Core Advisory's Autobiography is Well Written on its' New Website as a New Identity Consumer Dispute Group

Core Advisory's new name "Consumer Dispute Group or maybe Core Dispute Group, has a new identity and posted an autobiography of soon to be forgotten Core Advisory Group on its' new website.

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Alert! Is Core Advisory Planning to Sneak Away Undetected???

UPDATE CORE ADVISORY PLANNING TO CLOSE ITS DOORS!

So a client today pointed out that they went onto Core Advisory's website and this is what pops up. My guess, they are getting ready to use another company name so now it's just waiting for them to come to surface again which shouldn't take long. Some one will complain about their new company, just like how they shut down Colleagues In Law to become Core Advisory Group and now the mystery begins.

Update 11/09/2016

So Core shutdown its' website and informing the public that they will no longer be accepting new cases, however makes it difficult for anyone to contact them if they have questions or if a consumer lost their number. In my opinion, sounds like they are getting ready to abandon everyone. Now that is how an abandonment looks like.

Core has a new identity, or its' what we would like to think, however, their new website is confusing. Their new logo states "Consumer Dispute Group" with same Anaheim, California address on it. But their contact page says "Core Dispute Group"? Well that's what happens when you constantly have to change your company's identities in order to stay undetected by the authorities, you end up confusing yourself and everyone else around you.

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According to Business Consumer Alliance formerly known as BBB Southland region, knows too well of Devin Benter and all his prior business dealings when he was operating under Colleagues in Law. View BCA Report

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Another Poor Attempt to Deflect Responsibilities by Devin Benter

A consumer tonight received a disturbing email from "info@coreadvisorysvcs.org" (wonder why the owner doesn't put his information on this email?) trying to paint an ugly picture about me, this time digging up my past. What is this a political campaign? Let's find dirt on one another? Although my past history is public record but I don't see the relevance to what I am doing but okay. The fact still remains, Core is operating ILLEGALLY, and the lawsuit that was published just this past Friday, November 4th, 2016 (my name is also listed on the lawsuit) can't spell it out any clearer.

However, Core Advisory Group or Core Advisory Svcs? The names keeps evolving!!! Let's go with your real legal entity name, Core Advisory Group Svcs, LLC, refuses to address the problems but attempts to smear my credibility by stating, I am attempting to coerce clients in order to direct them to my new company. What new company? Show me a client that I have coerce or directed or referred to my new company or anyone else's company, then we can discuss that!

Also he mentioned once again, I abandoned the company and all the files. Really? Tell that to the enforcement agencies and lets see if they buy it. If that was the case, why wasn't all the existing customers of Core notified of the new ownership changes? Or even the new LLC changes? Where is the documents to show that transfer of ownership was executed? Oh that's right, there was no need to have a transfer of ownership if you just create another dba to resemble Core Advisory Group name.

I feel like a broken record, so I'm going to make this short. To all the viewers out there reading this and if you happened to get one of their emails, just reply back to them and ask them about the emails that Devin wrote blocking my attempt to suspend Core because he declared he owns everything and funded everything so business as usual and to avoid conflict of interest, tells everyone to not answer by Core Advisory Group but answer by Core Advisory Services. And here is what he will reply to, "I was just Mike's consultant."

Be sure to read my articles below so I wouldn't have to keep repeating over and over again. Proof is in the pudding. I present facts, not make false statements.

It seems to me the current owner of Core is getting more desperate and desperate. I totally forgot to address the "Restraining Order", I had to hear it from someone else because I was never served personally but it looks like they did sent out a sheriff to my dad's house to serve me but I don't live there. Well I looked it up and it's for "Civil Harrassment". sighs... rolling eyes... shaking head...

Oh by the way, if anyone that signed up under Core Advisory Group, LLC (I am the sole member/officer) call me at 949-229-7110. I will help you get a full refund!

Read Ohio Lawsuit: http://coreadvisory.blogspot.com/2016/11/ohio-attorney-general-lawsuit-against.html

Read Blog - http://coreadvisory.blogspot.com/2016/10/hi-everyone-my-name-is-mike-luong-and-i.html

Read Blog - http://coreadvisory.blogspot.com/p/view-devin-benter-email-copy-on-scribd.html

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Ohio Attorney General Filed Lawsuit Imposing $25,000 Fine

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a California-based firm accused of misleading consumers and taking upfront payments for mortgage-relief services it failed to provide.

2016-11-4 Ohio Attorney General vs Core Advisory Group by Core Evidence on Scribd

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Articles About CORE Advisory Group Based on Personal Vendetta or Protection? Part II

This is the second part of my article that I've written titled: "Is My Articles About CORE Advisory Group Based on Personal Vendetta or Protection?" If you haven't read the first part of this article, please read that first, it will give you a synopsis, starting from the very beginning of CORE Advisory Group's creation and how my nightmarish business dealings with Devin Benter (former owner of Colleagues in Law, now CORE Advisory Group Svcs), begun to unravel.

In my first article I had noted that I had intentions to suspend CORE Advisory Group back in March 31st, 2016, however, my former business partner Devin Benter (owner of CORE Advisory Group Svcs) had already masterminded an exit strategy by opening another dba name to resemble CORE Advisory Group by adding "Svcs" at the end of "Group" back in March 30th, 2016, a day prior to my attempt to suspend the company. Now, by him doing this, is a clear indication that he had no intentions to play by the books. Not only did he acquired a new dba name to resemble CORE Advisory Group but he  also manipulated all the staff/employees and customers of ours into thinking that I was the disgruntled party, who had abandoned the company and every customer case files.

Many would ask, why not just move on or take other legal remedies against him? Moving on is something I wish I can afford and taking legal actions against him is still an option which I will carefully prospect. However, it is important to understand the severity and seriousness of this type of action taken by my former business partner, by him, not agreeing to a more civilized separation agreement but instead, decided to take an irrational approach by forcefully taking over the entire business without my consent or agreeing to work towards a dissolution, has placed me in a very vulnerable position to future lawsuits or even enforcement actions against me.

Because now, I've lost all access to the company/clients and any attempts to communicate with my former staff/employees is being reverted back to my former partner, and the fact that he did a great manipulation job where all current staff/employees has now turned against me with a negative perception as if, I'm the problematic partner, makes it difficult to isolate the ensuing problems that lays ahead. Without these access or communications, there is no way to be assured if the proper handling of these open case files that was acquired under my name before my separation, is it being worked on accordingly or will there be legal ramifications I must face in the near future? What recourse do I have or am I stuck facing with the unforeseeable consequences? These are my dilemmas.

Who is Devin Benter? Prior to having any business dealings with Devin Benter, he owned and operated the exact same business model as CORE Advisory Group but under a different company name of Colleagues in Law, till this day some of his staff from Colleagues in Law remains by his side under the new assumed name of CORE Advisory Group.

What prompted me to be associated with this conman? What took me so long to realize that I was nothing more than scapegoat of his? These questions haunts me till this day as I have to face my friends and family to explain the embarrassing outcome that what I thought was once a blissful business venture with a well established businessman, was nothing more but a fairy tale that turned into a whirlwind of problems, created with unnecessary burdens that I must now quickly fix before things begun to spiral out of control.

Damage Control

After my separation with CORE Advisory Group back in March 31st, 2016, I've seek multiple advice from litigation attorneys and they all came up with the same conclusion, "contact the authorities immediately" so I did, and my first discovery was a default judgement made by the State of Kentucky, stating CORE Advisory Group, LLC failed to respond to a complaint regarding a bankruptcy petitioned filed on behalf of a client and this client was awarded $5,000 in restitution and CORE Advisory Group, LLC was fined $7,500 on top of that.

So I continued to reach out to more states regulatory agency's within their enforcement divisions, and came across a case in Washington where a settlement has been reached on September 30th, 2016 with Devin Benter to pay restitution in the amount of $45,000 that will be used to pay back to the 12 victims from the State of Washington for engaging in the illegal practice of loan modification when he was operating under Colleagues in Law.

After speaking to their legal examiner, she wasn't too happy (an understatement) to find out that Devin Benter is now operating under a new assumed name CORE Advisory Group and continues to engage with consumers in the State of Washington, when he had told the examiner that he had already dissolved his company Colleagues in Law (which is true), but the fact of the matter is that he continues doing the same thing just under a different company name, so that didn't sit too well with the examiner so lets see how this will play out.

As I continued digging, more states are now involved like Texas, Oregon, Pennsylvania and just recently an article came out yesterday November 4th, 2016 about an Ohio Attorney General had filed a lawsuit against me for CORE Advisory Group, LLC and the list keeps on growing.

The question remains directly for Devin Benter, if you feel strongly of what you are doing is legitimate than why is there an open investigation regarding the business practices of both CORE Advisory Group & Colleagues in Law as well as lawsuits pending?

Just because you have a car and it's not under your name, does it  give you the right to drive recklessly in it? And what makes you think you can do a hit n run on consumers and get away with it? Just because you change company names and addresses doesn't clear you from the mess that you've left behind. What world do you live in? Where is your morals and integrity? How do you feel proud to say you are a businessman/entrepreneur when your way of conducting businesses is by deceiving others? I've accepted my fate and accept full accountability to any actions taken towards me as a direct punishment for my naivete for once going into business with you. But I am not going to sit back and allow you to continue to take advantage of those around you.

Let this be a lesson learned and for any person(s) that decides to go into business with another person to carefully evaluate and research thoroughly to ensure the person you are planning to do business with doesn't have any hidden agendas. And for all consumers out there, that is reading this, may this be an advance warning to be wary and cautious of who you are doing business with, and any signs of red flags should be a hint to steer clear and avoid these types of unethical businesses.

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Ohio Attorney General Lawsuit Against Me & CORE Advisory Group, LLC

November 4th, 2016

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a California-based firm accused of misleading consumers and taking upfront payments for mortgage-relief services it failed to provide.

The lawsuit accuses Core Advisory Group LLC and its operator, Trung (“Mike”) Luong of Newport Beach, of violating Ohio consumer protection laws.

According to the lawsuit, Core Advisory Group offers mortgage relief services for a fee, often ranging between $1,745 and $3,900. It advertises online and through the mail. The mail solicitation provides a phone number, but not the business’s name, and it tells consumers they may be eligible for a program to lower their mortgage payments. When consumers respond, the firm allegedly offers a two-phase program of filing complaints for consumers with government agencies (apparently to draw more attention from the consumer’s mortgage servicer) and then working on the “reinstatement and restructuring” of a consumer’s loan.

An investigation by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section determined that these representations often were not true and that Core Advisory Group failed to provide services it had agreed to provide.

In the lawsuit, filed in the Richland County Common Pleas Court, DeWine seeks reimbursement for affected consumers and an end to any violations of Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act.

“When people are worried about their mortgage, they’re focused on doing what they need to do to keep their home,” Attorney General DeWine said. “Unfortunately, there are some operators who take advantage of them. They make false promises and they take the person’s money without providing any real help, which is what we found in this case.”

Consumers who are worried about foreclosure or who want to modify their mortgage loans should be wary of services that:

• Charge upfront fees
• Promise help that sounds too good to be true
• Charge fees for filing complaints with government agencies (which is free to do)
• Use high-pressure tactics
• Say they can help regardless of your financial situation
• Tell you not to contact your lender or the court
• Tell you not to make your mortgage payment
• Brag that they are faster than nonprofit counseling agencies
• Give you a lengthy agreement to sign before they will help

Copy of Lawsuit Documents

Repost from http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/

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Texas Reopens their Investigation Against CORE Advisory Group

Texas Initiate NEW investigation against CORE.

 

*DO NOT CONTACT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS & MORTGAGE LENDING UNLESS YOU ARE A VICTIM FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS

The State of Texas sends a warning to a consumer that CORE Advisory Group has violated the "Cease & Desist" order and they will be initiating a new investigation for ignoring the order to cease operations in the state of Texas. 

Back in November 2015, the first investigation determined that CORE Advisory Group was not properly licensed to provide loan modification services to Texas consumers. A "Cease & Desist" issued and order to cease operations immediately. CORE continuance to engage in unlicensed activity is a violation of the Texas Finance Code Chapters 156 &157. 

Cease and Desist Letter - TX by Core Evidence 

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Is My Articles About CORE Advisory Group Based on Personal Vendetta or Protection?

Hi everyone, my name is Mike Luong and I am the original creator and founder of "CORE Advisory Group" (CORE).

I formed CORE Advisory Group a month prior to entering to a nightmarish business relationship with the owner of  "Colleagues in Law" (CIL), Devin Benter, back in April of 2015. Prior to the creation of CORE Advisory Group, I met with Devin Benter at his office, which was located at 151 Kalmus Drive, in the city of Costa Mesa, California and this was back in March of 2015. 

Our initial meeting together, was intended to discuss with Devin to explain about my tax business and to see whether or not, if he would benefit from my tax services. It was a great way to increase my tax business by providing work for his existing client base while at the same time, prepare to launch CORE Advisory Group and I heard he was doing his own mail marketing advertisement campaign so that also drew my interest in wanting to work with him, and learn more on how I can benefit from him to help me generate sales calls from his marketing techniques.  

Prior to my meeting with him, I had very little knowledge of the type of business he was running but knew it was related to helping people with their mortgage problems and the goal to start CORE Advisory Group was for the same purpose. 

Upon my arrival at his Costa Mesa office, I was welcomed by his receptionist and at that point waited for Devin in the hallway of the reception area to meet with him. I have to admit, I was impressed, seeing his office was lively and fully functional, with 15+ staff/employees present, gave me a sense of assurance that I was meeting up with an established businessman. 

Our meeting ended, with additional over phone conversations and as time went on, the prospect of acquiring new tax business from him seemed long stretch, so I geared my focus towards the newly formed business that I had just created, CORE, and decided to go ahead and utilize his marketing company "Deevo, LLC" to handle all my mail advertisement needs as well as using his exact business model. 

The sole function of my newly formed company CORE, would act as a telemarketing company to acquire new businesses and once acquired, would send these clients over to his company CIL to process as a back end provider to perform the Advocacy & Dispute Resolution Program (A&DR), which was known at the time before changing to Lender Dispute Resolution Program (LDR) at a later time. 

My first business transaction with Devin was when I had first purchase a list of 10,000 mail pieces from him, which he had told me should generate anywhere from 1.5% to 2% response rate, meaning out of 10,000 mailers, expect anywhere from 150 to 200 telephone calls from potential prospects calling to inquire about the program. 

After the 3rd week of running a mail campaign through Devin, he had reached out to me to inform me that one of his affiliate partner JD United owned by Denny Lake was under heavy FTC investigation and his company Colleagues in Law was caught in the middle of this heat so he expressed concerns it might affect our operations. 

At this point, I had already paid Devin well over $16,000 for three weeks worth of mail marketing campaign and this kind of news was nerve wracking and unsettling since I have relied on him solely to not only generate sales calls for me but also, once these prospects became clients, I would need him to provide the services and if anything were to happen, game over at that point. 

While I awaited for more information from Devin to see what turn of events should I be expecting, I can't fathom the thought of disgrace & embarrassment to have to tell my investors, staff/employees at the time, that I just set everyone up for a failure and the affiliate group I decided to do business with, was on a verge of an FTC crackdown. 

We are now in the fourth week, and another mail marketing campaign had just been executed and no word from Devin so I had no choice but to inform my investors of the pending issues but held back from informing my staff, not wanting to alarm them. 

The Bait
Finally the call arrived from Devin and this time he asked to meet me in person so we met up and he had explained to me that the good news is that, the FTC reviewed his company and claim he is not in the wrong however he wanted to play safe and lay low and gave me a proposal stating that what he is about to offer me is a gold mine, and the only reason why I am getting this offer is the fact that I am already offering the same program to my clients that he has created, so it only make sense to offer me this partnership to combine our companies and merge as one but under my company brand until the investigation is over is when he can be on the books again just to be safe. 

He assured me that FTC cleared him from any wrong doings, but he doesn't feel comfortable continuing on as Colleagues in Law because it was linked to JD United and if news gets out that they are linked, it will be hard to obtain new businesses in the future. 

Before he finished making his proposal, he had explained to me that he was already netting over $100,000 each month, so by me coming on board with this merger, I would acquire 20% net right out of the gate, on one contingent, I would allow him full control of the company as if it was his. He would provide all of the financial aspect of the operations and all he ask for is my help with the small tasks around the office and build a strong team for him. 

In my mind, this offer wasn't bad at all and plus, if he was already netting $100,000 each month, that means my income would be $20,000 right out of the gate, on top of that, I can spare the shame of having to face my staff to tell them that the business isn't working out and we will have to close shop, so I accepted his offer and immediately began moving my staff over to his office in Costa Mesa. Thankfully for my investors, they were understandable and agreed for me to repay back the investments over time and wish me the best of luck with my venture together with Devin.

May 5th, 2015, CORE Advisory Group, LLC was established in the state of Utah and formed as a Limited Liability Company as me the sole member/officer and Devin Benter will remain off records until the JD United investigation was over.

Now, I am not going to get into the details of the problems and issues between me and Devin. Just know, my business relationship ended and I separated from the company CORE Advisory Group, LLC. on March 31st, 2016.

I am sure everyone would agree with me, that any disputes, disagreements between business partners should be dealt with privately and if things can't be resolved in a civilized matter, than seeking the help of a mediator would be a better choice to help isolate the unnecessary tensions that was already brewing.

So why almost 6 months after my separation from the company, I am now bringing this to a public forum with full of venom and negative spew about my former partner and CORE Advisory Group? What am I expecting out of this, by sharing all these personal details of our dysfunctional business relationship and why not just handle this offline and in the court room instead?

Having a business relationship with another partner(s) is very similar to a married couple. When a married couple ends up having issues and gets to a point where the relationship is just not salvageable and a divorce is imminent, prior to filing for a divorce, is it okay for one of the spouses to do the following;

1.  The unhappy spouse, change locks on the house, and threatens the other spouse to not lay foot on the property or that spouse will call the police? (this is reasonable if your life is at risk) 
2. Your spouse, empties your bank account and opens up a separate account diverting all funds that was earned together into the new account?

Now let's circle back to the final week of March of 2016. In the midst of a dispute, I had asked Devin to provide me with all the profit & loss statement so I can verify the discrepancies that triggered our disputes.

Now remember, CORE Advisory Group, LLC, is solely under my name ONLY, which means, the CORE name, bank accounts etc... is also under my name. The only thing that was not under CORE Advisory Group, LLC was the office space which was leased under Devin Benter and Colleagues in Law.

On March 30th, 2016, Devin went to the Orange County Clerk Recorders Office and created a new fictitious business name of Core Advisory Group Svcs. Just one day prior to me attempting to tell everyone at the office, I am suspending CORE so I can work towards a dissolution with Devin Benter but instead, he had already planned ahead to continue the business by creating a replica of CORE. He then tells me that I am no longer welcome to the office and if I lay foot, he will contact the police.

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If this doesn't sound like a shady maneuver, I don't know what is, but this is the least of my worries at this point. There are bigger problems at stake ahead of me, since my name is on the company and I have a former business partner that has gone rogue.

Read About My Attempt to Suspend CORE on March 31st, 2016

Unveiling the Mask of Devin Benter

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CORE Advisory Group owner Devin Benter post his lies on GetOutofDebt.org

There was a complaint open by a client of CORE Advisory Group on GetOutofDebt.org website just a few days ago, and guess who decided to chime in? The Fabricator himself Devin Benter. I am just speechless so just read the stuff that comes out of his mouth and you be the judge of this one. I honestly think this guy has lost it. As a consumer, these kinds of behaviors from an owner of a company should give you a clear indication that maybe it is wise to steer clear from that individual(s) or company(s) and to do business elsewhere with a reputable and stable company. 

Wouldn't you agree, protecting your home holds more value to just, gamble it on someone who has no morals or principles. 

The article below that was published on GetOutOfDebt.org  , Devin Benter goes on there in an attempt to preserve his reputation by posting a series of false allegations about me. But fails to address the complaints that was published by these clients on GetOutOfDebt.org.

You may perceive yourself as an intelligent business owner, but your actions and behaviors has deceived you.

Here below is the full article published on "GetOutofDebt.org" on October 25th, 2016

My name is Devin Benter and I am responding to you regarding complaints filed against Core Advisory Group. Core Advisory Group is a company that was owned by Trung ‘Mike’ Luong aka Mike Lee, aka Travis Anglar (consumer-protection@activist.com) aka mluong@activist.com, Jason Rigor (consumer-help@activist.com) aka Trung Luong, Core Evidence (core-evidence@casedocsonline.com), casedocsonline.com & coreadvisory.blogspot.com

Contracts were signed by him and funds paid by clients went to his bank account. I worked with Mike as a consultant and shared office space with him where I operated other business ventures. Mike became disgruntled about the business and essentially abandoned the files in April/May of 2016. The team in place as well as myself have tried to finish out these files that were abandoned. Things recently came to a head after Trung ‘Mike’ Luong began text blasting and email blasting his former clients telling them that Core Advisory Group (the company he owns in his name) is a scam and that there is a “consumer alert” issued against the company. He and his associates (former general manager of Core Advisory Group) (redacted) have advised clients to file complaints against me and my company and he has created a website where he has posted information in order to defame me and my family, my co-workers and this business. Additionally, they are then trying to convert these people into new clients for their new ventures, there are a few and more we are unaware of but a few of them are (redacted), and there are more that are hidden so that no one can find their information. They direct people to the website (redacted) in order to lead them to believe they are receiving free advice but ultimately when they ask to learn more they are solicited for modification services and to pay for their services (See attachment).

We have reached out to the Pompeo’s and explained the situation and provided them with a copy of the contract signed by Mike Luong and the Utah Secretary of State Paperwork showing he was the owner of the company when they signed up. We have also issued them a refund though funds were paid to Luong. There is an open investigation into Trung ‘Mike’ Luong for identity theft and data breach and a temporary restraining order has been granted against him due to his threatening text messages he has been sending to one of our co-workers and my wife. Bottom line is this is a private matter and it is unfortunate that it is being litigated online with no filter. We are trying to do the right thing and close out these files.

Colleagues in Law was a former business that I owned, which for a time utilized a third party processing center JD United/Advocacy Department to handle our files. This company also accepted files from a company called HOPE and as a result of MARS rule violations, HOPE as well as JD United/Advocacy Department were shut down. We never shared an office with this company, and were only linked to them as an affiliate who sent them files. At the time of the shutdown there was correspondence between Colleagues in Law and the FTC who decided to not include Colleagues in Law in this case and in fact, in court documents the FTC mentioned that Colleagues in Law had ran an ethical business.

Going forward, we are trying to close out these files and cases and to be there to assist consumers. We are only offering services to help develop and draft content in order to assist consumers in their disputes across various verticals and businesses.

Allow me to debunk these ridiculous allegations once again.

“I worked with Mike as a consultant and shared office space with him where I operated other business ventures. Mike became disgruntled about the business and essentially abandoned the files in April/May of 2016." - March 31st, 2016 Email from Devin

So he claimed that he was just my consultant and shared office space with me, when the truth is that, the office space we did share together was leased by Devin Benter under his company Colleagues in Law at the time and the office that I'd moved into with my staff, was at his current office in Costa Mesa, CA at 151 Kalmus Drive Bldg A, Costa Mesa, CA. 92626 and later we moved to a new location at 4590 MacArthur Blvd Suite 125, Newport Beach, CA. 92660. The new location was also leased by Devin Benter of Colleagues in Law. I guess I was very fortunate enough to have found a consultant who is generous enough to lease a 6600+ sq. ft. office space for me to work out of. 

He also claimed that I became disgruntled about the business and essentially abandoned the files in April/May of 2016. Now if he was just my consultant, what benefits would he have by just inheriting all the abandoned files, staff/employees? Please share with us an example of a consultant that actually inherited a company after the owner just walks off and abandons everything and that consultant just took over with no paperwork of transfer of ownership, nothing, and business as usual at the office the very next day. What a great fictional novel to write about one day.

Although it is true that on March 31st, 2016, I did request to suspend the whole operation and sit down with Devin to figure out a dissolution but according to the Orange County CA. County Clerks, office records, he had already had made his move, by creating an identical dba "CORE Advisory Group Svcs" which he added "Svcs" at the end on March 30th, 2016 a day prior to my attempt to suspend CORE. 

Orange County Clerk Recorder's Office search "Core Advisory Group"

Another note is if I was disgruntle then how come I didn't shutdown the phone system when I am the sole owner on that contract which I had signed with Fonality? Or suspend the Godaddy domain name "coreadvisorygroup.org" & email accounts that is linked to that domain name, which was also under my name? 

When did I authorized these changes if I was the sole owner of CORE Advisory Group as he proclaims on other public blogs & public forums, and if he's just my consultant who authorized those changes? If you are going to stick to this narrative Devin, you might as well just turn yourself in because only a 10 year might believe you. And by the way I separated the final week of March 2016 so his timeline isn’t even accurate.  - March 31st, 2016 Email from Devin

"Things recently came to a head after Trung ‘Mike’ Luong began text blasting and email blasting his former clients telling them that Core Advisory Group (the company he owns in his name) is a scam and that there is a “consumer alert” issued against the company."

He claims I am text blasting my former clients that I am committing a scam on my own company? Scratching my head.

"he advised clients to file complaints against me and my company and he has created a website where he has posted information in order to defame me and my family, my co-workers and this business. Additionally, they are then trying to convert these people into new clients for their new ventures"

Defamation of Character is a term that is used to describe when false statement is written or spoken about an individual with the intent of harming or slandering their reputation. It's too bad that you feel this way but it's my ethical duty to report any illegal activities I believe you have violated. About the "Lender Dispute Resolution" program

His other allegations is that I am telling clients to file complaints against him and his company? Wait, didn’t he just say it was my company? He also claims I am converting these clients to become new clients of mine for my new ventures. I am sure everyone that I've spoken to directly can attest that, not once have I ever mentioned about soliciting, nor have I ever referred them over to anyone so once again his allegations are clearly false. To be clear, I DO NOT refer or recommend anyone to any service. I challenge him to find a physcial person, not a made up person, to say otherwise. Normally people come to see the circus, not join them.

"We have reached out to the Pompeo’s and explained the situation and provided them with a copy of the contract signed by Mike Luong and the Utah Secretary of State Paperwork showing he was the owner of the company when they signed up."

He claimed that he had reached out to the Pompeo’s to explain the situation and provided them a copy of the contract signed by me and the Utah Secretary of State Paperwork showing I am the owner of the company. So I reached out to Mrs. Pompeo today to see if this was true and she replied back stating no such contact has ever been made. Another LIE! However, I'm grateful after our many efforts, they have finally received a full refund, which they clearly deserved. Read Complaint

Mrs. Pompeo emailed me back today 10/28/2016 to confirm, no contact was ever made to them by Devin Benter.

My signature is on every CORE Advisory Group, LLC service agreement prior to March 31^st, 2016 so there’s no secret there, good one! By the way I've written on this site and stated I was the original creator of CORE and sole member/officer of CORE Advisory Group, LLC and if you pay $1 on the UTAH business search website, you can actually get a copy of the Utah Secretary of State paperwork so what is his point again? 

"There is an open investigation into Trung ‘Mike’ Luong for identity theft and data breach and a temporary restraining order has been granted against him due to his threatening text messages."

Identity (ID) theft is a crime where a thief steals your personal information, such as your full name or social security number, to commit fraud. 

If this was true, why isn't the police pursuing to arrest me, after all, "Identify Theft" is a serious crime. And this temporary restraining order that he is referring to, more like a gag order to stop me from exposing the TRUTH! Any one can go to the court-house and file a TRO, it's another way to keep me quiet so they can continue doing their own illegal activities. 

Once, again, no laws has been broken on my part but Devin Benter seems to believe he is abiding by the law and by him posting these false allegations about me with unsubstantiated facts or proof, is a violation in itself for libel, slander and defamation of character.

Word of advice, it's better to stay quiet then go online and publicly fabricate your stories full lies and deceit. 

So once again, Devin Benter, current owner of CORE Advisory Group Svcs, LLC (I like how you just add the “Svcs”at the end of CORE Advisory Group Mr. Consultant) ignores the problem at hand and there are clients of his that was scammed out of their money and some even lost their homes and all he can think of is himself by publicly appearing online just to post fabricated lies in order to clear himself of any wrong-doings. 

It's obvious he is reading my blogs about him and seeing that there is also client's both from Colleagues in Law and CORE that posted their complaints on here so why not drop in and say hi to everyone and address those clients Devin? But instead chooses to deflect responsibilities and throws in the victim card.

Once again you've shown the public what a scum you are by not addressing these clients' complaint but instead, you use other public forums hoping that, by making up false accusations, full of fabricated lies & rhetoric, would make you look angelic? Get off your high horse and learn what real values, honesty & integrity really means. 

I honestly do not know how you sleep at night and how you face your family each day knowingly that there are victims out there that you just don't give a rats a** about. Justice will prevail. 

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CORE's Website Warning & Text Messages to its Clients Should Be Enough to Steer Clear.

UPDATE: After publication of this post over 50+ people have reached out to me that lost their money and some had lost their home. I want to hear from you so please contact me.

I was speaking to one of the victims of CORE Advisory Group and during our phone conversation, this client receives a text message from CORE warning about me (which by the way, they claim I am a disgruntled employee. about me), that I would be committing a felonious act by sending out text messages/emails/phone calls in an attempt to scare & deceive all of their clients and it's a scam so report this to them immediately. 

They even referenced the California Penal Code Regarding Annoying Phone Calls under Penal Code 653 (m) PC on their website. You can read the CA Penal Code 653 (m) and if you still feel, that I have broken this law, it is your right under the laws to report me to the authorities right away. (This is a misdemeanor by the way.) read about their poor attempt to silence me with a "Cease & Desist" letter

Owner of CORE Devin Benter leaves a voice broadcast warning when you call their toll free # 877-242-5699

Under CORE Advisory Group, Devin Benter uses an alias of David Clarke, Jennifer Delrio of CORE & Colleagues in Law, both using two different emails.

For all "Colleagues in Law" victims, here is proof, Devin Benter (owner) still has his email active for "Colleagues in Law" 08/17/2016 so go get'em FOLKs!!!

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If you have been following my blog since day one, you should know by now the truth about Devin Benter who is the same owner of "Colleagues in Law" which he later dissolved once our companies merged under "CORE Advisory Group" name. He methodically masterminded a persuasive proposition in order to convince me to partner up with him and allow him to merge his old company "Colleagues in Law" and his staff with mines, and together we would operate just under my company name "CORE Advisory Group" that I originally started and created last year on April 29th, 2015, and later separated with the company on March 31st, 2016. Thank god. Info on CIL & CORE

Now lets focus on the topic at hand. Devin Benter who is now the sole owner of "CORE Advisory Group Svcs", that operated the same business model under the name of "Colleagues in Law" before dismantling it, tried to outwit me by posting on his website full of terrifying messages to warn the public to be prepare that they will be getting a phone/email/text messages from me that will scare and deceive their clients.

I am going to pause right here and let's review this for a second. "Scare & Deceive" their clients. Scare? Who wouldn't be scared once they find out that the company they have hired is actually breaking the law? Deceive? What benefits would I gain from deceiving anyone at this point by exploiting the ILLEGAL activities that CORE Advisory Group Svcs and its owner Devin Benter is conducting?

According to the Federal Trade Commission, and a few State Regulatory Agencies, even our local Enforcement Division that I have been collaborating & cooperating with can attest to my statement that I am about to make. THE OPERATION IS ILLEGAL!!! 

Now let me ask you this, if a company was legitimate and operating within the legal boundaries;

• A) Is it necessary to change company name THREE times in less than 2 years? (Colleagues in Law, LC dissolved 06/30/2015, CORE Advisory Group & soon Consumer Dispute Group, all owned by Devin Benter all functioning & operating under the same business model as each other.) Read about the name changes
• B) Why did the State of Washington just settled with Devin Benter on 09/30/2016 when he was operating under "Colleagues in Law" for a total of $45,000 in restitution which will be used to pay back to the 12 victims from the State of Washington for mortgage related violation? Feel free to verify this with Washington State Department of Finance Enforcement Division for the State of Washington (360) 902-0517. Or contact the State of Texas that issued the Cease & Desist order against CORE Advisory Group, at (512) 475-1870, just to name a few. Texas Cease & Desist Order or  State of WA Restitution (Awaiting Site Post)
• C) Why didn't Devin Benter reach out to any of his clients (via phone, email, mail) that enrolled prior to March 31st, 2016 that a new LLC has been changed to "CORE Advisory Group Svcs, LLC" and "CORE Advisory Group, LLC" is no longer active, but instead ignored it and if something went wrong tells either the clients that is unsatisfied/unhappy or the authorities that I was the sole owner and responsible party they should go after and the only reason he is involved is because I had abandoned my clients, my staff, all case files, and ran off with all the money and in good grace Devin was around to save everyone and continue business as usual? (I hope he isn't sticking to this story in front of the jury.) Read about it here
• D) A reputable company at the very least would update all its clients of any new changes to the company. Something as simple as informing them of their new physical address once they have relocated? (Current physical address and ONLY location at 2125 E. Katella Ave. Suite 330, Anaheim, CA. 92806, the other two addresses on their website is just a maildrop.) Read about hiding their real address
• E) Most of you already know, one of CORE's payment option is accepting POST-DATED checks, in order to spread CORE's service fees and have it deposited at a later scheduled date as agreed to the term of the service. Prior to my separation back on March 31st, 2016 a handful of clients had already enrolled and handed us POST-DATED checks to hold for their future payments. There will be some if not more clients will attest to this disturbing revelation that any written checks that were post-dated on or after March 31st, 2016 or beyond April 1st, 2016, those checks were "ALTERED" by adding "Scvs" next to the originally written CORE Advisory Group to reflect the new LLC change of "CORE Advisory Group Svcs" and they made this alteration without the clients knowledge or consent. Not a smart move on Devin's part so this will be interesting to see what the charges will be brought against him on this matter.
• F) A reputable company would have filed all proper business licensing & registration with all the state and local offices. CORE Advisory Group is registered as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the State of Utah with no physical location or office space in Utah, but their income is derived in the State of California, with their address and physical office space located solely in California only. Here is some business 101, if your company is a Corporation or LLC that is registered outside of California, however the Corporation or LLC is generating income in California and domiciled in California, therefore, you are required to register your Corporation or LLC as a Foreign Business Entity in the State of California with the Secretary of State of California. CA Business Search "CORE Advisory Group" Not Registered
• G) If this business is for profit and is required to comply with the Federal Trade Commission MARS Rule (Mortgage Assistance Relief Services) than why are they collecting fees upfront, which according to the rule, makes it illegal to charge upfront fees until you deliver and the customer agrees to a written offer of mortgage relief from the customer's lender or servicer. The Rule defines "mortgage assistance relief service" as a service, plan, or program that is represented, expressly or by implication, to help homeowners prevent or postpone foreclosure or help them get other kinds of relief, like loan modifications, forbearance agreements, short sales, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, or extensions of time to cure defaults or reinstate loans. The Rule applies whether you work directly with consumers' lenders or servicers to get mortgage relief or you offer services to help consumers do it on their own (for example, by conducting a "forensic audit" or other review of consumers' loan documents). How are they breaking the law?

So, now that you know what you need to know about CORE Advisory Group and its owner Devin Benter and if you still feel comfortable and safe doing business with them, that is the risk you will have to take, in my opinion, if someone gave me this many warning shots, I be running for the hills no hesitation. Consider this a fair and accurate Warning!

And for those of you whom already fell victim to CORE Advisory Group or Colleagues in Law, go here quick and let's get the enforcement authorities to stop this company and owner Devin Benter from preying on other folks.

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