Complaint was filed by Dinesh Gandhi, an officer at National Republic Bank of Chicago.

"Chicago Attorney Accused of Racketeering and Fraud While Serving as Bankruptcy Trustee
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A Chicago attorney faces allegations of fraud and racketeering in connection with his administration of a bankruptcy case pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, In re Polo Builders, Inc.

A complaint filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois accuses David R. Brown of racketeering and fraud.

Mr. Brown, an attorney at the law firm of Springer Brown Covey Gaertner & Davis, allegedly filed hundreds of false fraud claims to obtain quick cash settlements from creditors of the bankruptcy estate.
The complaint was filed by Dinesh Gandhi, an officer at National Republic Bank of Chicago.

Mr. Gandhi claims that Mr. Brown operated a shakedown operation using false Ponzi claims to obtain quick cash settlements from innocent parties. According to Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Brown and his attorneys then billed the bankruptcy estate for work on the false claims.

Mr. Brown is accused of deliberately filing more than 150 false claims.

The complaint by Mr. Gandhi charges that Mr. Brown violated racketeering statutes which bar government officials from using their official status to extract extortion payments from innocent victims. The law firms of Freeborn & Peters LLP and K&L Gates LLP are also named in the complaint.
Mr. Gandhi also alleges that the trustee engaged in racial discrimination by knowingly targeting persons from India with the phony lawsuits. The complaint alleges that one of Mr. Brown’s attorneys, Harley Goldstein, stated “One little Indian, two little Indians, three little Indians down” after a court hearing in the case.
David R. Brown and his attorneys are accused of accepting more than $1 million in legal fees for work on false claims.

On January 3, 2010, the judge presiding over the bankruptcy case, the Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar, ordered the trustee David R. Brown to answer questions under oath concerning the Ponzi claims that he filed. According to Paul Caghan, the attorney who obtained the court order against Mr. Brown, “The allegation is that the trustee used his position with the government to intimidate innocent parties into settling worthless claims and then pocketed the money.”


In re Polo Builders, Inc., Case No. 04 B 23758, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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