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April 6, 2009
A man who tried to stop his foreclosure by filing bankruptcy and putting a $100 billion lien against himself was found guilty by a jury of his peers.
Donald Keith Ferguson, 49, quit paying his mortgage to Wells Fargo, which prompted foreclosure proceedings. On the eve of foreclosure, he filed bankruptcy. When that didn't work he quitclaimed the property to Patricia Schmaltz, who also tried to stop the foreclosure.
Ferguson told the jury that it wasn't that he didn't believe in the rule of law but that he believed in the Constitution and he meant no harm. But he did make up his own rules as he went along.
Read story at The Billings Gazette
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