Wife involved in fraudulent schemes pleads guilty

In this week’s Cracking the Case, News 11 dug into the several complaints filed against one Foothills couple for allegedly committing fraudulent schemes.

The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) and the Yuma Police Department took a combined total of 26 complaints about the Reckards .

Yvette and Michael Reckard s ran Yvette’s Homes Sales, and they both sit behind bars for allegedly committing fraudulent schemes.

Yvette Reckards is spending the next five years in prison after she pled guilty to three charges and will be on probation for fourteen years after she completes her sentence.

” We were just out driving around one day and we came here and out on the front gate they had listings of houses for sale. So I contacted the email address that was listed on the form, ” ​ said Jim Nys.

Nys said he was one of the Reckards’ clients.

He said he found out something wasn’t quite right when he got a letter saying he needed to pay taxes on the home to be worked with Yvette to purchase, something he thought was part of the deal.

Nys claimed he lost about $1,200 as a result.

” She seemed very friendly, very helpful and to find out that I guess we just thought it was poor service up to the point. That we’ve learned about the taxes not being paid, and then we definitely felt, I guess scammed is not a bad word for it, ” said Nys.

As part of Mrs. Reckards’ plea agreement, she must pay more than $400,000 to about 16 people who filed complaints against her.

” Whatever the punishment is, I feel better that she’s being held accountable, yes, ” said Nys.

Mr. Reckards has yet to be sentenced.