Federal prosecutors say Deborah Wagner, along with others, targeted timeshare owners and resorts in the U.S., obtained the timeshare units and transferred them into the names of straw owners — representatives for owners who do not want to reveal their identities but have no stake in the property. They are accused of then collecting transfer fees from the original owners and keeping the fees for themselves instead of giving them to the straw owners.
Court documents show the suspect used Wagner’s law firm, Wagner & Hyman, located on Jamestown Road, to operate the timeshare scheme, along with the companies Exotic Equity Transfers, LLC and GoodBye Timeshare LLC.