RivCo Man Charged With Fraudulently Deeding Properties To Himself

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — A Riverside County man charged with pretending to be the owner of a local real estate investment company and deeding the business's properties to himself pleaded not guilty Monday — and investigators believe there may be more victims.

Timothy Grant McBride, 41, of Mira Loma pleaded not guilty at the Hall of Justice in Riverside to five felony counts of recording fraudulent grant deeds. His plea comes following his early morning June 10 arrest at his Round Tree Court home.

The investigation into McBride began after the Real Estate Fraud Unit of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office received a complaint.

According to prosecutors, McBride was representing himself as the owner/president of MSC Development, Inc. Investigators spoke to the person listed by the California Secretary of State’s Office as the actual owner of the business who said he had never heard of McBride.

McBride had deeded several of the company’s properties to himself and different family trusts in which he was the named trustee, according to prosecutors. The fraudulent grant deeds include a Menifee property with an assessed value of $261,830; a Jurupa Valley property with an assessed value of $109,768; one in Moreno Valley with an assessed value of $162,419; one in Nuevo with an assessed value of $80,534; and a Riverside property with an assessed value of $45, 934, according to prosecutors.

McBride's next court appearance is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on June 23. Jail records show he is being held at Riverside's Robert Presley Detention Center in lieu of $600,000 bail.

Victims of possible real estate fraud committed by McBride are asked to call the DA’s Real Estate Fraud Hotline at 877-723-7779. The DA’s Office also has Real Estate Fraud Complaint Forms available on its website at https://rivcoda.org/the-office...