VA Magistrate Forges Documents to Give Bail Agent Dad Business

A local Virginia paper, the Bristol Herald Courier, is accusing Abingdon, VA magistrate John C. “Tiny” Mullins III of forging documents to funnel business to his father’s bail bonds company. As a magistrate, Tiny Mullins had the ability to decide whether or not they could be freed from jail and could set bail for certain defendants. While setting bail amounts and sending clients to his father, J.C. Mullins Jr. of Abingdon Bail Bonds was not illegal, the chief magistrate and Abingdon judges decided it wasn’t ethical and told... Read more

NYC Bondsman Forged Documents

Juan Villar, a New York City bail agent, has admitted to forging documents for over 50 defendants.  In 2003 and 2004, Villar misrepresented the collateral that defendants had offered for bail.  58 defendants that he falsified collateral for failed to appear for their court dates, costing Villar’s surety almost a million dollars. Villar will be sentenced in July.  Read More →