03/26/2024 - Fraudulent Mortgage, IRS / DOJ Reckoning – The Cover-Up Collapses

By March 2024 the paper trail finally caught up with them. The Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service filed suit against Marilynn and Raymond Knutsen, their daughter Ryan Fogarty, and the shell entities Pine Pond LLC and Bomoseen Vineyards LLC. The case seeks over one million dollars in unpaid federal income taxes and details a series of fraudulent property transfers and mortgages designed to conceal assets and extract cash.

According to the complaint, Marilynn used more than half a million dollars in 2009 tax refunds to buy two Castleton properties, then passed the deeds through relatives and LLCs while Raymond mortgaged them to draw new lines of credit. The DOJ called it exactly what it is: a scheme to hinder, delay, and defraud the United States. The IRS wants the properties sold, the liens enforced, and the proceeds recovered in full.