Post 5230<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nSee the video at https:\/\/rumble.com\/v71wwbs-stealing-from-fellow-church-members-is-costly.html<\/a> \u00a0and at https:\/\/youtu.be\/OH8TvtpqWoY<\/a><\/p>\nKnowing Misappropriation and Conversion of Funds is Fraud<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zalma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BK-FRAUD.png?resize=595%2C335\")
<\/em><\/p>\nIn re Matthew Jene Tubbs<\/em> (Bankr. N.D. Tex., Fort Worth Div., No. 22-42728-MXM-7; Adv. No. 23-04019-mxm), October 15, 2025 .<\/p>\nKey Facts<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\nPlaintiffs (Robles) and Defendant (Tubbs) met through their church; both held leadership roles. In Feb 2021 Robles home suffered major water damage from Winter Storm Uri and insurance paid $173,000.<\/p>\n
In the Fall of 2021: Tubbs represented to Mr. Robles that he personally built a newer house and large barn on his parents\u2019 property \u201cwith his own hands\u201d (except foundation\/insulation). That he had 10 years\u2019 experience overseeing window\/door installations at a major home-improvement chain, was a licensed contractor<\/strong> (false) and carried general contractor liability insurance.<\/p>\nRelying on these representations and Tubbs\u2019s church handyman work, Robles hired Tubbs as general contractor for insurance repairs + upgrades, even though Tubbs had no prior general contracting experience.<\/p>\n
The parties did not enter into a formal written contract. Instead, the parties jointly created a detailed budget Spreadsheet (labor + materials by room) and an 8\u20139 week timeline (later revised to end of Feb 2022).<\/p>\n
Plaintiffs advanced $216,000 to Tubbs. Tubbs made almost no meaningful progress by August 2022 and was fired. Most items on the Spreadsheet never started. Flooring and kitchen cabinets he did start were defective and had to be redone. Tubbs failed to buy most materials despite having the funds and could not account for the money. Tubbs admitted on June 10, 2022: \u201cI do not have the money to finish the project right now.\u201d\u00a0 Tubbs admitted he used project funds for personal expenses (floor sander $5,000; personal credit-card bills $8,581).<\/p>\n
Tubbs claimed he paid himself ~$78,000 as a legitimate GC\/overhead fee ($10k\/month). Court rejected this as not credible and unsupported by the Spreadsheet or timeline. Tubbs raised numerous defenses (undue influence by church authority, insurance fraud by plaintiffs, no binding contract, Tex. Prop. Code \u00a7 162.031(b) trust-fund defense, illegality, unclean hands, mistake, statute of frauds, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Knowing Misappropriation and Conversion of Funds is Fraud<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/em><\/p>\nIn re Matthew Jene Tubbs<\/em> (Bankr. N.D. Tex., Fort Worth Div., No. 22-42728-MXM-7; Adv. No. 23-04019-mxm), October 15, 2025 .<\/p>\nKey Facts<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\nPlaintiffs (Robles) and Defendant (Tubbs) met through their church; both held leadership roles. In Feb 2021 Robles home suffered major water damage from Winter Storm Uri and insurance paid $173,000.<\/p>\n
In the Fall of 2021: Tubbs represented to Mr. Robles that he personally built a newer house and large barn on his parents\u2019 property \u201cwith his own hands\u201d (except foundation\/insulation). That he had 10 years\u2019 experience overseeing window\/door installations at a major home-improvement chain, was a licensed contractor<\/strong> (false) and carried general contractor liability insurance.<\/p>\nRelying on these representations and Tubbs\u2019s church handyman work, Robles hired Tubbs as general contractor for insurance repairs + upgrades, even though Tubbs had no prior general contracting experience.<\/p>\n
The parties did not enter into a formal written contract. Instead, the parties jointly created a detailed budget Spreadsheet (labor + materials by room) and an 8\u20139 week timeline (later revised to end of Feb 2022).<\/p>\n
Plaintiffs advanced $216,000 to Tubbs. Tubbs made almost no meaningful progress by August 2022 and was fired. Most items on the Spreadsheet never started. Flooring and kitchen cabinets he did start were defective and had to be redone. Tubbs failed to buy most materials despite having the funds and could not account for the money. Tubbs admitted on June 10, 2022: \u201cI do not have the money to finish the project right now.\u201d\u00a0 Tubbs admitted he used project funds for personal expenses (floor sander $5,000; personal credit-card bills $8,581).<\/p>\n
Tubbs claimed he paid himself ~$78,000 as a legitimate GC\/overhead fee ($10k\/month). Court rejected this as not credible and unsupported by the Spreadsheet or timeline. Tubbs raised numerous defenses (undue influence by church authority, insurance fraud by plaintiffs, no binding contract, Tex. Prop. Code \u00a7 162.031(b) trust-fund defense, illegality, unclean hands, mistake, statute of frauds, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Post 5230 See the video at https:\/\/rumble.com\/v71wwbs-stealing-from-fellow-church-members-is-costly.html \u00a0and at https:\/\/youtu.be\/OH8TvtpqWoY Knowing Misappropriation and Conversion of Funds is Fraud In re Matthew Jene Tubbs (Bankr. N.D. Tex., Fort Worth Div., No. 22-42728-MXM-7; Adv. No. 23-04019-mxm), October 15, 2025 . Key Facts Plaintiffs (Robles) and Defendant (Tubbs) met through their church; both held leadership roles. In Feb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":306701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[16928,11392,16511,3883,27540],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-306700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance","tag-church","tag-costly","tag-fellow","tag-members","tag-stealing"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/em><\/p>\nIn re Matthew Jene Tubbs<\/em> (Bankr. N.D. Tex., Fort Worth Div., No. 22-42728-MXM-7; Adv. No. 23-04019-mxm), October 15, 2025 .<\/p>\n Plaintiffs (Robles) and Defendant (Tubbs) met through their church; both held leadership roles. In Feb 2021 Robles home suffered major water damage from Winter Storm Uri and insurance paid $173,000.<\/p>\n In the Fall of 2021: Tubbs represented to Mr. Robles that he personally built a newer house and large barn on his parents\u2019 property \u201cwith his own hands\u201d (except foundation\/insulation). That he had 10 years\u2019 experience overseeing window\/door installations at a major home-improvement chain, was a licensed contractor<\/strong> (false) and carried general contractor liability insurance.<\/p>\n Relying on these representations and Tubbs\u2019s church handyman work, Robles hired Tubbs as general contractor for insurance repairs + upgrades, even though Tubbs had no prior general contracting experience.<\/p>\n The parties did not enter into a formal written contract. Instead, the parties jointly created a detailed budget Spreadsheet (labor + materials by room) and an 8\u20139 week timeline (later revised to end of Feb 2022).<\/p>\n Plaintiffs advanced $216,000 to Tubbs. Tubbs made almost no meaningful progress by August 2022 and was fired. Most items on the Spreadsheet never started. Flooring and kitchen cabinets he did start were defective and had to be redone. Tubbs failed to buy most materials despite having the funds and could not account for the money. Tubbs admitted on June 10, 2022: \u201cI do not have the money to finish the project right now.\u201d\u00a0 Tubbs admitted he used project funds for personal expenses (floor sander $5,000; personal credit-card bills $8,581).<\/p>\n Tubbs claimed he paid himself ~$78,000 as a legitimate GC\/overhead fee ($10k\/month). Court rejected this as not credible and unsupported by the Spreadsheet or timeline. Tubbs raised numerous defenses (undue influence by church authority, insurance fraud by plaintiffs, no binding contract, Tex. Prop. Code \u00a7 162.031(b) trust-fund defense, illegality, unclean hands, mistake, statute of frauds, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Post 5230 See the video at https:\/\/rumble.com\/v71wwbs-stealing-from-fellow-church-members-is-costly.html \u00a0and at https:\/\/youtu.be\/OH8TvtpqWoY Knowing Misappropriation and Conversion of Funds is Fraud In re Matthew Jene Tubbs (Bankr. N.D. Tex., Fort Worth Div., No. 22-42728-MXM-7; Adv. No. 23-04019-mxm), October 15, 2025 . Key Facts Plaintiffs (Robles) and Defendant (Tubbs) met through their church; both held leadership roles. In Feb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":306701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[16928,11392,16511,3883,27540],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-306700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance","tag-church","tag-costly","tag-fellow","tag-members","tag-stealing"],"yoast_head":"\nKey Facts<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n