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Special Alert: SA2012002
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Special Alert: SA2012002
Dear Associates:
Effective immediately, all issuing offices are instructed not to accept any orders or close any transactions involving the following names or properties without the written approval of a Stewart Legal Services representative:
The Garden Grand, Inc., a Georgia corporation, with an address at 4445 Britt Road, Tucker, GA 30084
BCM Lending, LLC, with an address at 80 S. Eight Street, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Angela Jones a/k/a Angela Y. Jones, purported CEO of The Garden Grand, Inc.
Stephanie Y. Brown, Notary Public, Dekalb County, Georgia
2349 Columbia Woods Ct, Decatur, GA 30032
1128 Hawthorne Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
3040 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30349
Suspicious deeds and deeds to secure debt have been associated with the above names and properties. Some of the parties named above may be the victims of identity theft.
If you have any pending transactions involving the above entities or properties or anyone using the above names, or if you recently closed any transactions involving them, please contact the following Stewart Legal Services representative:
Dawn Lewallen, Esquire
Associate Senior Underwriter
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
300 Colonial Center Parkway, Suite 330
Roswell, GA 30076
770-642-0420
770-234-6632 fax
dawn.lewallen@stewart.com EMAIL
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References
- Bulletins Replaced:
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- Related Bulletins:
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- Underwriting Manual:
- None
- Exceptions Manual:
- None
- Forms:
- None