. No royalty interest, no packaging it with other interests and no sales.

What will be the return on investment for Kelly G Rogers for his part?

Background Information

On February 2nd, 2009, Kelly and Carrie Rogers enter into an agreement with Timothy Woods of Series C, LP to borrow $125,000 (at no interest) to be paid back by May 1, 2009.

Seven days later on February 9th, 2009,  Kelly G Rogers acting as President of Land and Minerals Corporation (LMC), signs a joint venture agreement with Bradley Dean to invest $102,000. Dean was due $122,000 by March 20th.

If you're keeping score, Rogers in now obligated for $247,000 by May 1st, 2009.

At this point Kelly G Rogers failed to disclose he'd been sued by the SEC and agreed to a $153,000 final settlement. Additionally, he failed to disclose he was being sued by multiple investors over other deals.  

Apparently you're required to follow disclosure protocols established by the State Securities Commission of Texas. Oops! You'd think a smart like Rogers could figure that out.

Back to Dean. On February 10th, 2009, Dean wires $102,000 to LMC but Kelly G Rogers calls an audible and immediately wires $193,618 to a bank account for Series C, LP in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Unknown to Dean, from March 13th to April 13, four contractors doing remodeling work on Rogers home file M/L affidavits against the 8 Riva Ridge home for unpaid bills totaling $196,372.

Combine the $196,372 to the $247,000 (Series C + Dean) and Rogers now owes $521,372 by May 1st. Rogers will go one to file personal Chapter 11 on July 27th, 2009.

Someone is Lying

In the August 3rd, 2009 Section 341 bankruptcy meeting transcript, Kelly G Rogers testified that Carrie owned LMC. The LAST thing he wants is to have LMC ownership be tied to him.

He repeats this claim at an August 25th, 2009 deposition, where Kelly testifies that Carrie owns LMC and he was President.

But suddenly, in a May 12th, 2010  motion filed by Kelly (acting as legal representative for his wife Carrie), Carrie swears that she had NEVER had ownership interest in LMC. What????

But the best part; at an April 3rd, 2012 evidentiary hearing,  Kelly contradicts his Section 341 and August 25th, 2009 deposition testimony and stated that his wife, Carrie, owned NO interest in LMC and that "the actual ownership of the corporation is in a trust. That trust is managed by Carrie Rogers, my wife."

So draw your own conclusions but it looks like they're trying to manipulate the ownership to best protect their earnings from those investors who were owed money. And throw in the fact the LMC entity was forfeited on July 30th, 2010 by the Texas Secretary of State for failure to pay franchise taxes. 

Now the Rogers have some real jeopardy-- no corporate veil of liability protection of corporate officers...it's now all personal liability.

Fraud

So the logical assumption as to why Kelly insisted Carrie owned LMC back in 2009 is simple. Theoretically LMC was making $35k a month (as reported in the bankruptcy filing) and Kelly was filing chapter 11 and wanted to repay his debt from this income.  He didn't want Carrie to declare bankruptcy--so he said she owned it to keep it out of the bankruptcy estate.

But when he failed to pay Bradley Dean the $122,000 owed,  it now became a problem to have Carrie the owner of LMC because FRAUD allows for the piercing of the corporate veil and Dean could now get to Carrie personally.

Best of all, Kelly was the attorney that put together Carrie's May 12th, 2010 affidavit where Carrie said she was NOT the owner despite his SWORN testimony.

We've know for a long time that Kelly G Rogers was a pathological liar and now its been nicely documented and packaged up into five felony indictments.

Illegal Actions 

 "Kelly G Rogers swindled Dean out of $102,000 with false promises that he and Land and Minerals would pay Dean $122,000 by March 20, 2009. But Rogers and the company simply wired the money to Series C LP in Oklahoma. No evidence indicates that they bought anything or tried to perform on the Joint Venture contract. The company never made a substantial payment to Dean. Judging from the nature of the description of other creditors' motions and objections on the Court's docket sheet, Rogers swindled others as well. On February 1, 2012, the Chapter 7 Trustee found that there were no non-exempt assets for distribution".

"On Friday, May 4, 2012, state authorities arrested Rogers on multiple felony counts, including two counts of theft of property (over $200,000), fraud (in which he obtained over $1,000,000), obtaining over $1,300,000 by deception (including $102,000 from Dean), and another count of obtaining over $200,000 by deception. On the same day, Rogers posted--or arranged for the posting--of a $250,000 bond." 

Bradley Dean Expands Lawsuit against Kelly & Carrie Rogers

Bradley Dean has expanded his lawsuit against Kelly G. Rogers and Carrie S. Rogers.

Based on the Collin County Courts Records Inquiry if you enter "Civil and Family Case Records" and enter Rogers, Carrie it takes you to the files. Click on the second to the last and you'll find it. It now reads;

Bradley Dean v. Land And Mineral Corporation, Carrie Rogers, Kelly G Rogers, Series C, L.P.,  LMC Financing, L.L.C., Kelly G Rogers as Trustee of the Kelly Rogers Family Trust, and Carrie Rogers as Trustee of the Kelly Rogers Family Trust. 

A couple of events worth noting. First, Bradley Dean filed a motion and it was granted on April 9tth, 2011 disqualify Kelly G. Rogers as the attorney for his wife. Now he's named in the suit and will have to hire and  pay someone real money to represent him.

Second, the Judge granted plaintiff Bradley Dean's motions to reconsider an order dismissing claims against Carrie Rogers. So the Judge is not going to dismiss the suit as requested by Kelly G. Rogers. That's good if you're someone who's interested in getting to the bottom of what Kelly and Carrie did with the money Bradley Dean invested with them or how the Rogers found the money to arrange moving back into their 8 Riva Ridge home in Frisco, Texas. 

Third, the case has been radically expanded beyond the investment entity of Land and Mineral Corporation and Carrie Rogers. It now include Kelly G Rogers (subject of this blog), Series C, LP, and LMC Financing, LLC. Introducing a new entity to the Kelly G Rogers Report; LMC Financing, LLC.

LMC Financing, LLC? Chances are, it stands for Larry, Moe and Curly Financing! We've never heard of this entity before.

So the case moves forward. Citations were issued on April 10th, 2012 and were served and returned from Series C, L.P., LMC Financing, L.L.C., Kelly G. Rogers and Carrie Rogers.

Also on April 10th, 2012, Plaintiff Bradley Dean's filed his third amended petition. When this petition becomes public we'll break it down for you.

I'm sure it'll provide more details as to what this case is all about. Until then....

Bradley Dean vs. Land and Minerals/Kelly Gordon Rogers/Carrie S. Rogers

According to the Collin County website, Bradley Dean has retained James Skinner as lead attorney in his case against Land and Minerals Corporation and Carrie Rogers.

To find this information, simply go to Collin County Courts Records Inquiry and click on "Civil and Family Case Records" and enter the case 366-00485-2010.
The Bradley Dean case is stereo-typical of a Kelly G Rogers deal.  You end up getting to know Kelly Rogers from church, the local community or a friend of a friend. You think he's sharp and impressive. One day, he contacts you with this fantastic opportunity. He has a scheme, he comes  out and pitches it and it sounds really good...so you invest.

However, over time, you begin to notice that NOTHING he promised in the original pitch is working out. You begin to ask questions and eventually it hit you up side the head--this deal is a scam. You scramble to get your money---only to find that it's long gone.

You file a lawsuit, hire expense attorney's and eventually run out of money pursuing justice. In the meantime, Kelly G Rogers represents himself or Carrie S. Rogers (often he puts an entity in his wife's name) at no cost. He simply drags out the process until you give up or run out of money. Cunning. Calculated. Crook.

Could Rogers have met his match? Possibly. According to the Collin County Court Records, Bradley Dean has retained James Skinner. Here's an impressive attorney.

Jim Skinner is a twenty-two-year law enforcement veteran who retired in June 1998 as Chief Investigator for New Mexico’s Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office after extensive training and accumulated years of experience in narcotics enforcement, complex white collar crime, public corruption, violent crime, and homicide investigations.

After receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center in 2001, Mr. Skinner worked as a complex civil litigator in Dallas before becoming an Assistant District Attorney and Special Prosecutor for the Collin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.

Mr. Skinner entered the private sector in 2008, where he consulted for complex civil litigators and corporate entities on the discovery and investigation of financially motivated criminal activity.

Mr. Skinner graduated from the FBI’s Narcotics Related Financial Investigative Techniques Training Program and the DEA’s Basic Narcotics/Dangerous Drug Enforcement School and worked as the Eastern New Mexico Narcotics Task Force Coordinator, conducting undercover and counter-drug intelligence operations throughout New Mexico with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners.

Mr. Skinner is a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Fraud and Financial Investigations Training Program, the Advanced White Collar Crime Training Program, the Telecommunications Fraud Training Program, MCTFT’s International Money Laundering Training, and numerous other programs related to the discovery and investigation of complex financial crime and organized criminal activity.

Mr. Skinner was featured in the August 1996 Reader’s Digest article “To Catch Three Thieves,” which detailed Mr. Skinner’s actions in bringing to justice three men who stole over $58M from senior citizens throughout the United States and Canada by illegal telemarketing scams.

Well Mr. Skinner...you have your work cut out for you today as you pursue Kelly G Rogers. Go get em!

Update: State of Texas v. Kelly G. Rogers

This time it's different.

This time it would appear the trial of Kelly G. Rogers will proceed with a pretrial conference on December 7th and the trial scheduled on December 12, 2011.

This time an agenda has accompanied the subpoenas sent to SEVEN individuals who will testify against the actions of Kelly G. Rogers. These agendas have never been forwarded with previous subpoenas so something is different this time around.

John Charles Hardin will face off against the DA's office to see who can prove their point.

Can Hardin convince anyone that $435,000 taken from the company was some type of compensation for Kelly Rogers hard work? Or will the DA prove it's just another investment scheme propagated by Rogers Ala:  Rio Grande Coal Mine, LLC v Kelly Rogers, Carrie Rogers, Bradley Dean v. Land and Minerals Corporation, Series C LLP v. Kelly G Rogers, Bill Thompson v. Kelly Gordon Rogers,   SEC v. Kelly G Rogers, etc.

Stay tuned.