DEVON BANK LEFT ME HOME ME HOMELESS Jim Benz, a representative of Devon Bank, was my trustee. They held well over a million in trust for me. I was the sole beneficiary. I have a son with an extreme learning delay that was removed from his mother after she abused him and I am raising as a single father. Benz and Devon Bank refused to give me a single cent of my trust when I asked them for distributions. Instead they gave the money to my stepmother, who had handpicked them and transfered trusteeship from who my father had appointed to Devon Bank immediately upon my father's death! My stepmother, Merry Ann Pearson, was a creditor in the form of SKNS owed her as part of a large estate plan. My father never intended for these SKNS to be paid. The original trustee knew this, that is one of the reasons Merry Ann Pearson fired him and hired Devon and Benz. My son has an extreme learning delay, he has PTSD, but though I begged Devon for distributions they refused to give me a dollar, prioritizing paying off the creditor to my trust, who also happened to be the person who had hired them. My son could have been dying and they would have just left him die instead of help pay for the medical care he needed. And by help I mean distribute the money my father left me to me. They withheld it all. Not only did they withhold it, they mismanaged it. They have even been ordered by a judge to turn what remains of the money in the trust over to to me immediately but they refuse to do so! Their behavior was so egregious that even Merry Ann Pearson fired them, but still they refuse to turn over the funds they are withholding. Think about that: a sitting judge orders them to turn over the money, the criminal that that hired them finds them so beyond the pale that even she fires them, and yet they refuse to turn over what remains of my trust. They even have hired an attorney, Mark Broaddus of Chuhak & Tecson, to represent them and they pay him with my money. Their legal fees have somehow cost twice as much as mine. They are fighting me with my money in order to not have to give me my trust money though they have been ordered to do so by the court and fired by the person who appointed them. They hold zero authority over what remains of my trust but refuse to give it up. In my eyes this is just plain theft. Would you want these "criminals" in control of your money? I think not. Please look elsewhere before you make a grave mistake: so that they don't steal your money like they have stolen mine. Devon Bank and Benz are scum. They are low enough insects that they would let the grandson of the person who's money they hold rot. Money that was intended to be distributed to this little boy and his father by Fred Pearson the father and grandfather of Cameron and Alyosha Pearson. They were low enough to deny me a single distribution of my own money while I tried to help my son. Below is one of the many emails I sent them begging for help and Jim Benz and Devon Bank's response: From: James Benz
[email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:45 PM To: cameron pearson
[email protected] Cc: Robert S. Held
[email protected] Subject: RE: Distribution, statements, accounting Cameron, I apologize for the delay. As for any distribution, our position has not changed. Until a determination is made with regard to the notes, ; we are unable to complete any distributions. As for statements, we double checked and show that a statement has been mailed out every month. We have you living in San Juan Capistrano, did that change? Your assistance in verifying the address would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim James Benz, CTFA, RFP Senior Vice President Head of Trust and Wealth Management
[email protected] From: cameron pearson Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 10:49 AM To: James Benz
[email protected] Subject: Distribution Dear Mr. Benz, I would like a distribution immediately for the following reasons. As we have discussed in the past you saw no problem granting a distribution in concern with my son. My son, Alyosha Pearson, Fred P
