Tampa Escorts In The News!

I’ve written several stories about Father Barney Canada, a convicted confidence man who took Florida developers for at least $1 million in loan application fees. One victim was Trump Tower Tampa, whose developer, SimDag Robel LLC, gave the “clergyman” $150,000 for a loan that never materialized.
Last week the federal government charged Canada, aka Byron Levon Canada, with preying on desperate developers rejected by traditional lenders. Prosecutors says Canada stole $2.7 million in an advance fee scheme based in South Bend, Ind.
Here’s a copy of the December 9 indictment: Download Fatherbarneyindictment.
To give you an idea of how desperate many of these Florida developers were, Canada spent years in prison in the 1990s for just such a scheme. But a fake Roman collar hides lots of flaws. Nevertheless, developers remember being a tad confused about the religious angle when Canada introduced his tattooed, ex-stripper wife.

See the full article from “Tampabay.com (blog)”

This entry was posted on December 16, 2009 at 1:12 am and is filed under Tampa strip clubs.