A Springfield business owner named Brian Scroggs has been indicted by a federal grand jury on May 14 for his alleged involvement in a timeshare fraud scheme and for failing to pay over $333,000 in federal taxes. According to a press release by the U.S. Department of Justice on May 24, Scroggs, who owns Vacation Consulting Services, LLC, and the Transfer Group, LLC, faces a six-count indictment. His businesses primarily focused on the timeshare exit industry, where they claimed to help customers get out of their timeshare contracts.
In January 2019, it was alleged that Scroggs knew that timeshare companies were no longer negotiating with timeshare exit companies like his own. However, despite this knowledge, he continued to solicit new customers by falsely claiming to be able to help them get out of their timeshare contracts. Three clients reportedly paid more than $32,000 to Scroggs’ companies during this time, but they never received a refund. The 52-year-old business owner was charged with three counts of wire fraud related to these clients.
Additionally, Scroggs was charged with three counts of failure to pay federal employment taxes after he allegedly failed to pay the US Internal Revenue Service over $333,000 in federal income taxes and other taxes. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney and was investigated by IRS-Criminal Investigation and the FBI. Ryan Collins
