In August, 2006 Mario Juarez attempted to steal the identity of his real estate company employee, “Norma”. He attempted to steal her immigration ID # and social security information and tried to use it in order to obtain a home loan for an undocumented person. Norma caught Mario red handed and immediately filed a complaint with the District Attorney’s office. The case is currently being handled by an investigator for the District Attorney’s Office, Phil Ditto.
This video was shot at a community meeting in Oakland on April 22, 2008. The woman in the video is Norma.
Norma also alleges that Mario Juarez had sexually harassed her in the past and at one point, physically assaulted her in public. Witnesses have given sworn affidavits include two young ladies who worked in the offices of Mario Juarez at the time “Jane Doe 2″ and “Jane Doe 3”.
The case is still pending
June 22, 2006: Chaundry and Thomas file a lawsuit against Mario Juarez for fraudulent concealment and collections – Alameda County Case Number RG06275774.
This case is scheduled to have a hearing on Election Day in Alameda County
March 2007: A public notary official that handled Latino clients for Mario has given accounts of Mario’s involvment in stealing property equity from non-english speaking victims. Mario took advantage of the fact that these new home owners did not speak or read English and had them sign over their home equity to him.
In one such “equity-stealing” arrangement, Mario Juarez had the buyers of a new home obtain a loan for more than the amount of the sale and sign $25,000 over to him. He promised to pay them back within 2 weeks. Three months later, he still had not paid them back and eventually, these new borrowers threatened to go to the press. By then, Mario had already announced his plans to run for council, so he was forced to pay them back or risk his council run, though he paid them no interest. These types of cases, in particular, really break our hearts and cause us to create this website. If you could sit with these poor and humble people whose dreams and hard work have been stolen or lost, see how tears come to their eyes as they speak of Mario, you would understand why we are doing what we’re doing. We will never be able to fix their lives, but we may be able stop more of it from happening in the future.
Assault Allegations
Mario has reportedly physically abused his former employee, Norma Juarez Ramos, and hit a pregnant woman in the head at his office. Several witnesses have verified this to be true. According to sources, the district attorney’s office was able to recover a video from Costco where Mario was seen kicking Norma.
This is currently under investigation by the District Attorney’s office
I believes every word of the accusations, i have known Mr. Fraud for many many years. He’s soo dumb he actually incriminated himself on the Yahoo video (HQ vandalized)!In the video he accidentally bumps in to an african american woman and says to her “Oops, Im sorry honey you ok?” Honey? Isnt that sexual harassment? Also when discussing running against Ignacio why is he speaking so much about “a lot of money at stake” see the video and comment yourself but i think its obvious what he’s really after
Annonomus Latina
Yes, I noticed the “honey” comment too. I wish those people who had Mario signs in their windows actually KNEW him. If they really knew him, like we do, those signs would come down so quick they’d catch fire. A female friend of mine tells me: “Keep him away from me. He gives me the creeps!”.
The fact that he was molested as a child is not an excuse, in any way, for him to be greedy, abusive, and corrupt. Those are his own demons to take responsibility for, as a human being.
I work in the family and individual counseling field, and I know many many people who have suffered INCREDIBLE abuse. And yet they try hard to make the right decisions. They DON’T hit their kids. They DON’T steal money from people. They try hard to be ethical. As the East Bay Express correctly put it, we should have empathy, or even sympathy (in some of our cases), but we should not excuse him for his mistakes. He must take responsibility for these. That is, after all, the first step to personal healing.
Wanda T