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Steve Hand is not Steve Cuccia, he just happens to be the father in law that got thrown under the bus for these scum bags!    With their flashy cars and house, they just keep getting away with it.  Karma is a [***]!

The Cuccias are something else...they only think of themselves and how they can scam the next victim(s).  All I can say is that Karma will catch up with them...they seem to prey on more and more victims as they move from state to state.  Washington is glad they left and I hope Idaho is as fortunate in the near future.  Too bad that Steve didn't spend prison time in Cali...he got off on a technicality...Wash. state merely slapped his wrist...He and Michelle are something else and I witnessed some of their unsavory activities.  No consciences, just trying to act the part of wealthy people with cars, rvs, luxury homes, etc.  Shame on them!

As more and more people think to google their names hopefully word will get out. I have witnessed perfectly sane people be taken in by this couple's apparent "wealth" (all fake) and I am amazed at their brashness in perpetuating the myth that they are on the up and up. I feel terrible for their kids.

Karma can't kick in soon enough!

I got a call from a phillipino by the name of NATHAN with a 000-000-0000 number and it was the ANCHOR BAY VACATIONS wanting me to go tomorrow to there 1425 tri-state parkway suite.130 address in GURNEE,IL.at 7:45 to claim a 3 day-2 night accommodation + 2 round trip airline tickets and a $30 dining gift card.They requested that I bring me and my girlfriend with 2 proofs of identification and that one of the proofs of ID had to be a major credit card with a MC,VISA,etc.logo.They asked me for another phone number and I gave em the 708-588-2300 (EMPIRE #-LOL).They also gave me a number(1-877-494-8188) to call back in case I couldn't make it to the "commitment" time that they gave me.

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....you people are incredible.  I cannot believe what I have just spent better than an hour reading!   I personally know these people and always my gut feeling was that somthing was not "right".  Will not be associating with them what so ever anymore and will be sure to let our group know about all this...some I think were being enticed to sell diet products for them.  Very sad to see all this....was unsure at first and thinking it was just jelous persons posting but read the official court documents...wow Steve and Michelle you really pulled the wool over so many of us...oh and no we will NOT be joining your travel group!  Now I am totally pissed!

Spread the word far and wide. They get away with a lot just based on the appearance of money and a "friendly" (fake) persona and phony claims of being good Christians.

They will leave nothing but a wake of empty bank accounts and nice people wondering how it was they were duped. If you have doubts and your gut feeling is that something doesn't feel right good for you! Follow that feeling and find out all you can about these people--and then steer clear and warn. They are bad, they lie, they are con artists, they are scammers. Don't bother with the benefit of the doubt...they will manipulate that to no end---ask Steve Hand how that worked out for him.

they have been at it for a long time...no wonder they can get away with it so easy:
http://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?id=16046

Thank you, scam busters. I have come back to revisit this thread and am still amazed to read all this information about the Cuccias. I have to say I feel badly for Michelle's Dad. What a joke. I have found it very interesting reading about some info in Idaho, too.
The Cuccias must have to tell huge lies every single day, and it's only probably going to get worse.
I'm so grateful we had backup from some powers that be in Washington State. Without their help, we would have had a much tougher time of it.
I sent legal info and papers to the Attorney General in ID (after some advice by those who cannot be named) :o) a long time ago so they must have been aware of what was/is going on for some time now. Words can't describe my feelings of revulsion toward the Cuccias.

Thank you Erin.
It's almost comforting to know we're not alone, although I feel badly for anyone who was scammed by them. It's just dreadful.

Got the call today, but from Katie, who also was not there when the call was returned.  I could choose to go to Crystal Lake or Gurnee IL, and the address was the same as posted previously 1425 Tri-State Pkwy, suite 130, Gurnee.  I was transferred to Kyle Shepherd - 888-861-3735, ext. 233 - he was very polite, but alas, I was "disconnected" twice before actually finishing a conversation with him.  The prizes are similar - Ford Escape Hybrid 2012 or $25K, Trip for two, $2500, or 32" Flat Screen TV worth $549.  He said to bring picture identification and the credit card, but I didn't have to show the number, just my name for verification.  

I was so hoping there was some legitimacy here, because I really have won a trip to Vegas from a real drawing, but it sounds like it's all a scam to get you to spend money for vacations...such a bummer....$25K would have really come in handy.  

Thank you all for posting and letting us know the truth.

"Katie's" message was left from 888-861-3730, ext. 221...and my husband has to go with me...thought I was the winner...

So what can be done about these guys???  Seriously I would like to know??  How can they still have an office on Fairview?  Have a house..  RV..  Hummer..  Etc and be screwing all these people out of money and NOT be prosecuted??  I have Stephen cell number as [removed]

https://www.idcourts.us/repository/caseHistor ... a%2C+Michelle+D

Someone may be getting something back!!

They also have their house listed for sale (again) but don't have it on the regular MLS.
You can find it (and a virtual tour) by googling the address that others have put on here. It is a disgusting display of tacky opulence and wealth obtained through  fraud and the deception of vulnerable seniors.

http://mytimeshareblogs.com/?s=cuccia

See article below and the (unintentionally) hilarious quote from Cuccia.
I think the Idaho Statesman needs to do some actual investigative journalism before using Cuccia as an example of an upstanding businessman that is  just trying to help these poor folks avoid being taken advantage of! He's a master at gleaning financial information from people and using it to get money from them. Someone in Boise should call this paper and talk to whomever wrote this article about their source. That might be an actual story.

"“The biggest mistake we make as a timeshare owner is that, in our desperation to get out, we give financial information over the phone,” Cuccia says. “If they say, ‘We have a buyer,’ that’s great: ‘Send me the information. You get paid at escrow."’ ”

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Boise couple is out about $10,000 they paid to companies that promised to help resell their timeshares; but those offers turned out to be scams.

Bernard and Betty asked that we not use their last name. Like timeshare owners across the country, they have found a resale market full of people trying to get out of their shared vacation properties — and few buyers.

The economy, a tight credit market and unhappiness over rising timeshare fees are creating motivated — some say desperate — sellers who can fall prey to resale scammers. These scam companies offer to market timeshares on websites or mislead owners into thinking they have buyers lined up.

“But they do not have a buyer,” Bernard says. “They just want your money.”

Bernard, 65, a disabled Vietnam veteran, says the scammers called them on the phone.

“They said, ‘We have a buyer for your timeshare, but we need $3,000 up front ... to go ahead and start closing on the property,’ ” he says.

Betty, who is 68 and legally blind, says she and her husband paid about the same amount to at least two other companies. Not one delivered results.

The scams aren’t the only problems Betty and Bernard have had with timeshares.

The couple used a timeshare they bought in Mazatlan, Mexico, about twice a year for nine years. They became frustrated with rising fees and restrictions on exchanges that required them to use their designated vacation time at other resorts owned by the same company.

They also wanted to sell a second timeshare they owned at Lake Tahoe in Nevada.

But they gave in to the pressure of a sales pitch for a third timeshare in September 2010 — when they were staying at the timeshare at National Harbor, Md., for the Virginia Tech-Boise State football game. Bernard says they were told the timeshare is near the site of a future Disney resort — the cream of the timeshare crop.

“They kept my wife and I cooped up in this room for over four hours,” Bernard says. “There were probably 40 to 50 pages for us to sign.”

When he left the room, the salesman held his wife’s hand and directed her where to sign, Bernard says. “That really boiled my skin.”

They agreed to “roll over” their Tahoe timeshare, pay $6,000 down and bill their credit card $1,100 a month for payments and maintenance fees.

Then they had second thoughts.

Bernard says they signed the agreement on a Friday and contacted the timeshare company Monday to say they’d changed their minds. They were told the three-day window for backing out had closed over the weekend. With the help of a lawyer, Betty and Bernard got out of the deed, but the company claims they owe five months’ worth of payments.

Dale Dixon, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau in Boise, says complaints about timeshare companies are common.

“They have a terrible reputation,” Dixon says. “Once people are in that room, they make it difficult to leave without signing.”

He says metro areas such as the Treasure Valley are targets for timeshare companies, and complaints come in waves after heavy advertising campaigns.

World VIP Travel vice president [0x13]Steve Cuccia helped Bernard and Betty get out of their timeshares. They became members of his company, which offers alternatives to timeshares, booking cruises and resort-style vacations for its members.

“The biggest mistake we make as a timeshare owner is that, in our desperation to get out, we give financial information over the phone,” Cuccia says. “If they say, ‘We have a buyer,’ that’s great: ‘Send me the information. You get paid at escrow.’ ”

Meanwhile, the couple have hired an attorney to get their money back from the three companies that offered to help them get out but didn’t.

“I’m not too optimistic,” Betty says.

Article source: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/11/02/1862 ... om-a-boise.html

Hey Jeff,
           Just wondering if it's worth  while to check this thing out?  I know you won the trip which is an obvious prize considering they are a travel company.  Wondering if anyone actually won the car/$ prize or the T.V. etc.

Interestinks:  

https://www.idcourts.us/repository/caseHistor ... ccia%2C+Stephen

Case History
Ada
1  Cases Found.
NCO Financial Systems vs. Stephen Cuccia, etal.

Magistrate      Filed:      08/25/2011     

Defendants:     Cuccia, Michelle D  Cuccia, Stephen
Plaintiffs:     NCO Financial Systems  

    08/25/2011     New Case Filed - Other Claims
     08/25/2011     Complaint Filed
     08/25/2011     Summons Filed
     09/12/2011     (2) Affidavit Of Service 9.04.11
     09/27/2011     Notice of Intent to Default
     10/14/2011     Answer (Stephen & Michelle Cuccia Pro se)
     10/24/2011     Certificate Of Service OF Discovery
     02/13/2012     Notice Of Intent To Dismiss

Looks like they are getting off the hook with something else!!