Darquise Johnson (aka Chez Nicole) sentenced to 4 years for bilking Doug Macklem

[JoyfulC 132299]

I'm glad she got four years at least. I would have liked to see her get another four for contributing to the stigma decent women in our business have to deal with. And yet another for trying the tiresome "abusive boyfriend made me do it" defense -- that should at least be contempt of court, eh?

 

But she got four years.

 

That's still four more years than anyone involved in the subprime mortgage meltdown got. Than anyone at Goldman Sachs got for creating derivatives from toxic sludge and selling them off as good investments to clients, all the while betting against them. Four more years than any of the rating agencies that slapped AAA ratings on any of those dirty deals. Four more years than anyone at Countrywide or any other mortgage broker who knowingly put people in mortgages they knew they'd eventually default on.

 

And it's four more years than anyone at BP, Halliburton or TransOcean got for breaking the Gulf of Mexico. Probably more than anyone at TEPCO will get for breaking a substantial chunk of Fukushima Prefecture.

 

And we can be thankful that Alan Greenspan wasn't her judge. Not believing fraud should be illegal, not only would he have found her not guilty, but would have pronounced guilty of no more than being bright, ambitious and hardworking.

 

Funny old world we live in!

[jimjac 100]

All these reviews are great but if this was China she would have exicuted!! do the crime do the time!!

[Andee 220524]

All these reviews are great but if this was China she would have exicuted!! do the crime do the time!!

 

She's doing her time. She still has outstanding charges with the Feds because she perjured herself in Bankruptcy court. So she's not done yet.

[sexy bbw vero 425]

it looks like she's still around ... she's not in jail?

she's the "chez Nicole" of Ottawa ... The tall blong bombshell?

[Andee 220524]

it looks like she's still around ... she's not in jail?

she's the "chez Nicole" of Ottawa ... The tall blong bombshell?

 

She is very much incarcerated. Never recall her being a blonde. Are you seeing some ads somewhere - must be old ones.

[Victoria Banks 21899]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/News/Ottawa/Swindling%20former%20Ottawa%20call%20girl%20granted%20day%20parole/6625758/story.html

[Jabba 18389]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/News/Ottawa/Swindling%20former%20Ottawa%20call%20girl%20granted%20day%20parole/6625758/story.html

 

Un_freaking_believable!!

:vatefaire:

[Guest p**h*x]

Isn't the Canadian justice system great?

 

This is the first I heard about this story. What happened to the money? Did he get any of it back or had she long ago spent it all? I'm assuming they weren't able to recover any of it.

[piano8950 32577]

I have no problem releasing an inmate early to integrate them back to society, but that does not mean their slate is wiped clean. Reintegration relies on the fact that the convict is sincerely sorry. She should be on her knees begging for forgiveness, offering to pay as much as she humanly can back to the victim before I would consider letting her out.

[The General 11309]

I sign onto the story and on the right side of the page, it was $492 million under management, pretty ironic advertising. I am thinking that is about right. lol

[Andee 220524]

Isn't the Canadian justice system great?

 

This is the first I heard about this story. What happened to the money? Did he get any of it back or had she long ago spent it all? I'm assuming they weren't able to recover any of it.

 

If you go back to the beginning and follow the story as it unfolded, after she defrauded Mr. Macklem, and thought she had successfully faked her death, she made the mistake of coming back to Canada to visit and then she was arrested and was unable to leave the country after that. Presumably her ex-husband, Nolan Johnson still has the money or it's been spent although he denies he had anything to with anything she did even though they were together during the whole ordeal and fled to Jamaica together to live.

 

So, she didn't even really get to benefit from any of this herself but yet is still liable to pay Mr. Macklem back, essentially until the debt is paid off.

 

Enforcing a civil judgment (which Mr. Macklem got first) is hard enough, but when the parole board will not even insist she abide by the criminal judgement of restitution as part of her day parole, that just boggles my mind.

 

What also is incredible is after she divorced Nolan, she found someone else to marry her who was well aware of what the proceedings against her. I guess she was pretty good at convincing him of her lies. Even the Judge held her in jail from conviction until sentencing because he did not deem her to be credible (did not believe she would stick around - deemed her essentially a flight risk) probably based on her evidence that was fraught with lies and essentially unbelievable.

 

Truly a sad story with no happy ending.

[cometman 35115]

She's right up there with Bernard Madoff..different scale, but hers is more personal and targeted at an individual. They got the 16 right.......but it should have been years, not months.

[Nicolette Vaughn 294340]

Once a con artist, always a con artist. I wonder how she convinced her new man to marry her? She gives ALL escorts ( even bait and switch ones) a bad name! I'm sure she sleeps well at night.

[jg24 3708]

Well this is crazy as Metis myself I can't believe the Elders would do this they are in my mind saying she is the victim

 

She did the crime now do the time and to the poor sap who married her watch your bank accounts

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[spud271 47779]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/News/Ottawa/Swindling%20former%20Ottawa%20call%20girl%20granted%20day%20parole/6625758/story.html

 

I don't understand this country sometimes...this whole story is outrageous to me! How can she get away with this? Day parole? They should have her locked up for the next 10 years for stealing from this man!!!

[castle 38816]

For me the real kicker in all this isn't so much the financial effect this must have on the victim but the emotional. I'm the kind of person who easily opens his heart up to virtual strangers.........I have had the very rare misfortune of being ripped off now and then when I was still "wet behind the ears" so to speak, both in and out of this hobby.....I've since learned my lessons (and perhaps become a bit jaded), but once upon a time this could very easily have been me. I know that. (in fact upon entering this hobby I'm pretty sure I even considered seeing "Chez Nicole"). For this reason I can really empathize with this guy...and to me, it's the emotional betrayal that would have really gotten me. And the fake death.

 

 

This is someone he loved and who he thought loved him back. Despite what I'm sure were extreme feelings of insecurity and low physical self esteem because of his handicap, he felt he had found someone to have a future with....when he went through his entire life never feeling that was possible (been there too). Then to learn of this person's death....that's literally heart breaking. That's earth shattering. I can guarantee his money was the last thing on his mind in that moment. He must have wanted to die, he must have mourned her (and maybe, in a way, still does...or at least mourns the idea of her). I would be very surprised if this man were ever able to open up that way to any woman ever again, would you in his position? And that's the real tragedy here if you ask me.

 

 

In my opinion this woman committed two acts of fraud and theft. She stole his money....but she also stole his heart, and smashed it to pieces. Even if she were to pay back every cent he will likely never allow himself to have that feeling for someone again. I think stealing his money was the lesser of the two crimes here.

 

 

Sadly....the courts don't seem to realize this.

[Victoria Banks 21899]

Looks like a update (not my business)

 

https://www.google.ca/amp/ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/alleged-mastermind-of-love-scheme-that-defrauded-disabled-man-of-850k-arrested/amp?client=safari