AFFIDAVIT AND DECLARATION OF
JOSEPH C BIRD
My name is Joseph C Bird. I am over 21 years old and competent to testify
as a witness. I am a licensed attorney in the State of Michigan (P 33178) and am in
good standing, I make this declaration under oath from my own personal
knowledge, recollection and information.
1. My office is located at 920 E Lincoln, Birmingham, Michigan 48009.
2. From February of 2011 until his death in February 2012, represented Mr.
Peter Belli in at least 4 different litigations or arbitrations, all involving
his business activities as a mortgage broker branch manager for Allied
Home Mortgage Capital Corporation, now known as Americus.
3. One of the cases was/is the US, ex rel Peter Belli v Allied and Jim Hodge,
et al, pending in the US District Court for the Souther District of Texas
(Houston) and now on appeal to the S* Circuit. This case involves
Allied’s fraudulent mortgage activities and at trial a judgment was
entered in favor of the government based on this fraud.
4, During my representation of Peter Belli, I had many opportunities to
observe him execute his signature and also observed many (thousands) of
documents executed by him previously.w
. Ihave been presented with the attached “ALLONGE TO NOTE” dated
12/23/2005 and asked if the signature of Mr. Belli is authentic or is a
forgery. See Exhibit 1.
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.. The signature on the document is not that of Mr. Peter Belli.
7. Moreover, at no time was Mr. Belli ever the President of Allied Home
(Jim) C. Hodge.
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8. Asa branch manager of four Allied branch offices, Mr. Belli did not have |
the legal authority to execute a document for Allied, the company.
This is my testimony Under 0:
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Joseph C Bird
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