As everyone knows, once a defendant appears in court as ordered and fulfills their legal obligations the bail used to secure their release will be refunded. Shandarrick Barnes and Nathan Jones were recently convicted of using their company Refund Solutions to fraudulently get bonds that had been posted by other people.
Sounds like a sure fire to make a lot money. You get other people's bail for nothing. It also sounds like a sure fire way to go to jail. Common sense says that can't go on for too long before people who rightfully are entitled to their bail refunds come looking for their money. Everything started to unravel for the duo when an actual bond poster tried to obtain their $38,000 from the court and were told it had been released to Refund Solutions. As you can imagine, signatures and id cards are required to walk away with the bail money. Of course, a false driver's license and a forged signature were used to fraudulently obtain the bail refund.
Shandarrick Barnes was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the sheriff's office and Cobb County Superior Court clerk and Sheriff's office. Mr. Jones, has not yet been sentenced for his crimes.
