Monday, January 22, 2024

Kwame Kilpatrick Home Purchase Triggers Investigation


Former Detroit Mayor, who owes $1 million in restitution to the city, raises eyebrows with the purchase of a new mansion in Novi, MI...

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife bought an $807,000 house in an upscale residential enclave in Novi last month, even as her convicted felon husband still owes a hefty amount of money in back taxes and restitution stemming from his corruption conviction in 2013.
LaTicia Kilpatrick, who married the disgraced former mayor in July 2021 at Detroit’s Historic Little Rock Baptist Church, purchased the home through the Pathfinder Consulting Firm, a Warren-based company that she owns. She took out a $645,600 mortgage, according to property records obtained by Metro Times.
As of November, Kilpatrick, who was released from prison and is now a pastor, still owed more than $1 million in restitution and unpaid taxes, the Detroit Free Press reported.
In the summer of 2022, federal prosecutors launched an investigation in an effort to recover the unpaid restitution after Kilpatrick and his wife created a crowdfunding campaign to raise $800,000 for a new home in Orlando, Fla.
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Anjali Prasad tells Metro Times that the Kilpatricks may believe they are being clever by purchasing the home through LaTicia Kilpatrick, but that won’t stop federal prosecutors from seeking a lien on the home.
“They are very, very, very good at what they do,” says Prasad, who owns the criminal defense firm Prasad Legal. “They are good at what they do. This idea that he can be lawfully married and somehow channel money through his wife to purchase a home, which under the law would be a marital asset, is wishful thinking. It matters not whose name is on the title or mortgage. This is a joint marital asset.”
“I’m 110% sure that the feds can and will put a lien on that home,” Prasad says.
A Bible study video posted by Kwame Kilpatrick on Facebook on Friday morning showed cabinets in the background that look identical to the ones shown in photos for the home’s real estate listing.

15 comments:

R in NYC said...

Pimped his city now he's a pimp preacher.
God bless America!🤣🤣🤣

Anonymous said...

Good. Get him. We're still angry in the D.

Anonymous said...

He should have never been mayor.

Anonymous said...

He got the job because he was a Nepo baby. His mama was a power broker and politician, representing Detroit in Michigan House of Representatives from 1979 to 1996. My auntie like his mother but couldn't stand him from jump street. Everyone knew he was bad news.

Vernell said...

Since They Didn't Pay For It In Cash, No Crime was Committed. They Got A Loan To Buy The House. The Lien Will Only Go Into Effect If They Sell The Property... Hopefully, He Will Pay Back Taxes & Any Restitution That He Owes The City Of Detroit. He Can Thank Trump, For His Get Out Of Jail Early Pardon...

Ms. Transformation said...

Still scammin...

Anonymous said...

If everything is in order with his wife then no harm done. His debt is not hers.

Anonymous said...

That fool is a criminal of epic proportion and I'm sure he could care less. Trump is going to have that fool on the campaign committee and he'll have more than enough to pay his debts.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if that story of that stripper getting
"allegedly" beat up by his wife is true
I saw a video of stripper's daughter
asking for help
Sad story

Anonymous said...

@created a crowdfunding campaign to raise $800,000 for a new home in Orlando, Fla? Are people giving their hard-earned money to this crook? He's a disgrace to his race.

Anonymous said...

They'll buy a preacher an aircraft, so...

Anonymous said...

@Vernell You sound like you don't like to pay your debts either. Who cares if it was a loan. You take care of your debts first. If she can afford a loan to buy a house, she can afford a loan to pay toward that debt that now belongs to the both of them. Priorities.

Anonymous said...

You sound crazy. I ain’t paying my husband debt he got before we said our I do’s. You sound like the type that would want your man or woman to pay off your child support debt. I’ve seen it happen and still can’t believe it.

Anonymous said...

Kwame u need to sit down u really do

Anonymous said...

11:57
The law is the law, cry to your local congressman, not Vernell , hell he gave you free education. Stupidity if the law is no excuse in a court of law….

You can tell you don’t own nothing

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