Remember that time Florida State Senator Daphne Campbell had a meltdown on the House floor when she learned on February 10, 2016 that the Third District Court of Appeal ordered a new Medicaid fraud trial for her son, Gregory?

Despite the fact the appellate court simply remanded her son’s case back to the lower court for a new trial, as Politico reported, Daphne “was so overjoyed that she started yelling that her son had been ‘exonerated’ and praised Jesus so loudly on the floor of the state House of Representatives that proceedings were stopped briefly.”

It turned out that her “Hallelujah, Jesus!” moment was, indeed, premature.

Daphne’s son, Gregory Campbell, was first arrested on May 3, 2011 and charged with five felony counts of medicaid fraud, organized fraud and grand theft 1st degree.  After he lost his appeal, according to the criminal court docket, on February 26, 2016 Gregory was transported back to jail to face a retrial, for which the Court set a date of April 13, 2016.

By October 19, 2017, Campbell gave up risking a new trial and pleaded guilty to the charge.  The Court then issued a Judgment on eight felony counts of Medicaid Fraud.  Gregory was sentenced to 30 months in prison (less a credit of 424 days and gain time for time already served), 2 years of probation and 2 years of community control.

While out on bond for his retrial, Campbell was arrested, and later pleaded no contest, to using a stolen identity to buy jewelry at the Aventura Mall.

The Florida Department of Corrections shows the following information about Gregory Campbell, a/k/a Mikel Mittal:

Things appeared to be going just fine for Gregory until (OOPS!) just this past Friday when a Violation of Probation Affidavit was filed, which means he may be headed back to the hoosegow.

Why is this important?

Because it appears that not only did the young Mr. Campbell violate his probation, there’s a distinct possibility he’ll end up getting rearrested for a slew of new felony charges, including forgery, perjury, and real estate fraud, among others.

But if Gregory didn’t do it, then his mama will be in even more hot water.

We shall explain.

The Miami Herald recently reported on the sorry state of Daphne Campbell’s finances, including “over $300,000 in debts and other financial liabilities,” which she has never disclosed on any of the required Florida Form 6, Full and Public Disclosure of Finance Interests, filings since she’s been in office beginning in 2010.

And before you start feeling sorry for her, remember just last year she bragged about how she had 15 group homes and made $4.3 million per year … until the facilities “were shuttered after a patient was raped, three died and others lived in such squalor that the state shut off their state funding,” according to the Tampa Bay Times.

On her most recent filing for 2017, Daphne reported total assets of $482,029, which included her “home property” located at 14625 NE 4 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33161, valued at $471,529.  She also reported two liabilities – a mortgage to Wells Fargo in the amount of $83,175 and a car loan of $13,254.  On the second page of the form, she reported receiving $29,697 as her annual State Senator income, and $4,891 from Maxim Health Care, a home health agency.

Last year, Wells Fargo filed a foreclosure action against Daphne, claiming she had not made any mortgage payments from December 1, 2016 through June 12, 2017, the date the lawsuit was filed.

This wasn’t her first rodeo with foreclosures.

In August of 2016, the Miami New Times reported that Daphne “had property-foreclosure proceedings brought against her ten times since the year 2000 … at least six times in Miami-Dade County and at least four times in Lee County.”

One of the exhibits to the most recent Wells Fargo lawsuit is a Final Judgment of Foreclosure which was filed November 19, 2013 when she neglected to make mortgage payments for over two years.

On February 15, 2018, Wells Fargo filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, and attached Affidavits for costs in the amount of $2,960.00, legal fees in the amount of $4,162.50, and the total amount due to Wells Fargo of $117,443.03, including principal of $83,296.80, interest of $5,804.14, real estate tax disbursements of $28,167.31, and late charges of $174.78.  In all, Daphne was on the hook for a grand total of $124,565.53.

By May 4, 2018, however, Daphne entered into a settlement agreement with Wells Fargo, which then filed a Notice of Cancellation of its Motion for Summary Judgment, and on May 21, 2018 the case was dismissed.

Here’s the thing.  Even if Daphne didn’t have to repay the principle of $82,296.80 (Wells Fargo still holds the mortgage on her property), she would still have been responsible for the costs, legal fees, interest and real estate tax reimbursements of approximately $41,000.

Considering the fact that Daphne reported her home as her only major asset, and considering that her annual income is only $34,588, the big question is where did she get the $41,000 to settle her lawsuit with Wells Fargo?

Let’s take a look at the possible money trail.

Daphne Campbell’s political committee, Millennials for Change PC, was formed on April 4, 2016.  Since its inception through the reporting period ending August 23, 2018, this committee reported total contributions of $125,025.00 and total expenditures of $127,907.44, which leaves a deficit of $2,882.44.

Yes, this is a violation of Florida campaign laws.

And, yes, a complaint was already filed.

Although 2017 was not an election year, Daphne’s political committee took in $40,875.00 from November 10, 2016 (two days after she was elected) through December 20, 2017.

Curiously, $15,000.00 of those contributions came from Florida Power & Light, which also donated an additional $5,000.00 on March 27, 2018, and which might explain why your electric bills are so high.

Just saying.

During this same non-election year time period, Daphne’s political committee expended $22,013.70, of which $13,754.00 was paid to Daphne’s close personal friend and radio host, Alix Jeanjacques.

For “consulting.”

Does anyone else find it odd that Daphne would need to pay a “consultant” the sum of $13,754.00 during a non-election year?

Just asking.

As the Miami Herald revealed, in addition to her mortgage with Wells Fargo, as of June 2017, Daphne also had the following liens against her property:

• Multiple U.S. tax liens totaling $179,313.89
• Household Finance Corp. III Mortgage of unknown amount
• Coral Gables Bail Bonds Mortgage for $15,000.00
• Regal Investment Corp. Mortgage for $50,000.00
• International Fidelity Insurance Mortgage to secure a $75,000 bail bond
• Miami-Dade County code enforcement violation lien for $10,590.16
• Florida Department of Revenue Lien for $942.80

The Herald article reported:

Miami-Dade County, Regal Investment Corp., and Coral Gables Bail Bonds confirmed to the court that Campbell still owed that money. Their 2017 confirmation of her debt indicates at least the mortgages from Regal Investment and Coral Gables Bail Bonds should have been itemized on Campbell’s financial disclosures between at least 2012 and 2016. Neither appears. There are no records of any of the other debts being satisfied either, suggesting each should have been acknowledged on at least one of the five disclosure forms she filed as a candidate.

In 2018, Campbell settled with Wells Fargo and the foreclosure action was voluntarily dismissed. She got to keep her home. However, that didn’t end her financial woes. Around the same time, MPR Construction Inc. filed a lien against the home for unpaid bills related to renovations totaling $41,000. County records do not indicate that any of the liens has been resolved or the debts satisfied.

All of these liens are attached to the house which Daphne claims is not her residence, and which has an interesting chain of title.

1. On April 28, 1998, Daphne purchased the home located at 14625 NE 4 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33161.
2. On July 17, 2007, Daphne quit claimed the property to Alexandra Campbell, presumably her daughter or other close relative.
3. On January 7, 2009, Alexandra quit claimed it back to Daphne.
4. On May 19, 2018, Daphne and her former husband quit claimed the home to 14625 NE 4TH AVE MIAMI LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, the registered agent of which is Mittal 2018 Business Holding Trust, of which there is no public record.
5. The company then quit claimed the property to Mikel Mittel, a/k/a Gregory Campbell a month later on June 20, 2018.

Here’s where it gets even more interesting.

When Daphne filed her Florida Form 6 on June 18, 2018, she listed as an asset a property located at 14625 NE 4th Avenue, which she had not owned since May 19, 2018.

Daphne’s signature on the Quit Claim Deed from her and her husband (Item 4 above) do not match her signature on any other documents, including her Florida Form 6 financial disclosure reports, to-wit:

Now compare that signature to the Quit Claim Deed from Daphne to Alexandra Campbell (Item 2 above):

As you can see, Daphne’s real signature has remained consistent over the years, but the signature on the Quit Claim Deed from her to her son’s company appears to be a forgery.

And not a very good one at that.

Even more disturbing, the witness signatures on that Quit Claim Deed are equally as problematic.

One of the witnesses on the Quit Claim Deed, Marie St. Fleur, is the owner of a Florida corporation by the name of Home Care Resources Home Health Agency, Inc., which was filed on August 22, 2003.

Here is her alleged signature when she witnessed the Campbell Quit Claim Deed:

Here is Ms. St. Fleur’s legal signature on her company’s Articles of Incorporation:

And here is her signature when she filed her company’s 2004 Annual Report:

We here at VotersOpinion are not handwriting experts, but we challenge anyone who believes her real signature matches the one on the Campbell Quit Claim Deed!

Furthermore, the second witness on the Campbell Quit Claim Deed, Jordan Popvich, does not exist!

We could be wrong, but there’s something very fishy about the transfer of Daphne’s home to her son’s company.

Either:

1. Daphne Campbell attempted to swindle all her creditors by transferring the property on which they had liens, in which case she lied on her financial disclosures to the Florida Department of State; or
2. Her convicted felon son, Gregory Campbell, a/k/a Mikel Mittal, forged that Quit Claim Deed in order to steal the property out from under his mother’s nose without her knowledge; or
3. They were both in on the con job.

One thing is perfectly clear, though … DAPHNE CAMPBELL MUST GO!

If you haven’t voted yet, please get to the polls on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 and CAST YOUR BALLOT FOR JASON PIZZO!

Stephanie