Did A Professional Hitman Make Jake Blanchard Lawyer Steven Cozzi Disappear? Did Cozzi Know Too Much About The Stopa-Federico Foreclosure Scam?

Jake Blanchard lawyer Steven Cozzi disappeared under a cloud of mystery on March 21st. Police say Cozzi was last seen in the Mens room of the office of attorney Jake Blanchard. Cozzi’s assault and disappearance has the markings of a professional hitman. But, was it? Could the police have the wrong man in custody?

Investigators say Cozzi took a restroom break and never returned to his desk.

Cozzi is now missing and authorities suspect the worst.

Surveillance cameras captured a shadowy figure entering the building that same morning. Fox13 Tampa Bay News reports a search of the suspected hitman’s car revealed several guns and a ballistic vest. Police also say they found two sets of gloves, a surgical mask, an a hairnet. In addition, they found sponges, a knife and sedatives.

The hitman also had a bag with $282,120 in cash.

What was the cash for?

Was it getaway money or a payment for something?

If this is true, who hired this hitman? Why Cozzi?

Steven Cozzi’s Boss Jake Blanchard Is Under A Criminal Investigation And Bar Investigation For Participating In Mark Stopa’s Foreclosure Scams

Cozzi’s boss Attorney Jake Blanchard is currently embroiled in two criminal investigations by State and Federal authorities. FDLE and HUD-OIG are investigating Blanchard.

Authorities want to know the details of his involvement in disbarred lawyer Mark Stopa’s multi-million dollar foreclosure equity skimming scheme.

A psychotic Mark Stopa has repeatedly threatened to sue any entities that report on his illegal activities. As a result, mainstream media refuses to cover the breaking news about his latest equity skimming real estate scheme for fear of triggering a frivolous Mark Stopa Pro Se lawsuit. 

However, the investigative journalists at MarkStopaVictims.com are not afraid to dig deep and report the truth about Mark Stopa.

Jake Blanchard Worked Hand-In-Hand With Mark Stopa 

Public land and court records indicate Blanchard operated as lead attorney in Stopa’s recent statewide fraud scheme. Stopa’s latest scheme involves egregious frauds on the court in 24 counties. Stopa and his attorneys including Blanchard tricked judges to place bogus liens on foreclosure properties owned by Mark Stopa. 

The scam worked like this.  Mark Stopa would have one of his alter ego shell companies fabricate a phony debt on a negative equity home he already owned which was soon to be lost to foreclosure sale by the first mortgage. 

The purpose was so Stopa could sue himself and trick a judge into ordering a foreclosure sale on his fake judgment debt where Stopa hoped to trick and defraud innocent auction buyers into overbidding before the senior mortgage foreclosed.

The buyers would overbid on the fake judgment creating a six figure surplus collected by Mark Stopa and his wife Adrienne Federico.  Later the Mark Stopa victim would lose everything when the first mortgage foreclosed.   

Stopa and his crime family of corrupt attorneys including Attorney Jake Blanchard, used this organized scheme to steal millions of dollars from auction buyers over the last several months alone.

Public records indicate Blanchard is listed as the main attorney of record on many of Stopa’s fraudulent foreclosure filings.. These include Pinellas County Cases #22-466-CO;  #21-9499-CO and  #21-8887-CO, as well as case #22CC-2096 and #22CC-512 in Hillsborough County.

State and Federal Criminal Fraud Investigations

State and Federal investigators currently have multiple ongoing racketeering investigations of Mark Stopa and his entire crime family. The Florida Bar is also allegedly heavily involved.

Sources say the Florida Bar is investigating Jill Schuh, Lee Segal and Christopher Hixson from the Segal & Schuh Law Group. They are also investigating Ashley Drew, Randall Reder and Carla Turner-Hahn. In addition, they are also investigating Vestalia Aylsworth, Darlene DePoalo and Jake Blanchard.

Law Enforcement is allegedly investigating Blanchard’s law firm for conspiring with disbarred attorney Mark Stopa. Blanchard’s name is all over public records in Stopa’s statewide real estate foreclosure fraud scheme.

The word on the street is Stopa and Blanchard’s office were hit with a flurry of subpoenas in recent weeks. Word is also that Stopa has been in a manic frenzy to stop the investigation.

Is Attorney Jake Blanchard now cooperating with State and Federal investigators?

Is Blanchard also going to testify as a witness against Mark Stopa like other lawyers are?

Should Jake Blanchard be concerned for his life?

What did Attorney Steven Cozzi know about Mark Stopa’s foreclosure scams?

Was Cozzi going to testify against Mark Stopa?

Is that why a hitman was sent to take him out?

Also, who hired the hitman?

Authorities still have not found Cozzi’s body. Police are hoping Cozzi is still alive.  They are also hoping he is just being held hostage.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Cozzi’s family and his husband Michael.

This is a developing story.

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