Real Estate Fraud
Loretta Seastrand

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Tail Waging the Dog

Is Loretta Seastrand a case of the tail wagging the dog?

Many people who say they have dealt with Al Seastrand or his businesses, report having never met Loretta, or, dealt with her.

Yet, Loretta Seastrand's name is listed as the person in charge for most of the Seastrands' operations. Many that have sued the Seastrands' companies, say they never saw Loretta appear at any of the trials, nor did they deal with her.

Is Loretta involved in the Crimes

Loretta Seastrand's exact involvement, if any, in the theft of a woman's home is not known. See a Case for Prosecuting Al Seastrand and the Dilg Factor.

In 2002, however, a court ruling exposed Loretta Seastrand's involvement in that most recent fraud against the victim.

It began in March 2000, when the victim agreed to buy her peace by paying the Seastrands to get off title to her home. They signed an agreement and then 10 days later, Loretta Seastrand as the trustee of Stef's Chucky Rucka Trust, filed what the court's later ruled was a fraudulent foreclosure against the victim.

Despite all the victim's, her attorney's, and the title company's urgings for the Seastrand's to comply with the Stipulation and the law, Loretta refused to back down. The victim paid the "extorted demand" to stop the foreclosure.

Later she filed suit to recoup the money and costs of the fraud. She won. The Seastrands appealed and lost. They appealed to a higher court and lost again. Here is an excert from that appeal ruling about the Seastrands' actions against the victim.

RB
vs.
Loretta Seastrand, Al Seastrand, Stef's Chucky Rucka Trust, and California Foreclosure, LLC.

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Brian VanCamp wrote:

"The Seastrands should not be able by their bad faith actions to frustrate the agreement undertaken in the Stipulation, or to use their superior knowledge of the real estate laws and mechanics to take advantage... The ink was hardly dry on the court stipulation when the Seastrands' initiated a foreclosure...for specious (fraudulent) reasons. They attempted to parlay ..a larger haul. Therefore, the court's ruling in favor of the victim is upheld."  See court ruling.

About Loretta Seastrand

Loretta Bea Seastrand is Al Seastrand's wife. They work in Sacramento City at 2216 16th Street near W Street at the Highway 50 offramp.

The area is Class C old buildings. See Al Seastrand Vitea for all the businesses operating at the Seastrand's office, which is shown in the picture to the right.

They live in Sacramento County in or about the Foothill Farms area. Loretta purportedly tells people that she and Al have seven children, which are adults. She appears to believe in Pagen Gods. See revenge of the Lava Gods, below.

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Disciplining Al Seastrand

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Real Estate Predators

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Foreclosure Scams

Foreclosures are at an all time high. This sections has many pages on options you have to save your home, and how to protect yourself from scam artists.

Legal Self Help

If you have to be your lawyer to stop a fraudulent foreclosure, WJFA's volunteers have a bevy of tips to help you navigate the legal system.

Take Action

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Loretta Seastrand's Businesses

Often, Loretta is presented the person in charge while Al is presented as the attorney representing the entity. Among their many businesses is California Foreclosure, LLC, which Loretta is listed as the trustee, purportedly conducting the foreclosures. Most people that have dealt with the Seastrands say they never spoke to, or dealt with, Loretta -- it's always Al Seastrand that handled interactions as the "attorney."

County of Sacramento vs. Loretta Bea Seastrand, et al
Case Number: T04002213
Date Filed: 3/24/2005
Case Type: Judgment Proceedings
Parties on the Case:
County of Sacramento (Plaintiff )
Seastrand, Loretta Bea, Trustee (Defendant )
The Stans Andreas Trust (Defendant )

Sacramento Area Volunteers in Education
2216 16th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
No. CSS#98-107544
Status: Active since 12/10/92

Loretta Seastrand and Celeste Comings officers with Al Seastrand listed as agent for serving lawsuits. It is registered as a non-profit corporation. When asking for status as nonprofit from IRS, the Seastrands stated the purpose was, “better understanding of special education.”

But after IRS and FTB ok’d their application, the Seastrands amended corp papers with the California Secretary of State to state: “the purpose of this corporation is to acquire housing and resale to low-income people.”

WJFA has been unable to locate any information to verify work on behalf of the community. No directory listing for this entity.

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Stef’s Rucka Chucky Trust
2216 16th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 446-6200

See Making a Case against Al Seastrand for how this trust was involved in the crimes against victim. This trust has been involved in many lawsuits involving real estate fraud. In July 2000, Loretta Seastrand filed a certification under California Probate Code §§18100.5 stating she is the trustee of this entity. Al Seastrand notarized that certification with his notary seal.

During a court trial in 2001, Al Seastrand said the trust belonged to his then 21-year-old daughter, Stefanie Seastrand. See the court case page for the lawsuits involving this entity.

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Village South Homeowners Association, LLP
4811 Chippendale Drive #303
Sacramento, CA 95841
and - 2216 16th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 41099, Sacramento, CA 95841
No. CSS#C-1288975
Status: Active since 10/25/85

In Sacramento County lawsuit #00SC03372, Loretta Seastrand listed as trustee. Association for The Village project in the notorious Franklin Villa area. Celeste Comings listed as agent for serving lawsuit papers. The officers are listed at the same address: Tim Harwick, CEO; Karen Mansmann, secretary; and Virginia Albers, CFO. This entity owns property in Franklin Villa area. Note that the mailing address is the Seastrands’ address.

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Morrison Creek Terrace Homeowners Association
139 Caselli Circle #4
Sacramento, CA 95823
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 41099 Sacramento, CA 95841

This association managed 288 units in the notorious crime ridden Franklin Villa area of south Sacramento. Why Not Community Housing (Eric Almquist) filed a lawsuit against this entity and Loretta Seastrand as trustee in Case No. #02AM00160, filed 1/08/02.

Several lawsuits against it also lists Al Seastrand and, or, his wife, Loretta, as co-defendants. The Seastrands owned property in this area under various entities.

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Sacramento Valley Housing Coalition, Inc.
2216 16th St.
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 446-6200
No. CSS #C1855833
Status: Active since 04/07/93

Stefanie Seastrand, is listed as the agent for serving lawsuits. WJFA has requested information from the IRS and the California Department of Corporations. When WJFA receives it, it will post it to this web-site.

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Revenge of the Lava Gods

In a news article published in 2000, it began with Loretta Seastrand stating her belief that Lava Gods exacted revenge on her and her family by causing physical injuries, and auto and lawnmover accidents.

Loretta mailed the rock to her son, who was living in Hawaii, with instructions to return the lava rock to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Loretta was hoping, the article states, that the returning of the rock work give her and her family redemption.

"I'm hoping that the gods forgive me," Loretta said.

Sun and Bathe, but Don't Take Back any Bit of Hawaii

Rhonda L. Rundle
Volcano, Hawaii
Published: Oct. 28, 2000

Loretta Seastrand plucked a grape-size chunk of lava from a decorative basket in the bathroom of her Sacramento, California, home, wrapped it in a small box and mailed it to her son in Hawaii. "Put it back," she instructed.

Seastrand pocketed the stone during a walk near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park five years ago. Her luck has been terrible ever since. Three of her families' cars broke down or crashed in less than a month's time. Her husband tore his Achilles tendon. And her 21-year-old daughter lost a toe in a lawn-mower accident.

Now, she says: "I'm hoping that the gods forgive me."

Seastrand isn't the only tourist who purloined a piece of Hawaii and is seeking redemption. Shipments of lava, shells, coral and even old shoes filled with sand arrive every day at post offices, park headquarters and resort hotels throughout the state. The packages usually include anonymous notes apologising for having provoked the wrath of Pele, the volcano goddess, who ancient Hawaiians believed created the islands.

"I've never been a superstitious person, but after what we have been through, I'm not taking any more chances," wrote a hapless visitor who sent a lava shipment to the Mauna Lani Resort on the island of Hawaii. "Oh, please stop punishing me,'' another sender beseeched, in a letter addressed to "Queen Pele," care of the Mauna Lani. The author of a similar missive enclosed a single grain of sand, retrieved from the cuff of a pair of pants worn on the beach.

The packages come in all shapes and sizes, usually ranging from a couple of ounces to a few pounds, says Kaniela Akaka Jr., Mauna Lani's historian, who opens Pele's mail. Sometimes rocks are returned a decade or more after they left the islands, he says.

Some guests are so scared that they book a trip just to hand-deliver their contraband. Akaka says an employee of a neighbouring hotel once called on behalf of returning visitors who wanted to find out the proper procedure for delivering a stone back to its home. "I suggested that they release the rock into the ocean as the sun is setting,'' Akaka says. "That's the time that Hawaiians choose to release their problems, anxieties, grudges, or anything that might hold you back.''

No one is quite sure about the origin of the legend that if you take a bit of Hawaii home with you, your luck will turn bad. Thelma Negley, a New Jersey housewife, says she heard about the Pele curse when Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford broadcast their morning TV show from Hawaii several years ago.

Negley's husband had broken his leg during a hiking accident in Hawaii. After the middle-age couple returned to their home, Negley injured her hip and needed surgery. The bear-shaped lava rock sitting on a shelf in her library started to "give me the creeps," she recalls. She telephoned a friend in Honolulu and he urged her to send it back, so, she did. She and her husband have fully recovered.

Untold amounts of natural resources are shipped back to Hawaii from places as far away as Japan, Korea and France. Volcanoes National Park alone receives more than 2,000 pounds of rocks a year, according to one estimate. Park administrators have used the combination of ancient belief and guilt to their own advantage. "We don't really promote the story, but we don't really discourage it either,'' says Rich Wilson, a ranger at Haleakala National Park on Maui.

The powers of Pele are firmly rooted in Hawaiian beliefs. Hawaiians always seek permission from Pele before eating the wild berries which grow in Kilauea's upland region, says Kepa Maly, a cultural-resources specialist in Hilo. He says that Hawaiian lore tells of warriors who were killed in a 1790 eruption of Kilauea after disrespectfully hurling rocks into a crater on the volcano.

At the Lahaina Mail Depot, tucked into a rear cranny of the Wharf Cinema Centre on Maui, a postal worker displays several letters from recent deliveries, including two hard-luck tales from Colorado. He says his Hawaiian buddies can tell where the rocks and other stuff comes from, and they make a little party out of putting it back. "We buy a six-pack of beer and go enjoy the sunset,'' he says.

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