This is an actual e-mail sent from John Cantu to my frineds that also have investments with him that supposedly were due in October:
I asked for a truce for 10 days...you said NO and continued your campaign of irreversible damage. And yet I have continued to work to get you your funds...I have never said I wouldn't get you your money, am working to get past the unacceptable delay and I have not participated in your vulgar, threatening text and email campaign...again you will get your funds asap despite whether you stop or not. The delay has caused you and yours heartache and worry and what you have done maliciously to me and my family can NOT be undone either...so I will continue to work to RESOLVE our issues asap no matter what you continue to do.
john
1) The problem with this is John did say he wasn't going to pay us. I was there when he said it. He specifically stated that he couldn't pay anyone if he was in jail and that we should not press the matter any further. It should be noted that he has not paid anyone a cent.
2) He and his wife are not working with anyone to get anything. He won't return calls or messages and olny answers if threatened. Marissa will simply promise to take your name and number and have her dear husband give you a call. It'll never happen, me and my widfe have both been there. They just want you out of the way as quickly as possible.
3) and probably the best laugh here is the comment about the irreversable damage done to his family. Let me fill you in, his children go to private elementary school. I have to tell mine that he either has to drop of of college for a year or get a full time job to pay for it because the Cantu's have stolen his college money.
4) I don't think John and Marissa have any clue what the term ASAP means. These debts have been over due for months. I mean what was promised as a six week investment has not been paid in over 16 weeks. Oh, he was off the mark by just a little bit there.
5) This simply shows that lack of compassion that John and Marissa have for the people they steal from. They are only worried about the accusations leveled against them and have no concerns about the hardships that they have created for others.
12/27/09
Other Tidbit's about the Canuu's past
John was working for a mortgage company based out of Santa Ana that was sanctioned by the State of California for illegal activities. I'll post the site later but the few comments have Cantu written all over it.
The brokers at the firm were taking money from people to supposedly help them with loan modifications and then not contacting the lenders or the homeowners and letting the property fall into foreclosure, very nice. These people are the lowest form of criminals around.
There were other brokers and the owner of this business sanctioned by the State, some of which may still be doing business with John and Marissa. If you would like the State documents detailing the sanctions and people involved I can forward them to you at your request as well as the website information or the mortgage company.
The brokers at the firm were taking money from people to supposedly help them with loan modifications and then not contacting the lenders or the homeowners and letting the property fall into foreclosure, very nice. These people are the lowest form of criminals around.
There were other brokers and the owner of this business sanctioned by the State, some of which may still be doing business with John and Marissa. If you would like the State documents detailing the sanctions and people involved I can forward them to you at your request as well as the website information or the mortgage company.
Orange Police Deparetment Update
I'll be checking back with the Orange Police Department this week regarding the case progress. I still find it very disturbing that they have not yet elevated this case to a higher level. The total number of victims and dollars lost to date warrant a quicker action against John and Marissa Cantu to prevent losses to others.
According to John Cantu himself he has been operating out of San Diego, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties for the past several months.
According to John Cantu himself he has been operating out of San Diego, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties for the past several months.
District Attorney Action
If any of you have been following the Orange County District Attourney's actions against the couple (husband and wife) in the South County take heart. This couple were both found guilty of the same type of fraud John and Marissa are conducting. Funny but reading the article it sounded like this guy could have been John Cantu himself, apologizing for the mistake, saying he never intended to take the money and he asked the court for lieniency for the sake of his children.
I don't think the judge was buying any of it with the over 40 families that gave victim impact statements detailing the financial hardships, lost retirements and broken families this couple caused. Stay tuned the sentenacing is scheduled for January. We are trying to set up a meeting with the same representative of the DA's office that prosecuted this casue to take up the John and Marissa Cantu case with the same results expected.
Other avenues that are currently being persued are an intervivew with the Securities and Excange Commission (SEC) regarding the investment side of the scam and the FBI. The FBI, Treasury Department and the SEC have just created a task force specifically to deal with Mortgage related scams like the one being conducted by the Cantu's.
I don't think the judge was buying any of it with the over 40 families that gave victim impact statements detailing the financial hardships, lost retirements and broken families this couple caused. Stay tuned the sentenacing is scheduled for January. We are trying to set up a meeting with the same representative of the DA's office that prosecuted this casue to take up the John and Marissa Cantu case with the same results expected.
Other avenues that are currently being persued are an intervivew with the Securities and Excange Commission (SEC) regarding the investment side of the scam and the FBI. The FBI, Treasury Department and the SEC have just created a task force specifically to deal with Mortgage related scams like the one being conducted by the Cantu's.
Latest Broken Promises
John promised to pay another couple at least part of the $20K he owed them last week after they had given him the additional 10 days he asked for. What happened you ask? Same old, same old, on the 10th day he was really sorry that he still couldn't come up with the money as promised.
John mentioned that he was going to go by and talk to the Detective from the Orange Police Department and get this misunderstanding all cleared up. Never happened! I hate to break it to him but this won't be cleared up until the people John and Marisa stole money from have it returned, and I think we all know that isn't going to happen.
John mentioned that he was disturbed by the tone of messages being left for him and Marissa and that was why he wasn't being cooperative. Although he did mention that it was inexcusable that the alledged investments were being delayed so long. (As of next Monday John and Marisa will have the entire $30K that they owe me and my wife due, along with the supposed income and we have yet to see a dime from the October 7the note or the November 14th note. I'm not holding my breath for next week.
John mentioned that he was going to go by and talk to the Detective from the Orange Police Department and get this misunderstanding all cleared up. Never happened! I hate to break it to him but this won't be cleared up until the people John and Marisa stole money from have it returned, and I think we all know that isn't going to happen.
John mentioned that he was disturbed by the tone of messages being left for him and Marissa and that was why he wasn't being cooperative. Although he did mention that it was inexcusable that the alledged investments were being delayed so long. (As of next Monday John and Marisa will have the entire $30K that they owe me and my wife due, along with the supposed income and we have yet to see a dime from the October 7the note or the November 14th note. I'm not holding my breath for next week.
12/12/09
Request for Help
If there is anyone that has knowledge about propery taxes in the Villa Park area I would really like to check soemthing out. The basic question is, How van someone buy a $1 million home in VP in May 2009 and have the property assessed for less than a couple hundered thousand for tax purposes?
Please contact me if you might have some insights. Thank you.
Please contact me if you might have some insights. Thank you.
Cantu just doesn't believe
My friend and I confronted John Cantu again the other night, we were serving a suponea to appear in court (I am bound and deterimed to get this guy arrested fro fraud).
It is amazing to me though that the only comment that John Cantu made was that I should drop the case. His reasoning was that if he was in jail that I would never collect. I thought this was so ridiculous I almost busted out laughing. Here's a guy that stole $30K from me and much more from others and hasn't yet paid back a single dime to anyone I know. Yet he has the nerve to stand in front of me and basically tell me it is best for everyone if I don't sue him or have him arrested so that he can go on stealing from others, on the hope that he will give me some of money he gets out of scamming others. Him and hjis wife are living on the fact that they don't believe that people will report them to the police or file civil suits against them as long as they give you a little hope that eventually you will get your money back.
Well it isn't going to happen. We have looked and there isn't one person that I have found out of all the people that they have stolen from that have received anything back. If they have taken anything from you please file a report with the Orange Police Department, you won't get anything back from John and Marissa that is for sure.
It is amazing to me though that the only comment that John Cantu made was that I should drop the case. His reasoning was that if he was in jail that I would never collect. I thought this was so ridiculous I almost busted out laughing. Here's a guy that stole $30K from me and much more from others and hasn't yet paid back a single dime to anyone I know. Yet he has the nerve to stand in front of me and basically tell me it is best for everyone if I don't sue him or have him arrested so that he can go on stealing from others, on the hope that he will give me some of money he gets out of scamming others. Him and hjis wife are living on the fact that they don't believe that people will report them to the police or file civil suits against them as long as they give you a little hope that eventually you will get your money back.
Well it isn't going to happen. We have looked and there isn't one person that I have found out of all the people that they have stolen from that have received anything back. If they have taken anything from you please file a report with the Orange Police Department, you won't get anything back from John and Marissa that is for sure.
Where is the money
I'm sure that many of you are wondering where all this money has gone to. Well, there are a few of us working on that right now. I don't believe that John and Marissa go through the cash as fast as they get it. I know they took $50,000 in less than 3 weeks from my family and our good friends family. He surely isn't putting into any bank account as deposit of over $10,000 in cash at any single time or aggregated over a short period are reported to the IRS and several other government agencies that review suspicious transactions and money laundering.
There is just no way that his household bills exceed $25,000 per month, despite the fact that they took my sons college money to send their children to private elementary schools.
I believe that John and Marissa have to have a significant amount of cash within easy reach. The difficulty is finding out where that may be, but I will gladly share the information that I come up with. This is no longer about trying to get back any of the money we invested but it is all about stopping these thieves from stealing money from other families like ours. These people have no moral conscience at all, it's unbelievable.
There is just no way that his household bills exceed $25,000 per month, despite the fact that they took my sons college money to send their children to private elementary schools.
I believe that John and Marissa have to have a significant amount of cash within easy reach. The difficulty is finding out where that may be, but I will gladly share the information that I come up with. This is no longer about trying to get back any of the money we invested but it is all about stopping these thieves from stealing money from other families like ours. These people have no moral conscience at all, it's unbelievable.
IRS Liens
John Cantu notified our friends that have also lost a significant amount of money to him and his wife that the IRS had placed a lien on his bank accounts.
Contact Information:
For anyone that has been scammed by John and Marissa Cantu and can no longer locate them here is their current contact information:
Home address:
9481 Henderson Way, Villa Park, CA
Home (714) 282-0504
Mobile: (714) 797-1651
Supposedly no e-mail access, I believe he is recviving but denying.
can2realtor@att.net
Funny thing I believe his liscense has been suspended.
For anyone that has been scammed by John and Marissa Cantu and can no longer locate them here is their current contact information:
Home address:
9481 Henderson Way, Villa Park, CA
Home (714) 282-0504
Mobile: (714) 797-1651
Supposedly no e-mail access, I believe he is recviving but denying.
can2realtor@att.net
Funny thing I believe his liscense has been suspended.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE - MUST READ IF YOU LIVE IN ORANGE, VILLA PARK OR SURROUNDING AREAS - PLEASE SEND ON TO YOUR ENTIRE EMAIL DATABASE SO YOU CAN SAVE SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE WHO MAY BE PERSUADED TO INVEST.
DO YOU KNOW JOHN CANTU?John and Marissa Cantu have been scamming people for the last three years or more. These are the Cantus who are involved with VPHS, St. John's Lutheran School, VP Little League and Olive Little League. John is the front man who promises high returns on real estate investments but to my knowledge has never paid off anyone on any of these real estate investments. They recently fleeced our family of $20,000.00 and our closest friends of $30,000.00. We have recently found DOZENS of others who have lost a whole lot more than this by investing with John and Marissa Cantu.
We found out that John was possibly defrauding us by an article in the Foothills Sentry (attached). This was the second letter to the editor in the Sentry but we missed the first one. If we had known about this beforehand, we would not have lost the money, nor would our friends. The purpose of this email is to inform any potential investors not to invest with John Cantu AND to advise those who have that they are not alone. We recommend that if you have invested with John Cantu to file a police report with the Orange Police Department. (Their telephone number is 714-744-7502). Detective Dave Pasino is assigned to the case. Bring any documentations that you have including emails, dates that you met, etc. If you are currently investing with John and he tells you that we are writing this because of some sort of grudge that we have against him, this is not the case. This is what he told us when we saw the article in the Foothill Sentry. If you have any questions about this information, please call the Orange Police Department to verify that John Cantu is indeed our own local Bernie Madoff. Our objective here is to have you spread the word so this doesn't happen to anyone else ever again. The police recommend that we let as many people know so that this does not continue.Again, if you have invested with John and Marissa Cantu, please file a police report because this will expediently bring the Cantu's to justice. For those of you who HAVE invested with John and Marissa Cantu, we commiserate for the loss of funds and the horrible experience this has caused or will cause you and your family. There are families on the verge of divorce, families who can no longer afford to put their children in college, etc., etc., etc., etc. It is sickening. As far as we know, John and Marissa have never paid back a single individual. They have absolutely no remorse. They need to pay everyone back or be put in prison.
DO YOU KNOW JOHN CANTU?John and Marissa Cantu have been scamming people for the last three years or more. These are the Cantus who are involved with VPHS, St. John's Lutheran School, VP Little League and Olive Little League. John is the front man who promises high returns on real estate investments but to my knowledge has never paid off anyone on any of these real estate investments. They recently fleeced our family of $20,000.00 and our closest friends of $30,000.00. We have recently found DOZENS of others who have lost a whole lot more than this by investing with John and Marissa Cantu.
We found out that John was possibly defrauding us by an article in the Foothills Sentry (attached). This was the second letter to the editor in the Sentry but we missed the first one. If we had known about this beforehand, we would not have lost the money, nor would our friends. The purpose of this email is to inform any potential investors not to invest with John Cantu AND to advise those who have that they are not alone. We recommend that if you have invested with John Cantu to file a police report with the Orange Police Department. (Their telephone number is 714-744-7502). Detective Dave Pasino is assigned to the case. Bring any documentations that you have including emails, dates that you met, etc. If you are currently investing with John and he tells you that we are writing this because of some sort of grudge that we have against him, this is not the case. This is what he told us when we saw the article in the Foothill Sentry. If you have any questions about this information, please call the Orange Police Department to verify that John Cantu is indeed our own local Bernie Madoff. Our objective here is to have you spread the word so this doesn't happen to anyone else ever again. The police recommend that we let as many people know so that this does not continue.Again, if you have invested with John and Marissa Cantu, please file a police report because this will expediently bring the Cantu's to justice. For those of you who HAVE invested with John and Marissa Cantu, we commiserate for the loss of funds and the horrible experience this has caused or will cause you and your family. There are families on the verge of divorce, families who can no longer afford to put their children in college, etc., etc., etc., etc. It is sickening. As far as we know, John and Marissa have never paid back a single individual. They have absolutely no remorse. They need to pay everyone back or be put in prison.
12/9/09
Cantu Investment Scams
This blog is dedicated to the continued pursuit of justice for the victims of the John and Marissa Cantu Investment Scams
Below are some search words for those that may be trying to find additional information on John and Marissa Cantu as we have found that they tend to disconnect telephones and e-mail and even relocate to avoid attempts by their victims to collect on their supposed investments.
John Cantu
Marissa Cantu
Villa Park, CA: Orange, CA: Ventura, CA: San Diego, CA: Riverside, CA: San Bernardino, CA:
Orange-Olive Little League, Villa Park High School, St. Johns Private School
Orange Police Department
Investment Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Real Estate Fraud
All information I can find related to the investment scam perpetrated by John and Marissa Cantu on families and friends in the Orange County area will be posted on this site. If you are a victim of one of their scams please let me know. We will be posting information on appropriate Police Contacts to provide your information too as well as information to the continued dealings of the Cantu's.
Below are some search words for those that may be trying to find additional information on John and Marissa Cantu as we have found that they tend to disconnect telephones and e-mail and even relocate to avoid attempts by their victims to collect on their supposed investments.
John Cantu
Marissa Cantu
Villa Park, CA: Orange, CA: Ventura, CA: San Diego, CA: Riverside, CA: San Bernardino, CA:
Orange-Olive Little League, Villa Park High School, St. Johns Private School
Orange Police Department
Investment Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Real Estate Fraud
All information I can find related to the investment scam perpetrated by John and Marissa Cantu on families and friends in the Orange County area will be posted on this site. If you are a victim of one of their scams please let me know. We will be posting information on appropriate Police Contacts to provide your information too as well as information to the continued dealings of the Cantu's.
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