Banchek Melvin H Atty

When my mother died in 2001, Melvin Banchek was retained to collect $ 29K on her estate from MetroHospital. He tried to scam the estate by adding $ 21K in interest payments, claiming that since my mother didn’t make her payments on time, the contract that was signed between her and Metro Hospital was void and he had a right to collect the full $ 50K.
Mr. Bancheck did send the letter of validation that I requested (i.e. a list of all of the payments and dates he received checks from my mother.) My mother kept a notebook of when she sent her payments. I compared the two.
On average, checks were posted to her account in 3 days time. However, his office held some of her checks for 10 – 12 days, causing them to appear to be late (which is why he claimed he had the right to the $ 21K in interest.) However, he posted TWO payments BEFORE my mother actually sent her check!
His practices proved there was no workflow or due diligence. It confirmed that his practice held payments to benefit his firm and client. And it brought to light the fact that he fictionalized two accounts of receiving payments all together.
When this was brought to his attention, there was no response for a couple weeks. I finally got a letter from MetroHealth dismissing the entire debt — not just the $ 21K interest — the entire debt. They got caught with their pants down and they knew it. The fact that Banchek hasn’t been sent to brought up on charges and jailed for falsification of records is beyond me.
As a side note: The man never had the decency to once express his condolences to the family. He had no remorse for the loss of life, he has no remorse for the attempted fleecing of a family’s estate.