Real Estate Crimes
A Case for Prosecuting Al Seastrand

The Stand

She had never met Al Seastrand and has no idea why the stranger singled her out for a 13-year nightmare that included:

• The theft of her home, twice;
• Several extortions by fraudulent foreclosures;
• Obstructing justice by lying to investigators and concealing evidence;
• Harassing and threatening her;
• Financial ruin;
• Derailed career;
• Loss of her home; and
• Sacramento County District Attorney consistently denying her justice.

The one thing Seastrand could not do, was break her resolve to make that stand against him.

A Case for Prosecuting Al Seastrand

Al Seastrand, is a licensed real estate broker, attorney representing himself and his many companies and trusts he operates under.His typical M.O. is to have his wife, friends, or business associates as the front person, so as to give the appearance Seastrand is not involved.

This story has been condensed because Seastrand's actions against this woman were unrelenting for over a decade.

The gist of this story is that the victim made her last payment on her home in March 1992.

In November 1993, unbeknownst to her, a stranger by the name of Al Seastrand, recorded a forged grant deed giving himself ownership of the her home.

He then used her home for his personal loans, of which he did not pay.

After years of seeking justice to no avail, fighting off Seastrand's numerous bogus foreclosures, the victim prevailed in civil court in 2000, when the judge ruled that Seastrand's grant deed was invalid because Seastrand and his buddy involved in the crime, Raymond Dilg, admitted the grant deed signatures were not legitimate.

But that court ruling did not stop Seastrand, who purportedly kept telling his victim that she needed to be taught a lesson.

Seastrand produced a second grant, which was dated six days after the first bogus one. Again, the district attorney's office claimed it wasn't their jurisdiction.

The victim again had to pay Seastrand to stop him from taking her home.

Seastrand then purchased one of the notes recorded against the victim's home that was a loan he wrongly secured using the victim's home.

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When you borrow money, you owe the lender. When you pay it off, i.e. give the holder of the note (loan) the money that is owed on the note, then there is no longer a debt, because you paid it back.

Seastrand's California Foreclosure

But Seastrand and his wife Loretta, transferred the faux note to their Peregrine Trust, which then used the Seastrand's California Foreclosure, llc company to file a fraudulent foreclose against Al Seastrand, to take the victim's home, and or, extort more money from her.

The victim's attorney sought help from the California Legislature in hopes someone would get Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully stop Seastrand's crime spree against this woman.

Scully responded by writing the victim a letter stating, "Insufficient Evidence to prosecute Al Seastrand." The evidence that Scully claimed was insufficient was this:

Sufficient Evidence to Prosecute Seastrand

Seastrand was using his foreclosure company and the U.S. mail to extort money from the victim under the threat of pay or lose your home.

The insufficient evidence that Scully claimed is:

• The debt did not exist, and there was no Deed of trust against the home, because the victim had it removed by civil court order and it was on file with the county recorder.
• That means, Seastrand foreclosed on a phantom deed that did not exist.
• So, his action of foreclosure and then forcing the victim to pay him to keep her home, is and was a felony crime on several counts

1. Extortion;
2. Using the U.S. Mail to commit a crime;
3. Violation of California's Penal Code §§115.5, essentially states:

"Anyone filing a document with a county recorder that affects to title to real estate property, and the document is false and or forged, they are guilty of a felony crime, which is punishable with at least five years in prison."

The System Failed Us

The family says the system failed them.

"We're talking about the family home we grew up in," said Kirk. "My sister bought it from our parents and Al Seastrand stole it from her. No one would help her. They all just kept brushing us off saying it wasn't their jurisdiction."

The family made some 15 trips to the District Attorney's Office seeking justice, first for their parents, then for the daughter.

"It's disheartening the way they treated us," said Malcolm, the father's good friend who took the daughter to the DA on several occasions. 'Just who did we think we were expecting justice' was their attitude. One time, a staff member saw us coming through the door again, and they rolled their eyes and said, 'oh for Christ sakes.' Well, yes, we were hoping in the name of the Lord you will do the right thing and take that Seastrand character off the streets."

The Seastrand Hell

Although it cannot be proven who did these assaults on her, the victim has the photographs to show the years she endured of sliced tires, smashed windows, acid on her car, sugar in her gas tank, threatening telephone calls, dead animals put through her door mail slot, and Seastrand's numerous trips to her home in tirade beating on her door and windows yelling at her, "you can do this the easy way, or the hard way, but I'm not going away!"

There is evidence in court documents that Seastrand sent threatening letters to her. In letter he threatened her that she better cooperate, or, "it will be your last Christmas..."

The court sanctioned Seastrand for that violent threat in addition to his unlawful attempt to force the victim's bank to give him access to her personal records.

The victim says she did not have one day of peace in the 12 years that Seastrand dragged her sideways, kicking and screaming through hell.

He just kept coming back and coming back, purportedly telling her and people that helped her, "That bitch needs to be taught a lesson."

In a letter Seastrand wrote to his associate, William Streng, a real estate developer, Seastrand thanked him for his help in getting the victim's home and promised to keep Streng updated on "My little adventure to get her home."

The Final Blow

In 2003, when it was clear the district attorney would continue its pattern of turning a blind eye to Seastrand's frauds against this victim, the victim's mortgage company, American River HealthPro, secretly paid Seastrand to go away and stop his foreclosure against himself to take the victim's home.

Then American River HealthPro (ARH) foreclosed on the victim claiming she owed them for the extortion payoff plus attorney fees dealing with Seastrand.

ARH refused to back down and correct its error. It forced the victim into a predatory and unconsciousable loan that was designed to lose her home.

           The Fallout...

Last Updated 04-11-08

No one has ever been held accountable for all the crimes against the victim.

Al Seastrand continues to operate in the Sacramento Region and still has his real estate license, law license, and general contractor license, and still operates his California Foreclosure company.

Raymond Dilg still has his real estate licence and is operating in the Sacramento Region.

Dilg is the guy Seastrand claimed did all the work involving recording the bogus grant deed. This is a standard M.O. of Seastrand to hide behind others so he looks like he is arms distance from dubious transactions.

District Attorney Jan Scully was re-elected in 2006, to serve another term as district attorney of Sacramento County.

She ran unopposed on a "Get Tough on Crime," campaign. See how she denied justice to others when the evidence was staring her in the face. See the Myrna Opsahl case of how that family chased Scully for 28 years to get justice.

Seastrand's target is working to rebuild her life. She says cleaning the mess from the wreckage has been as daunting as the battle.

She donates her spare time helping crime victims denied justice.