Judge upholds sanctions against accused New Orleans real estate swindler
Thursday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill ruled Jonathan Burden must pay $26,800 in sanctions for violating court orders concerning a Central City four-plex.
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Thursday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill ruled Jonathan Burden must pay $26,800 in sanctions for violating court orders concerning a Central City four-plex.
Burden has until Dec. 21 to pay $15,000 in certified funds to the court clerk, before he gets to argue in January whether he was properly notified about the case.
Jonathan Burden didn’t show up for court again, so Judge Meredith Grabill issued a bench warrant for U.S. Marshals to arrest Burden.
A federal bankruptcy judge ordered Jonathan Burden to appear to answer allegations that he seized a fourplex.
In at least one case, Burden is accused of using an outright forgery to take a house from a dead woman and her surviving son, then sell it the same day for $100,000.