Opinion ID: 202634
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Heading: The Lee Transaction

Text: 15 During the same time period in which Trainor was arranging the transaction with Smith, he also transferred 16 Trainor Road to an unrelated individual in a multi-party settlement of debts. The recipient of the property, Nevada attorney James Lee, had represented a client, Robert Jones, 8 who was unable to pay attorney's fees totaling more than $200,000. Trainor owed Jones a substantial amount of money, and he offered to pay off his debt by transferring property in Maine to Lee — thereby taking care of Jones's attorney's fee problem. Lee agreed to the deal, intending to obtain a loan on the property and then sell it. 16 Between February and April 2001, Trainor arranged for the filing of several documents relating to Lee's purchase of 16 Trainor Road: a deed showing sale of the property to the Law Offices of James J. Lee; a lien certificate claiming a lien against the property based on purported obligations to various individuals and businesses, including Fradco Holdings; and a lien release that purportedly transferred the property from Lee back to Trainor's son. 9 Lee was unaware of the lien transactions — which returned the property to Trainor so the sale to Smith could occur — and he testified that when he discovered that activity, 10 I think we contacted the authorities. An investigation followed.