A Springfield man pleaded guilty in federal court July 28 for crimes related to his role in "timeshare exit" businesses, according to a news release from the United States Attorney office.
Brian Scroggs, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of failure to pay employment taxes, the release said. Scroggs owned and operated several companies that took large sums of money from customers with the promise to either transfer or terminate their consumer timeshare contracts within a year.
In the past seven years, Scroggs has been sued by both the states of Missouri and Arkansas for his business practices. Court records indicate that Scroggs owned and operated several businesses, including Vacation Consulting Services, LLC., The Transfer Group, VCS Communication, LLC., and Real Travel, LLC.
"Scroggs took monies from each of his clients while making promises that guaranteed he would either get his clients out of their times shares, give each client a full refund, or assume financial responsibility over the client's time share moving forward," the news release said. He failed to fulfil those promises.
In addition to that, he employed sales and administrative...
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