Con man potentially strikes again

BASTROP (KXAN) - A man who was convicted of falsely presenting himself as a lawyer in 2008 might be back at it again; this time acting as a creditor.

A local car dealership filed a report with the Bastrop police department of a stolen 2009 Chevy Suburban on June 3rd. After "selling" the $60,000 vehicle to a Temple man, the dealership looked more closely at  the man's financing company and realized it was a hoax.

The dealership does not want to be named in the case, but the purchaser's paperwork shows his finance company as "King's Finances Inc." The name of the creditor was Jolando King, a man who scammed a home seller out of thousands of dollars and was convicted in 2008 of falsely presenting himself as an attorney.

"The dealership called us with a report of what they believed was an improper transaction in order to purchase a Suburban," said Bastrop Police Chief David Board. "OnStar was contacted. They have the capablities of shutting that vehicle down, which they did."

Temple police found the Suburban and returned it to the Bastrop dealership.

However, the case is far from over.

King's signature on the promissory note is dated July 2, 2009. King has been in prison since November of 2008.

The address of King's Finances leads you to a locked up duplex in East Austin. The phone number is no longer in service.

"We can't investigate it right now because the dealership hasn't filed any charges," said Chief Board.

But, that's not stopping to Department of Corrections. A TCDJ spokesperson said they will bring King out of his jail cell to find out who is behind King's Financing Inc: a person impersonating the impersonator or a con man still in business behind bars.

If it's the latter, it wouldn't be the first time jail wardens have caught King in the act. Back in 2005, TDCJ charged King for conspiring to operate an unauthorized business within the TDCJ. King claimed to be a commercial attorney representing clients in financial matters for a$25 an hour. 

His punishment consisted of a loss of recreation privileges, television and radio privileges for forty-five days as well as suspension of visits, cell restriction and two weeks of solitary confinement.

King later sued TDCJ for a violation of rights and lost the case.