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[#1] Posted: Feb 24 2010 - 11:52:13 PM
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Kenmore, WA - February 25

According to an article in PE.com, a web version of the Riverside, CA Press Enterprise, Gary Lee Wickham, a home inspector and a member of the International Association of Home Inspectors (interNACHI), was arrested on Tuesday, February 23rd; and is alleged to have befriended a 90-year old woman and then bilked her out of more than $100,000.

According to the PE.com article, Wickham was taken into custody Wednesday when police arrived to search his house with a warrant. He is currently in detention and his bail has been set at $122,000. He'll be formally indicted on Thursday, February 25th for investigation of financial elder abuse and theft by false pretenses.

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Yeah, but he's certified to inspect houses.

Just don't bring Granny for the walkthrough.

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http://www.a-zhomeinspectionse...als.html

http://www.nachi.org/verify.ph...07031910


Apparently he's a Nachi member impostor.

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[#4] Posted: Feb 25 2010 - 7:14:07 PM
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Seems he is not a member
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[#5] Posted: Feb 25 2010 - 8:03:59 PM
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Quote: Seems he is not a member


Or was recently banished.

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[#6] Posted: Feb 25 2010 - 8:04:03 PM
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He was a member until recently. The web has areas where recent pages have been "cached". Here's just one of many, placing the acused at nachi:

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[#7] Posted: Feb 25 2010 - 8:58:14 PM
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I checked their Find an Inspector tool yesterday to confirm his membership before I wrote the article.

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Mike,
There is no bigger proof than this. Although it could happen to any association I suppose.

http://www.nachi.org/forum/f13...o-41795/

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This story continues here.

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