A former Roswell, N.M., escrow company owner is scheduled to be sentenced for wire fraud on July 25. In a plea agreement, Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner admitted that from January 2017 through October 2019, while owning and operating Roswell Escrow Services Inc. (RES), he knowingly engaged in a scheme to defraud clients and obtain money through false representations. The company’s business involved holding clients’ funds for 1031 exchanges and servicing real estate contracts.
Jensen-Tanner made material misrepresentations to his clients about how these funds would be held or spent. Instead, on numerous occasions Jensen-Tanner used the funds for personal purposes.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico are seeking individuals who may have been victims of a wire fraud scheme involving Jensen-Tanner and RES between January 2017 and October 2019. If you were a client of Jensen-Tanner and/or RES and believe you are a victim, contact the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or tips.fbi.gov.
The Roswell Division of the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation investigated this case with assistance from the Securities and Financial Institutions Divisions of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department. Assistant United States Attorneys Ry Ellison and Richard Williams are prosecuting the case.