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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 1, 2015 8:13:21 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: amw.com archives) Fugitive Profile as of September 1st, 2015: (based on 2005 AMW archives, please contact site if you have more information) Aliases: John Kimble, Armand Ounigian, John Weston Sex: Male Race: White Age Now: 70's Height: 6'1 Weight: 230 lbs Hair: Gray, White Traits & Habits: -Ounigian is very charismatic and able to adapt to his surroundings while gaining the trust of his victims. -He likes to live a lavish lifestyle, including lavish dinners, chauffered limousines, and luxurious hotels. Last Seen: Brielle, New Jersey Other Possible Locations: New York, New Jersey Who to call if you've seen him: Based on AMW archive article, the US Marshals were at one point looking for him. Based on that, our advice would be to call them at 1-877-WANTED-2 or e-mail usms.wanted@usdoh.govJohn Armand Ounigan has been conning people for decades. I am putting the 2000's as his wanted decade since he violated parole sometime after 2001. He was aired on the June 17th, 2004 episode of America's Most Wanted. Below is the archived description of the case: On the Run AgainJohn Armand Ounigian has a long history of committing financial crimes involving real estate and other business ventures. In 1996, he was arrested and convicted by the FBI on charges of bank fraud. He was sentenced to seven years and three months, a fifty thousand dollar fine, and restitution to victims in total of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. On October 12, 2001, Ounigian was released from federal prison and placed on federal probation. Among several conditions of probation, he was ordered to refrain from participating in any financial or real estate based employment. However, Ounigian immediately reverted to his old habits upon release. According to officials, he began to identify and target new victims while employed in several real estate and mortgage brokerages. A federal arrest warrant was then issued charging him with violation of probation. U.S. Marshals say Ounigian has committed in excess of 2.5 million dollars in new fraudulent acts since October of 2003. Officials say that Ounigian victimized and bankrupted several investors who had placed trust in him for their financial security. Many of these investors were elderly, not knowledgeable about the investment field, and are still struggling to survive day to day. Unfortunately Ounigian's whereabouts are unknown as he continues to evade officials. Thoughts? According to another article I found, Ounigian first disappeared in 1989 from Newark, New Jersey. I am assuming that as of this posting date (9/1/2015) he is still not located after his second disappearing act since I can't find any articles proving otherwise. Ounigian would be somewhere in his 70's today if still alive. web.archive.org/web/20051105200933/http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=26981www.njbiz.com/article/20121217/NJBIZ01/121219929/john-kimble Admin Note: If you have any (news-related) updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 1, 2015 8:21:34 GMT -5
P.S. Not to make a light of a guy who took people's hard-earned money, but am I the only one who found it a little amusing one of his aliases is the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's teacher character in Kindergarten Cop? I wonder if he chose the name on purpose.
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Post by markm on Mar 13, 2016 17:55:23 GMT -5
I believe this is his real name. You can find it in his original conviction. I got involved with John(alias) when he "went into the mortgage business" with a friend of mine. I even had another friend work for him when she was laid off. The business was working out of a now defunct bank in Patterson on rte 46 east. I will not mention real names. Lady A was the money for the business. I cannot tell you how many times I warned her about seeing receipts, but he had her convinced everything was OK. When lady B started working for both of them is when I became personally involved. I watched a LOT of paperwork flying, but saw little results as mortgages just didn't seem to be closing. His con was taking investment money from others and pay back the first installment, but then start to fall short on following payments. I remember having a sit down dinner with him and staring at him the whole time as he tried to feed us his bull. He knew I didn't like him. I had made one stipulation that lady B never work for him for nothing. When this started happening is when I interfered. At this point I actually looked up his conviction and found part of his sentence is that he NEVER touch anyone's social security numbers. He had a whole briefcase of them. This was a a no win situation. People who had money into him wanted me to leave it alone(probably hoping to see some of their money again) while others were thankful because they had no clue. I did a sit down with the bank owner, who to protect his own interest, fired everyone. I notified the Marshals where he was but I was not taken seriously. They took their sweet time and by the time they took an interest, he was gone. I was, and still am, very angry by the lax attitude of the Marshals. There is a reporter trying to follow his criminal carer and from what she told me, he has ripped off millions since. Although I did stop some of the people from losing any more, others from any loss, lady A took the brunt of it with a loss close to a half a million, and most of the "employees" losing weeks of pay. I was happy to hear when the bank closed as it was a dirty way they handled the whole situation. I had actually made a complaint to the banking commission. I doubt I had anything to do with it as I believe they closed with the collapse of the mortgage business in 2007-8. If ANYONE has ANY information about this SOB, PLEASE don't hesitate. I would love nothing better than to personally walk into anywhere and make sure he was taken down(arrested). I wouldn't give a damn if he's in a nursing home, or if dead, his grave. He would have to be about 78 now as he was 62 when I was involved.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 13, 2016 18:17:07 GMT -5
Hi, markm, thanks for joining the forum. So his real name is John Kimble? Weird, but stranger things have happened. (I should note I found that humorous because of the coincidence with the movie character, overall there's nothing funny about this case, just wanted to say that in case it looked I don't take this seriously. ) I'm sorry to hear about what happened the Marshals as I feel they generally do excellent work for the most part and I'm usually impressed by them. Not excusing it, but my best guess is perhaps with the case load they have they didn't consider Ounigan as high a priority as other cases compared to murderers, gang members etc. so by the time they got to him it was too late. Me and you of course know though that crimes such as Ounigan's are very serious and that his scams put people's way of life, life savings, etc... at risk, and once you lose it all, it's almost impossible to get it back. I always feel financial crimes are among the most underrated types of crimes since they affect people's livelihoods. You can recover from a stab wound, you can't recover from all your life savings being depleted. I too hope for you or any of the people he conned's sake that he's located or arrested. Or if he's no longer alive, they discover where he is so everyone can rest easy that he's still not trying to scam people.
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