This website is to warn readers about a convicted fraudster
named Lee Waldroop, Also known as Garland
Waldroop II. This ex convict
has stolen up to $90,000 from us. Do not trust this man, do not give this man
any money. If he has scammed you or anybody you know
then please let us know.
Below are some links to him along with companies he is
connected to
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-waldroop-a357aa25
Lee Waldroop Linkedin Profile
https://www.facebook.com/public/Lee-Waldroop
Lee Waldroop Facebook Page
https://www.instagram.com/kingwaldroop/
Lee Waldroop Instagram Page
https://waldroopranch.com/ Another site tied to Lee Waldroop,
mentions accepting donations, be very careful before donating anything to this
man.
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_co/20161448495
GB Steel Erectors, company Mr Waldroop claims he owns
and controls.
https://www.starbuildings.com/ Star Buildings,
metal building that Mr Waldroop claims to be acting
as agent off, states he has worked with them for many years
Below are a few pictures of the man
in case he is using an alias, if you know of him using any other names, please
email that info to terryferrari@hotmail.co.uk,
we would be very grateful.
This man started taking money from us earlier this year. LOTS
of money. To date he has taken $90,000 in cash from us and all we have to show for it is a pile of rusty metal worth perhaps
$10,000. We did not know when we made our deal with this man that he was a
convicted criminal, he had been convicted of bank fraud, using fraudulent
obtained loans to buy lots of life’s luxuries corvettes, trailers for his
racing car business etc. He involved his family
and friends in the scam, taking out loans in their name and failing to make any
payment on them, meaning he was effectively stealing hundreds of thousands of
dollars from the bank and its shareholders. The judges called him greedy and
sentenced him to the max prison time available to them at that time. Extract of
the judges words are below.
Further, during sentencing, the district court lectured
Waldroop on the avarice he showed in committing fraud and in involving his
loved ones in his pursuit of more and more material possessions: "I was
rather startled at the time of trial by the greed that you showed, that you
were willing to involve your brother and your mother and-is it your father that
was also involved-but at least your other friends in your pursuit of greed to
buy Corvettes and to buy property and other items just to satisfy your own-your
own greed. And there's got to be a consequence to that. And it will be
reflected in the sentence imposed by the Court."
PDF File below explains all about his bank fraud in detail.
Even though he got convicted on overwhelming evidence, then as now, he could
not take responsibility and was instead trying to blame anyone but himself.
Clearly the time behind bars did nothing to rehabilitate this man. Please help
us ensure this man faces justice again for his new crimes. As he has prior
history for similar offenses, the judges will have much higher sentencing
guidelines this time and hopefully he will get the lengthy prison sentence that
he deserves.
Find full details of Garland Lee Waldroop's crime, prison
sentence and appeal HERE
We were introduced to Garland Lee Waldroop AKA Lee
Waldroop AKA Garland Waldroop II back in April 2021.We were in the
process of purchasing and constructing some buildings in Moffat Colorado. Lee
Waldroop had sold a building to the people on the next plot to us and he agreed
to sell us some as well. The first price he quoted us for a 150 x 50 building
was $90,000. That was way too high for us and we asked
if we got a discount for buying more than one. He stated by text (copy below)
that if we bought 2 buildings within 8 months then he would knock $20,000 off
each building bringing the cost down to $70,000 each. The offer to sell 2
buildings for 70k each seemed attractive to us, so much so that we said if all
went well we would actually purchase four buildings.
*NOTE even though we were talking about buying 4 buildings, the offer Mr Waldroop made us, only committed us to purchase 2 in order to get the discount, please remember this fact as
it comes into play later.
Copy of text confirming we needed to buy just 2 buildings to
get the 20k discount is below.
The above is known in business as an 'Offer to sell'. It clearly states he would knock 20k off each building if we buy two within eight months. It does not state we have to buy 3 or 4 buildings to get that price, just 2. Any court in the land would interpret it as such. The fact that we were pleased with the offer and were going to buy 4 at that price is irrelevant. The offer and price was based on just 2 buildings being purchased. You cannot change an 'offer to sell' in business' unless you have the modification writing and preferably signed by both parties. Mr Waldroop could not even supply us the 2 buildings yet is now crying because he cannot force us to buy 4. Regardless of the amount of buildings he was selling, we had paid the deposits in full anyway. We paid $70,000 for the first buildings and $20,000 for the second buildings, as per his bogus 'contract'. So this man was just trying to steal extra money off us, then using our refusal to be scammed further as is excuse refuse to supply the goods we had paid for and steal from us like he steals from other victims.
We immediately sent Lee Waldroop $5000 deposit followed by a number of other deposits totaling $90,000. We did this because he had been vouched for by our neighbors. As soon as we paid our first deposit, the lies and false promises began. “I’ll have the framework on your land by tonight”, this promise was made many many times and each time we were let down. “I’ll send you plans to the buildings tonight”, again many many times made, took months to follow though and actually send the plans.
Mr Waldroop made clear that he was acting as an agent of Star Buildings based in Oklahoma. https://www.starbuildings.com/ His late father apparently won their national salesman award. We checked online and saw this information confirmed his father obituary. He also gave us Star Building plans which proved to us either a) they had supplied the plans to him or b) He had generated the plans with their prior approval using some kind of authorized login. Either way its clear they allowed him access tot he plans he sent us and they bear responsibility for this man stealing from us using their company name. In our view they are either
1) Complicit in the fraud
2) Turning a blind eye and allowing it to happen
3) Unaware of his actions and an innocent victim.
We have emailed Star Buildings on more than one occasion to make them aware of the fraud being perpetrated using their name. At the time of writing this, they have not even bothered to respond despite knowing we had tens of thousands of dollars stolen from us because this fraudster gave us plans supplied by themselves. As they have not responded we can only assume they are either complicit or are turning a blind eye. If either of those are the case then Star Buildings are just as much to blame as Lee Wadroop as they gave him the tools to perpetrate the fraud and did nothing when it was bought to their attention.
We then met our neighbors and had a chance to discuss things
in detail with them. It turns out they had had a huge fall out with Lee
Waldroop. As they told us, he seemed a great salesman, great at promising
stuff, but almost never delivered on his promises. When they made their initial
deal with Waldroop, as the neighbors were building on many plots in Moffat, it
was agreed that they would get a commission for any buildings sold by referrals
from them. Seems like a fair deal that often happens in business. One of the neighbors business partners had actually referred us to Mr Waldroop so they were certainly entitled to any
previously agreed commission from our building purchase. However, Mr Waldroop refused to honor the deal, this greedy man
instead wanted to keep all the money for himself. Business deal, morals and
ethics went out of the window, kind of to be expected when dealing with someone
who clearly had not learned his lesson from his previous time in prison.
Waldroop continually let the neighbors down just as he let us
down with false promises. One of his favorites with the neighbors was
supposedly to say, “I’ll have it for you by Monday, "I swear on my kids lives”. Needless to say
Monday came and went along with the empty promise. What kind of man would swear
on his kids life to a promise he knew he would
break??? This caused the neighbors to part company with Mr Waldroop and in fact the Police were called and had to
explain to Mr Waldroop that he was no longer allowed
on the neighbors land.
Once we heard of this we told Mr Waldroop that we needed our framework delivered
immediately as it had already dragged on for months. This is the one time he actually came through in a fashion. He delivered a pile of
rusty metal to our land but then had the cheek to ask us for another $20,000.
We had already given him $90,000 and told him we were not going to part with
any more money until he started to deliver at least one complete building as
promised, including all the roof sheeting, side paneling, fixings sealant plans
etc. This is where things went sour quickly, He threatened to come and collect
his ‘assets’. Not sure where he went to school but if you sell someone $90,000
of goods and deliver $10,000 (approx. value) of rusty metal, you don’t have any
‘assets; to collect. You just owe the people $80,000 in cash to make them whole
again.
After we demanded that he supply the
rest of our building before we handed over any more cash, he had the cheek to
send us the following BS statement via email:
"Mr Ferrari. You are hereby
notified to complete the purchase or be held in default of the agreement
emailed to you and you agreed to. I have not one time defaulted with you. I too
will be notifying authorities of my assets on your property when I begin the
replevin action against you and your colleagues."
This man really is something else,
he takes Ninety Thousand Dollars off somebody, leave a piles of rusty metal on their property, then when they
refuse to hand over any more hard earned cash, he has the bare faced cheek to
accuse the BUYER of breach of contract!
Waldroop states that in 35 years of business he has never
‘burned’ anybody. Well he burned our neighbors by
failing to build their building as promised, he burned us by trying to steal
$80,000 to $90,000 from us and we know he burned the bank for hundreds of thousand of dollars. We have yet to find anybody that has
NOT been burned by Lee Waldroop.
Below is the approximately 10k worth of rusty metal that is
all we have to show for the $90,000 hard earned cash
taken from us under false pretenses by Lee Waldroop.
Mr Waldroop sent us this crudely mocked up invoice to try to justify his claims that we owed him money. But if you read the document it stated that we had paid $70,000 deposit for the first two buildings and we would pay and additional $20,000 deposit for the 2nd 2 buildings. We had already paid every penny of the required deposits. $70,000 plus $20,000 equals $90,000. This is the exact amount we had paid this conman. He just tried to add a section where if there is a default, he gets to keep the deposits, and then as always, he manufactures a 'default' thinking that's the way he can steal the deposits. Not only is it worthless as its just and unsigned typed up document, but if you read it, he was too lazy to even put the buyer/customers name in. So even it it had any value in court, which of course it does not, it would be excluded as it does not identify the customer. I could have easily sent him a similar document stating "In the event of any dispute seller agrees that buyer can keep all goods supplied and seller agrees to refund all monies paid". Of course such a document would be as worthless as the one he send us. He has not even bothered to date the invoice, all basic secretarial stuff. The man is too lazy to type a correct invoice even after receiving almost a hundred thousand dollars. Copy of his useless document is HERE
This man is nothing but a thief and a conman and simply must be
brought to justice. If you or anyone you know has been scammed by this man,
please tell us by emailing the details to terryferrari@hotmail.co.uk.
We are having our rusty metal valued so we can have an accurate
dollar amount that Mr Waldroop has stolen from us. We
will then pass this to the police (which we suspect may have previous
complaints about this untrustworthy man) and we will ask them to press criminal
charges.
We would also be super grateful if you could send us details
of any assets this man possesses, real estate, metal buildings, racing cars,
trailers, anything of value that the courts can freeze and seize. His previous
theft case resulted in him turning over all his assets to repay his victim..
If you know any other victims of this dishonest man, please
have them contact us and we may be able to help them recover some or all of their losses or at least ensure that he faces extra
criminal and or civil penalties for ripping off others as
well
We shall also be informing anyone connected with Mr Waldroop of his actions, for example the fact that he
initially told us that he was an agent of star buildings implying that our deal
was with them. It was only later that he told us the deal was with him
personally (probably trying to scam the IRS) which make him personally liable.
If you know anyone that does business with Mr Waldroop (sponsors, customers, suppliers, anyone
at all), please send them the link to this page www.leewaldroopinfo.com
or email us their details to terryferrari@hotmail.co.uk and we shall
contact them to ensure they know the type of man they are doing business with
and hopefully prevent him stealing from anybody else.
America is a land of laws that we all live by and allow them
to govern us. Garland Lee Waldroop thinks that these laws do not apply to him.
If you steal money from anyone, be it Hundreds, Thousands, or tens of thousands
of dollars, then you run afoul of those laws and need to be held accountable
for your stealing. Let's try to make sure Mr Waldroop
gets held accountable and most importantly that he never steals from another
innocent victim again.
Do not risk giving this man any money no matter how smoothly
he talks to you, chances are you will lose every penny.
UPDATE October 28th 2021
We have already been contacted by 2 other people that have been ripped off by this lowlife. One of them actually worked for him yet Waldroop still stiffed him for money. Another was yet another customer. Same story as us and as our neighbors, lots of promises, a firm handshake, then a nice big chunk of cash paid up front, then the promises start to break. As soon as someone calls bullshit on his actions, he jumps up and down and accuses THEM of breach of contract and say they owe HIM money. He threatens everybody with lawsuits but of course would never file one as he would lose immediately. We now have 3 sets of victims all telling the same story. This man (if you can call him a man) is nothing but a lowlife con artist. At least this website is helping to build a picture of the people he has ripped off. Please share this site with your friends and if you are a victim or know of any victims, please email terryferrari@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Terry on 561 317 4507. Lets get this guy put where he belongs (back behind bars) and see if he learns his lesson with a much longer sentence than before.
UPDATE November 16th 2021
More people have come forward with similar tales of fraud by this man. All follow a similar story. He comes in with big talk about he can do this and that and his crew will put the building up in no time. Some times he even moves equipment to the site. Then as with all conmen comes the sting, he asks for a big deposit, people pay it thinking he is genuine, then he runs off with the money an no more works gets done. This man is nothing but a common thief. He steals from innocent people and deserves a long stretch in prison which is where he is hopefully headed very soon.
We have discovered that Lee Waldroop is currently facing serious drug charges. These charges are working their way through the courts in Pueblo and he is currently out on bond. If you are aware of any crimes that this man has committed, please do the right thing and inform law enforcement in order that his bond can be revoked and he can be put back behind bars where he can no longer steal off people.
UPDATE December 4th 2021
Conman Waldroop is still sending us threatening emails. Star Builders Attorney have confirmed that Star Buildings do not sell used buildings and that the plans Waldroop sent us purporting them to be for our Star building were not for the building that he was selling us. They also state that neither Waldroop, Waldroop Construction or GB Steel Erectors are or even have been agents of star buildings (although this has no bearing on our case). Copy of their email can be seen HERE. Waldroop thinks he can fleece tens of thousands of dollars from innocent people by claiming its a business dispute and that he has broken no laws. Well the USA laws are carefully crafted to ensure there are more way than one to skin a cat. A case like this for example, wire fraud laws come in to play. Wire fraud is where interstate wire communications are used in a scheme to defraud. Conman Waldroop used interstate telephone, SMS text and email communications between Colorado, Oklahoma and Florida to facilitate this fraudulent scheme. Including but not limited to fraudulently purporting that the plans he sent us were for a Star Building and also fraudulently claiming that all materials were delivered to our site when in fact he knew they were well short of the amount required. The penalties for wire fraud are up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine. We know the judges dislike Waldroop and are inclined to give him the max so watch this space for developments and with luck this despicable individual will see out his days in the slammer. Seems like Waldroop is not quite as smart as he thought he was.
UPDATE December 9th 2021
We paid a visit to Pueblo Combined Courthouse yesterday to attend to a legal matter. Whilst there we obtained the arrest report and the court documentation for Conman Waldroop's serious drug charges. The arrest report and paperwork can be seen HERE. You will note that as usual Waldroop refuses to accept responsibility for any of his actions. It's always someone else's fault. In his bank fraud case, he blamed the bank manager for lending him the money. In all his metal building frauds, he blames the customers for him stealing their money and him failing to supply goods as promised. In this possession of Meth with intent to manufacturer or distribute case who does he blame? He actually blames the arresting officer by accusing him of planting the drugs on him. Only problem with this is that the entire search and arrest is caught on the officers bodycam. This is one case that Conman Waldroop will not squirm his way out of.
UPDATE December 15th 2021
Conman Waldroop, is trying to lie his way out of this fraud as he usually does. But this time he has been caught red handed. Rather than copy and paste the information here, you can read the latest developments between himself and attorney for Star Buildings (whose systems he used to produce the plans used in this fraud). The Star Buildings Information website is HERE Conman Waldroop is a liar, a thief and drug user. We do not make these allegations lightly and would never make them unless we had absolute proof. We would not defame someone and risk legal action against ourselves. We have a long line of victims willing to swear on oath that Conman Waldroop has either lied to them or stolen from them or both. We have no idea why such a huge company as Star Buildings would be appearing to cover up for this despicable individual. The matter is now subject to a criminal investigation which we understand that Star Buildings are assisting law enforcement with. We shall wait for the outcome of that investigation before commenting further regarding Star Buildings
UPDATE December 24th 2021
Another victim of Conman Waldroop has found this site and made contact. His usual MO, take big deposit partially deliver then disappear. They finally managed to contact him to ask for their money back. This POS actually asked them to pay a restocking fee for HIM not making good on the deal. His BS side is 'they broke the agreement and we mutually agreed that I purchase the materials back less a restocking fee'. Its always the other sides fault. Each and every time he steals from them, 'They broke the agreement, I'm gonna sue them, I'm gonna put a lien on them!!!'., Boy this guy is unlucky, so many people seem to be ripping him off. Strange thing is HE is the one taking the cash yet claiming to be a victim. He may have agreed to purchase the material back but he is penniless and this is just another Conman Waldroop empty promise. This customer is just like me, staring at a pile of worthless metal. This latest victim did not lose $90,000 but it does not matter if you lose $1,000, $10,000 or $90,000. Conman Waldroop has no right to steal ANY money off anybody. I am passing the latest victims details to the detective working his case. The clock is ticking for Conman Waldroop
UPDATE March 11th 2022
Apologies for the lack of updates recently. I did not want to hinder the investigation that was progressing at a decent pace. I have great news to share... Conman Waldroop has finally been arrested and charged. A big thank you to Detective Chavez from Pueblo Sheriffs Dept for conducting a thorough and wide ranging investigation. Hopefully the days of conman Waldroop ripping off innocent people are coming to an end. Below are links to facebook articles, news articles and Pueblo Sheriffs news release. If you are anyone you know have been ripped off by this guy, please call Pueblo Sheriff on 719 583 6250 or crime stoppers at 719 542 7867
Conman Waldroop mugshot
UPDATE March 18th 2022
Conman Waldroop has made the news again. He was approached by KRDO news team whilst attending his latest court hearing. KRDO video of that confrontation can be seen HERE
At first he simply barged past them saying 'No comment'. But after his case he had a change of heart and gave them an interview where he spouted his usual lies. He states that we paid a deposit and then decided not to buy the building and he refused to give us our money back. Not only is this a lie but its a provable lie. His lies and bullshit may let him skate by in the outside world as he rips people off but this is now a criminal court case. Courts don't deal in lies and BS, they deal in facts. This is not a he said she said case. ITS ALL IN WRITING. All of our communications with Conman Waldroop since we fell out are in writing and are therefore all provable. Far from trying to cancel, once we realized this meth head did not have the money to buy the rest of the parts fro our building, we actually offered to pay the supplier direct. Which can be confirmed in the following email HERE.
Conman Waldroop is just a proven liar. He lied when he said he was selling us a star building, he lied when he supplied us with fake Star engineering plans, he lied when he said all the 70- pieces of framework had been delivered, he only delivered 45 and 3 of those were the wrong size. He lied when he said the rest of the building would be delivered in 6 weeks. He lied to the reporter in the interview saying all the ';victims' have a debt with him. Strange how he steals money from them all and somehow thinks they all still owe him money. So as for us deciding not to buy the building and him deciding he had the right to steal ninety thousand dollars off us. That's not how it works. If you make a contract in business you fulfill that contract. If you fail to deliver on that contract, which Waldroop does time after time after time, then you have to give back any money that you received as part of that contract. That's how business works and exactly how the courts will see it. You cannot use a contract, nor your failure to fulfill that contract as an excuse to steal money from people.
As for the big defamation website. Conman Waldroop has been threatening for months to sue me for this but the reason he won't is because this website contains the truth and he knows that I can prove it. He threatened to take everything I own (as if the ninety grand was not enough for this greedy man) and actually said 'May the best man win'. You can see it in this email HERE
Well the fight is not over yet but its not going so well for Conman Waldroop. This website is still up, and Conman Waldroop is now facing criminal charges and plenty of prison time plus more victims have come forward as a direct result of this website and I expect Waldroop to be hit with more charges in future.
UPDATE April 6th 2022
Conman Waldroop attended court for both his legal matters this morning. The Meth trial that was due to start on the 14th April has been postponed. Conman Waldroop indicated to the court his desire to stand trial on his metal building supply theft charges first. The court agreed to this and set his arraignment hearing for 4/14/2022. We are expecting further charges to be filed against Conman Waldroop before his trial due to the additional victims coming forward since he was plastered all over the local news. We have one other piece of news to share. Whilst attending his court hearing, the pickup truck that he drives was repossessed. This is to be expected if you don't make payments, you lose your wheels. I heard on the grapevine that he is telling others that he will be driving my car soon. The only way he'll be driving my car is if he manages to steal it, in which case he will be facing further felony charges.
UPDATE June 12th 2022
Pueblo Sheriff's dept have 2 active felony warrants out for conman Waldroop. They are both for contempt of court and are no bond warrants which mean that conman Waldroop will be held in jail until he is bough before a judge to explain his total disregard for the court's wishes. If you have any information on Waldroop's whereabouts, please contact Pueblo Sheriff on 719 583 6405. Copy of the warrants can be seen HERE.
UPDATE July 9th 2022
We have a few updates for you. Firstly, Conman Waldroop has taken care of his felony warrants and is no longer being hunted by the authorities. So if you see him on the streets there is no longer any need to inform law enforcement. Secondly, authorities received some additional related evidence in the metal building theft case. This 11th hour evidence was not received in time to be properly reviewed and discovered to opposing counsel before the July 11th Trial date. In light of this new evidence, a decision was taken to dismiss the charges 'Without Prejudice' which means the charges can be re-filed by the District Attorney at a later date giving all parties time to share and review all relevant evidence. Conman Waldroop has been boasting of him beating the charges. He has not beaten these charges, he has not been acquitted, he has not in any way been cleared or found not guilty of these charges. We fully expect these charges to be re-filed in the future along with some additional charges from other victims
Also, Conman Waldroop, feeling emboldened is once again shooting his mouth off, saying he is going to file a defamation lawsuit on us and take us for everything we own. He even says he has a long line of attorneys lining up to take the case 'pro bono' as they can see him getting rich off it. We call bullshit on this for a few reasons. Firstly, decent lawyers do not take defamation cases on a no win no fee basis. Defamation cases are expensive and hard to win. No Lawyer with any credibility would take such a case on. Next, someone would have to actually be defamed with provable lies that damage their reputation to win a defamation case. We have spoken to countless people connected with Conman Waldroop. Not a single person has had a good word to say about him. Every person has either been lied to by Conman Waldroop or had goods or money stolen from them by Conman Waldroop. We have a long list of victims going back over 10 years that have been swindled by this man. The Pueblo Sheriff also has another list of victims. We think that perhaps Conman Waldroop has been smoking too much of that meth again. We would welcome the chance to bring all these victims into a courtroom to point the finger under oath at convicted thief Conman Waldroop and tell their stories of being victimized by this lowlife. All he ever says about these people is "They are all lying", "They all owe me money", I"'m gonna put a lien on their house", or "I'm about to file paperwork on them." Same old BS story time after time. These victims are from all walks of life, often with no connection to each other. None of them have any reason to lie to myself or the authorities. Any decent jury would see straight through Conman Waldroop's BS and rule against him. So we would happily beat this loser in civil court, where unlike criminal court where you have to prove something beyond a reasonable doubt, you only have to prove it on the basis that its more likely true than not. We are certain we can do that so look forward to fighting such a case, should one ever be filed.
Finally his possession of Meth trial (yep, the one where he blames law authorities for planting the drugs on him) is due to start on the 18th July at 8am. You can view the trial online from the comfort of your home by using the following link. HERE
Conman Waldroop owes us $90,000 and we intend to collect it no matter how long it takes. The ex-convict is a thief and a fraudster. Do not give him any money unless you are prepared to lose it. When someone steals $90,000 from you, its your first amendment right to share your story with the world to warn others not be be taken in by such a thief. We will keep using that right to find past victims and help prevent future victims of Conman Waldroop. We will not stop until he is bought to justice and made to pay for his crimes.
UPDATE July 19th 2022
News just in. Conman Waldroop had his Meth trail yesterday. The jury found him ...... GUILTY. So much for all his connections and boasting that he would beat all charges.
If you are a victim of the dreadful conman, please let either myself or Pueblo County Sheriffs (or preferably both of us) office know on 719 583 6250 and email terryferrari@hotmail.co.uk Also, feel free to give your story to your local news channel. Many of them covered Conman Waldroop's arrest in this case and I'm sure would be keen to hear from more victims. I know that some prior victims have already reached out to Pueblo Sheriff and to at least one TV station. Lets keep them focused on this case and help to shine a light on this guys actions.