Complaint Review: Donald F Burg/Brookholllow apartments/owner

I have been a victim of an illegal eviction, fraud and harassement and bribery. I moved into Brookhollow apartments about 7 years ago. I am on disability so they hired me part time to work in the rental office doing managerial duties. I have about 17 years of experience in property management. I was told the owners name was Donald Burg of Santa Barbara, CA who is wealthy and owns millions of dollars in Real Estate as well as 2 other apartment complexes in Phoenix.

I worked under Donald Chaves, his agent. (Manager) I believed everything I was told until I started doing the accounts payable. I noticed that most paychecks (under the table) vendor payments and Mr. Chaves' personal bills were being paid off a "petty cash" account, which I found odd. When I started asking questions about the petty cash account and illegal wiring being installed by an unlicensed electrition, I was treated so badly, I quit in disgust.

After quitting and the owner finding out what I knew, he attempted to bribe me with cash to move off property with stipulations such as where I could move and who I couldn't speak to (the residents). I don't do bribes and told him so so they served me with a 30 day notice to vacate even though I have a clean tenant AND employee record. When he realized I wasn't packing he attempted another bribe and became nasty and started sending harrassing e-mails. (I have copies of EVERYTHING). When I didn't move after the 30 day they filed an eviction, which was illegall as you can't 30 day for retaliation.

This is where it gets weird. About 4 years ago, Mr . Burg moved an ex-employee/friend and supposed girlfriend of Mr. Chaves to move on site and work part time in the office. Her credit report had numerous aliases and she refused to do any work. She told me she had a "mistake" on her birth certificate. Two completely different names and two different dates of birth.  ??? She passed away last April 8th, before I found this out.

Once the owner started harrassing me via e-mail I put $39.95 into my computer and ran a background search on her via Intellius. Her name was actually Anne G Vitello and she and Mr. Chaves evidently own all the properties that Mr. Burg owns. I did a Government property search on all 3 and realized that The owner is hiding his assets under his Manager and a dead womans name who is obviously still alive somewhere in  the social security system. I filed an illegal eviction, Paid a HUGE supersidious bond to do so (to give myself time to get the money to move)

I then reported them to the Maricopa county slumlord association, the IRS, the DA, the Peoria police, then Ripoff Report today. I recieved another harrassing e-mail from the owner (3 months later) and I told him I believed he was scamming the IRS by hiding his assets. He admitted to me (in writing) that yes, Toni (the deceased employee) was actually the owner, not him, and "goodluck trying to find her and the $$$, that she is "in hiding". IE: Dead.

I have every e-mail he has sent in 4 months. I believe I have been bribed, harrassed, illegally evicted and definately a victim of fraud . The owner operates under Brookhollow Mgmt LLC, which dosen't exist, nor does his "buisiness office" in Santa Barbara. The day I asked to see their business license, they sent a sherriff to trespass me from the office, then a bunch of "men" went in and started hauling out boxes of petty cash account records. 

I just can't believe he actually said that in writing (e-mail), so that's fraud as I have a few harrassing e-mails from him bragging about how wealthy he is and telling me to get off "his" property and if I want to sue, how can I sue a dead woman??

I have signed three different leases with them, all three leases have a different corporation name on them. None exist if you do a search. The last was signed by the dead woman as Agent for owner. You can't be both the Agent for owner, IF you're the legal owner so I was evicted/screwed by a dead woman I can't sue??? I was actually evicted by a non existant corp. that wasn't the same corp I signed the lease with?

I also find it deplorable that someone with that many aliases was given a position in the office where she had access to every residents personal info. SS numbers, checking acct's, credit cards , etc. As a matter of fact, the manager has set up numerous false corporations and businesses to make the IRS think He's the wealthy owner and is using an old cell phone # of mine as one of his phony buisness office numbers!!!!

I think I deserve a return on every bit of rent I've paid them over 7 years, plus damages. Also some payment for harrasssement, bribery and being forced to fight them in court. I have about a foot and a half of documentation and every e-mail the owner has sent. I left my apartment clean, with no damages other than normal wear and tear and they billed me for $4,000.000 in damages, so yes, I am thoroughly disgusted, peeved, and quite honestly, in shock.