SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - A son is bringing attention to a religious organization that allegedly embezzled his parent’s entire estate.
Trustee and agent Brett L. Eliason sued on behalf of Max and Joyce Eliason. The Corporation of The President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and The Law Offices of Kirton McConkie were accused of embezzling the estate during the estate planning process. They were sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah's Central Division on Feb. 26.
Brett claims the defendants stole tens of millions of oil properties in Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
“All evidence proves that the defendants used fraudulent misrepresentation to secure the estate planning relationship and told me that I needed to secure outside legal counsel for both myself and my father and his and my mother’s estates since they never had any intention of protecting the estates they were paid to protect,” the lawsuit claims.
He accused the defendants of “targeting” his parents with bribes and even accuses them of assaulting the plaintiff and his children. He also pointed out that his mother was dying, and that he couldn’t visit his father since last April.