On The Run! Apollo Nida Fails to Report to Prison After Nearly Assaulting Phaedra Parks

Yesterday, Apollo Nida was supposed to report to prison after spending his last months as a free man avoiding his wife and children.

Now it seems that Nida is a wanted man after failing to turn himself in.

Yes, Apollo apparently had a last-minute change of heart about both prison and his family. TMZ reports that the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star decided to pay one final visit to his estranged wife Phaedra Parks.

As you might've guessed, it didn't go well.

Apollo reportedly demanded that Phaedra put money into his prison account and bring their children for visits while he's locked up. She refused and that's when he really lost it:

Nida forced his way into Parks' home and - according to witnesses - began loudly screaming, "What the f-ck is the matter with you? I don't give a f-ck about the police! Call them! I dare you!"

Apollo demanded unspecified property from Phaedra, and when she didn't comply, he started stuffing things in a bag and then took off. A Bravo camera crew was on hand and caught the whole episode.

Nida was sentenced to 8 years in prison after being convicted of cashing stolen checks and money laundering back in May. He had been ordered to turn himself in by noon today, meaning that he's now been on the run for several hours.

We'll bring you updates on this story as more information becomes available.

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Phaedra’s Soon-To-Be-Ex Hubby Must Report To Prison On September 10

The day is fast approaching when Apollo Nida will have to get used to wearing orange and sharing showers. The judge has handed down the due date on Apollo’s eight-year stint in the clink, and his days of freedom are severly numbered.

 

It’s time! Just weeks after Apollo Nida was sentenced to eight years in prison for his fraud case, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the Real Housewives of Atlanta star has been ordered to report to federal prison on September 10.

According to court documents obtained by Radar, Phaedra Parks’ husband must surrender himself at the FMC Lexington prison in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 10 at noon.

Though he originally faced up to 30 years in prison, Nida was sentenced to just eight years for fraud and identity theft back in July. He also must pay nearly $2 million in restitution.

This is not his first time behind bars: He previously served six years for a car theft scheme.
 

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Reports: Apollo’s Conviction Is Phaedra’s New RHOA Storyline

Insiders confirm Apollo’s conviction and his and Phaedra’s crumbling marriage will be the basis of Phaedra’s storyline on the next season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

 

“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks is back at work and rumors that she’s taking a leave of absence are NOT true, sources tell TMZ.

Sources tell us … their storyline centers on Apollo’s conviction and the upheaval it’s caused in their relationship … a relationship that appears to be on the brink of divorce.
We’re told Phaedra may skip some filming to take care of family business … but there’s no way she’s leaving the show.
 

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Phaedra Parks Takes Leave Of Absence From RHOA

Phaedra Parks has a lot on her plate these days. With her husband, Apollo Nida, on his way to a lengthy prison stint, she still has 2 children to raise. Amidst that and rumors that Apollo may have lied about the extent of his communications with castmate Kenya Moore, Phaedra has decided to fall back from The Real Housewives of Atlanta's upcoming season.

 

Apollo Nida could very well be on a mission to clean up a bunch a mess before he has to turn himself in to the feds and judging from his recent actions during a RHOA taping at Bar One restaurant, that could possibly be the case.

During the evening’s festivities, Apollo reportedly admitted to Kenya that he only told Phaedra that the former beauty queen was pursuing him, in response to Kenya throwing out the fact that he’d texted her. Apparently the texts were innocent, but if you recall, Moore brought them up during the season 5 reunion as if Apollo was trying to pursue her.

During Cynthia's Ebony Mag celebration, Apollo and Kenya filmed a scene on the steps of Bar One (alone), and apparently it was then that Kenya demanded an apology from him about everything that had taken place over the past few seasons. I heard that Kenya also apologized to Apollo about her role in the situation, but I’m almost positive editing will make it all one sided.

Kenya reportedly has told all the ladies that Apollo has admitted he ‘lied’ about her all these years. It remains to be seen EXACTLY what he lied about but whatever the case, there’s footage that I’m almost positive will be used during season 7 of Apollo and Kenya having a heart to heart talk about it all.

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Phaedra Looking To Divorce Apollo Nida As He Faces Jail Time

After just under 5 years of marriage, two adorable boys, and 2.3 million dollars in stolen funds, Phaedra Parks’ marriage to Apollo Nida may finally have come to an end. Apparently Phaedra’s been keeping up her “southern belle with a perfect family” image up for the sake of her kids and RHOA reality cameras, but was pushed over the edge by Apollo’s prison sentence.

Phaedra Parks reportedly won’t be sticking around for husband Apollo Nida to serve his eight-year prison sentence.

According to In Touch Weekly, the 41-year-old Real Housewives Of Atlanta star ‘wants to leave him’ after he was convicted of federal bank fraud and identity theft and sentenced to almost a decade in the slammer on July 8.

‘If they never started a family, she would have filed for divorce long ago,’ the publication reports an insider as saying. ‘But this is going to push Phaedra to act quickly.’

The entertainment attorney and the 35-year-old personal trainer are parents to two young sons- Ayden, three, and Dylan, 14 months – and despite wanting to keep her family together for the sake of the children, she’s reportedly had enough of her husband’s criminal activities. 

Of course, the couple married on November 1, 2009 – only a short time after Apollo was released from jail having spent six years behind bars for car theft.

Meanwhile, TMZ is reporting that the troubled reality star, who regularly appeared alongside his wife on the hit series, will have to cough up close to $1.9 million in restitution after being convicted of cashing stolen checks and laundering more than $2.3 million.

Phaedra Parks reportedly did not attend her husband’s sentencing, though his mother and brother were present in the US District Court in Georgia.
 

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Apollo's AND Phaedra’s Financial Records Under Scrutiny?

Earlier last week news leaked that Apollo Nida had been ordered to produce his financial records for a deposition in connection with his guilty plea for bank fraud and identity theft. Turns out the Fed want a look at wife Phaedra’s books as well.

Tamara Tattles got her hands on Apollo’s legal docs and discovered that the requests for financial information are specifically worded to include all assets belonging to himself as well as his spouse.

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Phaedra Parks Finally Fires Back At Bank Fraud Rumors “I Have Never Committed Any Crime!”

Apollo Nida is the resident bad boy of Real Housewives of Atlanta, but his wife Phaedra Parks insists she’s always been a good girl. After one of Parks’ former friends accused her of running a ‘criminal enterprise’ with Nida — who currently faces bank fraud and identity theft charges — Parks has spoken out to defend herself in explosive court documents obtained by Radar Online.

 

Parks filed an affidavit on March 31 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, as part of her ongoing defamation lawsuit against Angela Stanton, author of Lies of a Real Housewife. “Due to the falsity of the material in the book, and to protect her reputation, on or about September 26, 2012, [Parks] filed a defamation action against [Stanton],” the documents read.

And in the affidavit, Parks claims she “verifies, under oath, that the allegations made by the Defendant in her Book and referenced in the Plaintiff’s Complaint are false,” and that Stanton “knew the statements she made about the plaintiff were false when she made them.”

Stanton claimed in her book and in subsequent emails that Parks oversaw a “criminal enterprise” involving bank fraud, auto title theft, and other unsavory business practices.
Parks insists she “has no knowledge of or connection with any ‘bank fraud scheme,’” and “was never involved in any criminal enterprise with [Stanton].”

“I have never been arrested for a crime or charged with any crime,” she claims in the affidavit. “I have never been questioned by any law enforcement agency about any possible involvement in a crime. I have never been involved in any criminal schemes with Defendant Stanton or anyone else. I have never committed any crime other than routine traffic violations.”
 

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Divorce Drama? Phaedra Parks Shocks Fans With Super Skinny Weight Loss Amid Divorce Rumors

Phaedra recently turned up looking like she’s missed a meal or 8 and fans have attributed the shocking weight loss to her stress with dealing with Apollo’s fraud trial.

After all the drama in Phaedra Parks and Apollo Nida’s marriage, rumor has it that the duo may be headed for divorce court.

The two are reportedly separating over Nida’s legal problems.
According to various media outlets, The Real Housewives of Atlanta stars have been spending months trying to work on their marriage, but it appears the relationship has simply run its course. And also Phaedra is running clear to avoid getting dragged into the fraud charges with her estranged husband.

RumorFix has reached out to both camps for confirmation.
 

 But not so fast! Phaedra has recently signed on to endorse diet pill Xenadrine and says her recent weight loss is a good thing.

Phaedra Parks has added one more hustle to her already packed schedule with a new gig as a spokesperson for Xenadrine.

Looks like this Southern Belle has another secret for staying in shape! Starcasm.net reports that the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star has become the latest Bravo star to rep the diet pill. Phaedra’s former co-star Kim Zolciak has also been a brand ambassador for Xenadrine in the past.

But the brand didn’t just pick Phaedra at random, she’s already a loyal customer. After delivering her new son Dylan (aka Mr. President) last May, Phaedra began Xenadrine to help tighten up her post-baby body.

According to Phaedra, Xenadrine gave her the extra energy she needed to push through her workouts. Of course, we’re sure she included some time to use her Donkey Booty DVD in her fitness routine.

As a woman wearing multiple hats, Xenadrine believes that Phaedra is “the epitome of today’s motivated, driven, and goal oriented entrepreneurial female.”

Lawyer, author, reality star, mortician and mom–Phaedra does it all! But now she’s going to do a little more!
 

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Breaking News: Phaedra Parks Under Federal Investigation For Racketeering?

The other shoe is about to drop.

Confidential sources tell Sandrarose.com exclusively that the U.S. Attorney will grant “someone” immunity from prosecution for their testimony against local attorney and reality TV star Phaedra Parks. The source also said that Parks “will likely be prosecuted” on racketeering and conspiracy charges. 

Here is the kicker: there is no statute of limitations on felony crimes that were committed years ago. The statute of limitations clock doesn’t start ticking until law enforcement becomes aware of the crimes.  

This means Parks will likely be prosecuted for crimes that were alleged by author Angela Stanton in her best-selling book, Lies of a Real Housewife. Additionally, my source says prosecutors have a list of witnesses who are currently doing time in prisons who will possibly testify against Parks in return for a reduction of their sentences.
 

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Bad Checks, Fake Accounts & Stolen Cars: Inside Phaedra Parks Alleged Criminal Enterprise

Apollo Nida isn’t the only Real Housewives of Atlanta star facing allegations of fraud. His wife, Phaedra Parks, has been slammed by accusations from former friend Angela Stanton, who claimed that Parks was a “crooked snake” who oversaw a fake check and fraud ring several years ago in the book Lies of a Real Housewife.

 

Parks sued Stanton for defamation after the book was published. But now, even more details about Parks’ allegedly shady business behavior have emerged in depositions for the case obtained by RadarOnline.com, and they lay bare the supposed “criminal enterprise” in which Parks was allegedly involved.

Stanton gave a deposition in the case on February 4, 2014, expanding on the claims she issued in her allegedly libelous book.

According to Stanton, she met Parks in 1998 or 1999 “through a guy that I was dating at the time” and they quickly hit it off.

“Her and I became friends,” Stanton said. “We were close. She became close to my family. I kind of looked up to her like a mentor.

A year or two after meeting, Stanton claimed in the deposition, “there was criminal activity involved in our relationship” as the two became business associates in a scheme involving “fraudulent bank accounts, insurance checks, fake IDs, chop shops, stolen cars, fraudulent titles, fraudulent registration cards.”

“I recall a conversation in regards to things that [Parks] had going on,” Stanton said, “things that she was doing, how I could make money. I was a single mother with a bunch of children. I looked at it as an opportunity and I jumped on the bandwagon.”

The first scam, Stanton told attorneys, involved “Fake checks. The purchasing of electronics, laptop computers, Palm Pilots, jewelry, DVD players, desktop computers.”
“Basically … there were conversations between her and I where there were orders were placed for things that [Parks] wanted or things that she needed for whatever,” Stanton claimed. “She would make a list of the things that she needed. I would take those things … I would pick up the list in addition to fraudulent checks, and I’d ride around all day going to different stores and I’d write checks and I’d collect the items that she needed, and I’d bring them back to her.”

Stanton claimed Parks told her “that basically, if you had a business check, that anybody could write on a business check. … the name didn’t have to match. The checks would always go through.”

Stanton said in the deposition that Parks allowed her to use around 50 of the checks for her own purchases, and also promised to act as her attorney if she was caught.
Stanton was eventually nabbed and served four months in prison for the check fraud, but told attorneys that she soon went back to work on a new scheme.

“It was something different this time,” Stanton said. “I recall [Phaedra] telling me that it was time for me to be promoted, that she had something else for me to do. And this is when the fraudulent bank accounts came in. More fake IDs, fraudulent checks, this was another scheme.”

She explained, “[Around 2001] from what I recall, I had to give Phaedra a passport picture of myself. … I flew to Maryland, went to the DMV, got an ID card in the [fake[ name of Tyra Evans. Once we got back home, Phaedra … gave me, I believe it was, $500, and told me to take the ID and go open up a bank account."

"From there," she claimed, "I was told that the bank account had to sit for approximately 30 days. After the bank account sit, I got a telephone call from [Parks' current husband] Apollo. They had a check that was ready for me to deposit into the account. The check was made out to the alias, Tyra Evans, and it was in the amount of $23,000. I rolled with Apollo to the bank and we deposited the check into the bank. It cleared five days later. … Where the check came from, I don’t know.”

Soon after that, Stanton was jailed again in 2001 for several months — during which time Nida was arrested as well.

But she told attorneys the scheming continued even further to a new scheme involving automobiles.

“The car scheme involved fake identification cards, fake registration cards, going to different luxury car dealerships with the ID and a registration card,” Stanton said. “Basically, you would go to the car lot the day before and look at the cars. And whichever car that you see that was on the list of a car they wanted to get, you write down the VIN number.”

Someone else involved in the scam would “make a registration card saying that I was the particular owner of that vehicle to match whatever ID was on whatever scam it was at that time,” Stanton claimed.

“You go back to the dealership and tell them that you lost your key to your car, and for $65 they’ll cut a key to the same vehicle,” she said. “But the vehicle is actually still on the lot, [so] you would go to a different dealership. Come back when the car lot’s closed, drive off with the car. They take the car to the chop shop, change the VIN numbers. Meet them the next day, they give me titles for the state of Ohio. Go to the DMV office … swap out those titles.”

Before long, Stanton said, “we were being watched,” and soon, she was arrested, along with associate Everett Tripodis in 2004, effectively ending her relationship with Parks, when Parks refused to represent her.

Parks has never been charged or named in connection with such schemes by the authorities, and insists all of Stanton’s claims are the libelous rantings of a bitter woman. But several other individuals offered up statements with similar allegations.
Angela Stanton’s sister-in-law Regina Matthews gave an affidavit, obtained by Radar, in which she says she “facilitated numerous three-way phone calls” between herself, Stanton, and Parks when Parks was in prison beginning in March 2004.

“Angela would call me from prison and I would then call Phaedra and allow them to talk … almost daily …” Matthews said in the affidavit. “I distinctly remember Angela and Phaedra discussing ‘their business’ together during those phone calls. I also heard Phaedra inquire as to what Angela had told the police before, during, and after her arrest.”

Stanton’s ex-boyfriend, Justin Cody claimed in his own sworn statement that Parks and Stanton were ”like in business together … doing like check fraud.”

Asked by Stanton’s attorney whether he had ever “heard Ms. Parks discussing these criminal enterprises,” he responded, “Yeah the check fraud … I don’t really know about the title fraud.”

“I remember one time … we was out in North Mall of Georgia and Angela was writing checks that she had got from Phaedra and she got arrested,” he claimed. “And then I was in contact with Phaedra and she was in contact with Phaedra and Phaedra got her out of jail.”
He also told Stanton’s attorneys he had personally witnessed Parks giving Stanton a list of items to go buy with the fake checks during their relationship.

Asked if he was with Angela when she purchased the supplies for Parks, and then delivered them back to Phaedra, Cody answered in the affirmative.

Yet another of Stanton’s exes, Leonard Holland, detailed the alleged auto scheme in his own sworn statement.

“They had some type of thing where they would steal cars,” he said. “I think Everett would steal the cars and Angela would go sell them. And the paperwork was provided by Ms. Parks. You know, she knew the ins and outs on what to do. I think like the titles and the paperwork for the titles. Mrs. Parks had some kind of connection where she could get that information because you had to go get the keys. The way the scheme worked was, you would use I believe the title to go to the dealership to get the keys. And Ms. Parks was able to provide that information.”

Asked if he witnessed such dealings, Holland said, “Oh yeah, clearly. I was there. I can’t remember how many, but you know, more than two meetings I was there with all of us present where, you know, basically Phaedra was just mapping out how it was supposed to go. Everybody was participating in that, you know, what to do, what was needed, stuff like that. … I was actually there with Angie picking up some of the paperwork from Phaedra. I was there for that.”

As Radar has reported, Parks has so far failed to sit for her own deposition, but continues to contend that such claims are libelous.

 

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Apollo And Phaedra Living Separately Before Fraud Trial

Word on the street is that the Real Housewives of Atlanta couple have actually been living separate lives for weeks — and haven’t been photographed together since last November!

 

Instead of standing by her man’s side as he prepares for the next round of his trial in March, Parks has chosen to launch a book tour for her advice guide Secrets of a Southern Belle – even though it was released more than three months ago.

Nida was arrested on January 24. Soon after, she announced a book signing at Atlanta City Hall for one week later on January 31 (that had to be pushed back after the Georgia ice storm). On February 7, she signed in Atlanta, before heading off on a tour that took her to New Orleans (February 14); Harvey, Louisiana (February 15); Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi (February 16); Alexandria, Louisiana (February 17); Shreveport (February 18, 19); Ridgeland, Mississippi (February 20); Jackson, Alabama (February 21); and Birmingham, Alabama (February 22). She’ll head north to North Carolina on February 26.

Meanwhile, her husband Nida made a trip of his own to South Carolina, where he was spotted partying with other women at a local nightclub on Valentine’s Day.
He recently confirmed on his twitter that otherwise, despite his wife’s busy schedule, he’s been staying mainly in Atlanta. Indeed, as Radar has reported, the terms of Nida’s bail require that he clear any out-of-state trips with the courts, and travel with a court-appointed supervisor.

All told, the couple haven’t been photographed together in public since November 22. The last time Parks posted a pic of him on her Twitter account was before that, on October 26, when she retweeted an even older photo from a fan. Nida hasn’t posted a pic of his wife since March.

This new distance comes on top of reports from last spring, when an anonymous source claimed to have spent the night with Nida at an Atlanta Holiday Inn in March, and presented a room receipt that allegedly showed he had paid to host their tryst.
Nida and Parks insist that he never cheated and their marriage is fine. Their planned RHOA spin-off, however, is likely in the toilet, according to Wendy Williams.
Nida will be back in court for his federal fraud and identity theft trial on March 25.
 

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Bravo Cancels Phaedra Parks’ Spinoff Show Due To Apollo’s Fraud Arrests!

Not only is Nida facing decades in jail if found guilty but MailOnline has learned his arrest has put her latest reality show in jeopardy. Parks is due to star in a spin off show later this year called Rich People’s Problems.

The show was to focus on Park’s legal career in the Atlanta area where she bills herself as a “super sassy but always classy attorney to the stars.” She represented Bobby Brown during his 2004 trial for assaulting his then wife Whitney Houston as well as providing legal counsel to rap stars.

But a source at Bravo, who produce the Real Housewives series, said the series could be placed on hold while TV chiefs wait to see the outcome of what happens to her husband. “All options are being looked at,” said an executive with Bravo TV.

Another former partner-in-crime of Nida, who was jailed for 18 years in 2004 as part of a luxury car theft ring, is convinced Parks will be implicated. He was released in 2009 on parole and Phaedra married him soon after. ‘I cannot see how she can remain out of it,’ said Angela Stanton.

‘Where did she think her husband go all his money from? He didn’t have a job but on the TV show boasted about spending thousands of dollars at strip joints’.
 

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Phaedra Parks & Apollo Nida Beg Judge To Postpone His Trial For Fraud And Identity Theft​

Apollo Nida & wife Phaedra Parks have reportedly been on bending knee begging the judge to hold off on his bank fraud & identity theft trial.

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Apollo Nida and his wife Phaedra Parks continue to insist that he’s not guilty of the several federal charges he’s facing, including identity theft, conspiracy, bank fraud, and more. But despite his profession of innocence, he’s not quite ready for his day in court. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Nida filed a motion pleading with a federal judge to postpone his criminal hearing.

According to court documents filed on February 10, Nida has asked for “an extension of time up to and including March 25, 2014.”

The delay “will allow the parties sufficient time to discuss a potential resolution of this case,” such as a settlement, the documents explain.

Nida also wants more time to go over the government’s case against him before deciding whether to proceed with trial or accept some kind of a deal.

As Radar has reported, Nida is facing several years in prison over allegations he ran a shady business empire that stole unsuspecting individuals’ identities to be used on various loan applications and other purposes.

Though his wife, Parks, was involved with several of his businesses, according to evidence unearthed by Radar, she has not been charged or even named in connection with the case.
 

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Uh Oh: New Evidence Links Phaedra Parks To Apollo’s Fraud Business Deals

When Apollo Nida was charged with bank fraud and identity theft earlier this month, some Real Housewives of Atlanta fans — including Wendy Williams – wondered if his wife, Phaedra Parks, really could have been ignorant of his massive scheme.

And now, in a bombshell exclusive, RadarOnline.com has unearthed new evidence linking her to his business dealings, which will likely only intensify those questions.

Documents from the Georgia Secretary of State corporations database obtained by RadarOnline.com show Parks listed as a founding officer, with Nida, of several businesses including “National Recovery Group, Inc.,” “Nida, Inc.,” “Nida Fitness Inc.,” and Nida Group, Inc.”

Though none of these companies were listed in Nida’s federal indictment, as TVFishbowl.com first pointed out, this new evidence shows that Parks was involved in her husband‘s business dealings — even if it was in name only.

Teresa Giudice has used a similar defense in her fraud trial with husband Joe, claiming she was not involved in his scheme despite her name and signature appearing on several involved documents.

According to federal prosecutors, Nida created several “fake” companies to help him gain access to personal information databases.

The complaint reads, “When I describe these businesses as fake, what I mean is that while they may have been validly organized as entities wit the Georgia Secretary of State, they existed for a purpose other than the apparent business purpose implied by the entity name. In other words, I believe [they] were set up for the purpose of obtaining access to LexisNexis, Equifax, and similar databases.”

National Recovery Group, which Parks is linked to above, was purported to be a debt collection agency, like many businesses named in the complaint.

For now, Parks has not been charged. But according to some reports, the practicing lawyer is already facing disbarment from the George State Bar over her connections to the ongoing case.

A rep for Georgia State Bar tells Radar, however, that that is not true. “She is an active member and has no public discipline,” a rep told Radar. “She has never been disbarred or suspended and is a member in good standing.”

Asked whether that could change if she were charged as an accomplice in Nida’s case, the rep responded, “I cannot answer that question.”
 

 

 

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How The Feds Built Their Case Against Phaedra Parks’ Husband, Apollo Nida (Details)

Happy Trails Apollo.

On Friday, Sandrarose.com broke the news that the husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks was arrested on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Apollo Nida, 35, surrendered to U.S. Marshalls and was placed under arrest on Thursday, Jan. 23. Reality TV fans were sent reeling by the news.  

Dissemination of information was hampered when the PACER servers crashed under the weight of users frantically seeking to confirm details of the arrest.

But even more compelling than the news of Nida’s arrest is the way the feds built their apparently solid case against Nida and his female partner in crime, Gayla O’Neal St. Julien, 44.

The story began to unfold in February 2012 when federal agents with the Atlanta office of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) began investigating an unknown black female who was opening multiple bank accounts using the stolen identities of real persons for the purposes of depositing over half a million dollars in fraudulently obtained United States Treasury checks.

In a sworn affidavit, a federal agent stated that the female (later identified as Gayla St. Julien) opened 4 bank accounts at the same bank using 2 stolen identities. The agent states that an investigator with JP Morgan Chase Bank (JPMC) contacted his office to ask for assistance in identifying the woman and to investigate the fraudulent activity.
2 JPMC bank accounts were opened on 10/4/2011 in Atlanta using the stolen identity of Bobbie L. C., and 2 JPMC bank accounts were opened in Orlando, Fl. on 2/10/2011 under the name of a “shell” company North Point Volvo, Inc. using the stolen identity of Linda G. S-K.

St. Julien then deposited 22 U.S. Treasury checks, issued to different payees, into the 4 accounts. Most of the deposits and subsequent withdrawals were made in the Atlanta area. The JPMC investigator provided USSS agents with video surveillance of the female making deposits and withdrawals of U.S Treasury checks at different JPMC branches in Atlanta.

THE JPMC investigator advised Secret Service agents that Bobbie L.C. and Linda G. S-K were contacted and it was further verified that their identities had been stolen. 
 

 

On Feb. 21, 2012, federal agents went to an address listed on the applications used to open the bank accounts at JPMC. They discovered that the address was a UPS store location. The UPS store owner verified that Bobbie L.C. rented a mailbox, #451, at that location. The agents staked out the UPS location and observed a black, middle aged female (later identified as St. Julien) arrive to pick up a package that was mailed to mailbox #451. The agents observed St. Julien enter a blue Mercedes Benz. Agents followed the Mercedes to a Kroger grocery store located at 1160 Moreland Ave, where agents observed St. Julien purchasing various grocery items including diapers and food at a self-serve automated register.

Agents obtained a receipt from the Kroger store manager and they determined that the purchases were made with an EBT Food Stamp card.

On Feb. 27, 2012 agents with the Atlanta office of the Secret Service contacted a special agent with the State Department of Agriculture-OIG to request the account information of the individual who owned the EBT card. The special agent advised that the EBT card belonged to a Gayla O’Neal with the date of birth 04/30/1970. The photo of Gayla O’Neal on her GA driver’s license matched the female suspect seen in the video surveillance photos from the JPMC bank branches. Public records later revealed that Gayla O’Neal married Jeremy St. Julien in May 2013.

A criminal investigator with the GA Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection (GOCP) contacted the Secret Service agent to inform him that St. Julien was under investigation for renting mail boxes at “dozens” of UPS locations all around Atlanta using the stolen identities of real persons. UPS mailbox #283 at 2897 N. Druid Hills Rd., in Atlanta, was connected to a shell company named Onyx Collections & Locator Service used for accessing Equifax databases to obtain personal information on hundreds of individuals.
Agents discovered St. Julien used a separate UPS mailbox #248 at 931 Monroe Drive as the forwarding address for receipt of Onyx mail.

During this time period, Onyx Collections used the LexisNexis database to access personal identities of over 300 individuals. In early 2011, Equifax discovered fraud and closed an account which had been opened under the name of Onyx Collections in September 2009.

In June 2011, both Equifax and LexisNexis terminated Onyx’s access to their databases. An agent with GOPC advised the Secret Service that his agency conducted an undercover operation into a new shell company named “Reliance Recovery and Collections Group Inc.,” that posed as a debt collections agency to again gain access to Equifax and LexisNexis databases to obtain personal identifying information including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, employment, and credit histories. The identifiers were stolen by making “inquiries” into credit reports, also known as “soft pulls.”
The GOPC agent advised the Secret Service that one of his investigators acting as an undercover employee of a vetting company met with “Molly P.”, the owner of “Reliance Recovery and Collections Group Inc.” A site visit was required as an Equifax due diligence measure before Reliance Recovery could be approved to gain access to Equifax data. “Molly” was later identified as St. Julien.

St. Julien, posing as “Molly” met with the undercover agent for several minutes and signed documents in his presence. The undercover agent took surveillance pictures of St. Julien and the office, which she apparently rented for the visit.
 

 

 

The scope of St. Julien’s fraudulent activity involved 40 banks and as much as $3 million in illegally obtained proceeds. The banks included Bank of America, BB&T bank, Nationwide Bank, SunTrust Bank, Wells Fargo, and more.

During the course of the investigation, agents discovered that St. Julien was a convicted felon with arrests dating back to 1988 for offenses including running a counterfeit payroll checks scam in Las Vegas, NV.

On August 22, 2013, a SunTrust Bank investigator advised the Secret Service agent that St. Julien, using the stolen identity of Vanessa J., was in the teller line at a SunTrust Bank branch in Atlanta, GA, attempting to withdraw funds from the Signature Tax Collections Inc. account, but was unsuccessful.

The SunTrust account had just received a wire transfer of $25,400.00 from a Wells Fargo bank account in the name of a shell company called Ferrari Autohaus, Inc. On 08/30/13, a Wells Fargo investigator advised that the bank account for Ferrari Autohaus Inc. had sent a $25,000.00 wire transfer to Signature Tax Collections Inc. on 07/22/13 and another $25,400.00 wire transfer to the same account on 08/22/13. On 08/23/13, a SunTrust investigator informed the USSS that “Vanessa J.” went to another SunTrust Bank branch and successfully withdrew $9,500 in cash and wire transferred $8,000 from her Signature Tax Collections Inc. account to an account named “Heritage Recovery” also in the name of “Vanessa J.” The SunTrust bank investigator stated that he froze the remaining funds in the account, and that “Vanessa J.” had been calling every day multiple times a day to various SunTrust bank locations in an attempt to recover those frozen funds.

St. Julien was arrested on Sept. 11, 2013 by the Secret Service. She immediately fingered Apollo Nida as the alleged mastermind who provided her with stolen identities to commit bank and check fraud. St. Julien told investigators she met with Nida on multiple occasions to return the stolen IDs after each usage.

Nida surrendered to U.S. Marshals on Thursday, Jan. 25. He was arraigned the same day and released on $25,000 bond.

Nida is accused of paying U.S. Postal employees to steal retirement checks issued to Delta Airlines employees, and checks in the names of real people that were owed unclaimed property from various state and federal government agencies, according to the criminal complaint.

The pair are additionally charged with applying for loans in the names of stolen identities for the purchase of non-existent vehicles from shell car dealerships or automobile brokers created by Nida.

The shell companies included Acura Carland, Crown Car Dealers, CroWn Pre-Owned Mobiles, Ferrari Autohaus, Final Auto Solutions, Fitzgerald Motors, Goodwin Automall, My Capital Cadillac, My North Point Volvo, My Scarrett Lincoln Mercury and Signature Luxury Imports. In some cases Nida create websites to legitimize some dealerships.
The feds requested additional indictments be sealed as the case is ongoing and other Nida co-conspirators are under investigation, including “several” Real Housewives of Atlanta cast members, according to my source down at the court house.



 
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