His credit-repair company was shut down by authorities in the early 1990s for false advertising and deceptive practices. Forced closure means that a federal court order has banned Maynard from working in the credit-repair industry — forever.
That he continues to work in the industry, despite the court order, should surprise no one who knows his history. It also shouldn’t surprise anybody that Maynard’s story about how he became a victim is only partially true.
Maynard did, in fact, spend a week in jail in 2003 because of an unpaid $16,000 casino marker drawn from the Mirage.
It was Maynard’s marker. The casino took a copy of his Arizona driver’s license when he took out the loan.
There was no identity theft.
But an even more serious reflection on Maynard in his new role as Mr. Identity Theft can be found alongside the paper trail of lawsuits against him in Maricopa County Superior Court.
American Express sued Maynard’s father in 2005 for $154,000 in unpaid bills. But Dr. Robert J. Maynard Sr., a prominent local eye doctor, denied he ordered the card.
Records show that someone with Maynard Sr.’s personal information ordered the card. But that someone didn’t have the bills sent to Maynard Sr.’s home. Instead, the bills went to a company called Netshield, at a Phoenix address used by one of Maynard Jr.’s former firms.
Though Maynard Sr. says he never asked for the card, he settled with the company. Coincidentally, Maynard Jr. has $170,000 in debt to American Express listed on his 2005 bankruptcy paperwork — and his father is named as a co-debtor.
If Maynard Jr. ordered the card using his dad’s data, without his dad’s knowledge, that would make him — you got it — an identity thief.
