OGDEN — A Syracuse man was booked into Davis County Jail on Thursday, going through over 20 felony costs for potential monetary crimes totaling a minimum of $4 million throughout a number of circumstances alongside the Wasatch Entrance.
Charging paperwork say 40-year-old Ryan Kelly Goodrich, as a title agent by means of his firm Synergy Title Insurance coverage Company, took half in a “wide-ranging scheme to defraud property patrons, sellers and lenders.”
His alleged scheme, in line with courtroom paperwork, left many in financially precarious positions, collectively out hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.
Investigators say Goodrich saved the proceeds from quite a few home gross sales as a substitute of utilizing it to repay the owners’ mortgage. In a single such case, in line with courtroom paperwork, Goodrich saved over $110,000 meant to repay a mortgage, forcing the home into foreclosures.
Charging paperwork say he additionally did this to a different household, leaving them “with a considerable excellent mortgage obligation post-closing.”
On quite a few events, investigators say Goodrich tried to cowl up his alleged theft by forging wire receipts to point out purchasers he had despatched cash, when he didn’t.
Goodrich solid pretend residence deeds to be able to take out loans of a number of hundred thousand {dollars} for private use, charging paperwork say; investigators allege he saved patrons’ earnest cash, and closed on purchases with out sending funds to the vendor.
Client complaints had been submitted en masse to the Utah Insurance coverage Fee, which issued an emergency order in February 2023, saying “quick motion is critical and within the public curiosity.” The fee suspended Goodrich and his firm’s licenses and issued a stop and desist order, barring the person from conducting any extra insurance-related enterprise within the state.
He is charged with 15 counts of communications fraud, 5 counts of illegal dealing of property by fiduciary, and a sample of illegal exercise, all second-degree felonies.
Goodrich can also be being investigated for his residential development enterprise, although he “has by no means been licensed as a contractor within the state of Utah,” in line with the Utah Division of Skilled Licensing.
Goodrich has been charged in a minimum of three separate circumstances the place he allegedly took cash from purchasers however didn’t do the work, in line with courtroom paperwork.
In September 2023, police say Goodrich was employed to rebuild a deck and cling gutters, and was paid an preliminary deposit of over $27,000. In accordance with charging paperwork, after he began the work the consumer realized there have been points with the framing. Goodrich promised to repair it, investigators say, however allegedly walked off the job with out fixing something or issuing a refund.
On one other challenge, police say Goodrich took nearly $10,000 to design and construct a deck for a Salt Lake Metropolis resident. The charging paperwork say “Goodrich by no means performed any work and stopped responding to (the resident’s) calls and textual content messages.”
An affidavit of possible trigger for one case confirmed that the skilled licensing division had “documentation of a number of complaints from others concerning comparable experiences,” and he was cited “a number of instances for contraction and not using a license.”
Disciplinary information present Goodrich was cited in September and November of 2023 for working towards and not using a license, and was fined $2,000 for every violation.
In these circumstances, he’s charged with theft and communications fraud, each second-degree felonies, a third-degree depend of communications fraud and two counts of partaking in development commerce and not using a license, a category A misdemeanor.
Goodrich can also be going through 4 separate circumstances the place he’s charged with retail theft at a Costco and Dwelling Depot in Ogden, a Clearfield Winegars and a Walmart in Clinton.
