He should be put away for a while this time. Arrested this week on multiple charges including check bouncing, giving false information to police, drugs, probation violation and fraud, fake real estate philanthropist Drew Christian Donovan is now in San Mateo County jail awaiting a hearing on June 14. #drewdonovan #fraud #dtla
Donovan, who also goes by the name Christian Andrews and once known as convicted felon Jimmy Wayne Jackson originally of Holland, Michigan, first gained the attention of the L.A. Loft Blog more than a year ago after he called our office requesting help to buy a luxury Sky loft in Downtown Los Angeles. It turns out that he is a scammer who claims to be a wealthy individual with terminal cancer who wants to help deserving individuals to pay their bills, and even wants to buy them a home. He just needs some assistance along the way to avoid his meddling parents, and he asks for a bit of help for his expenses during the process — well, he wants thousands of dollars of help actually. Based on Donovan’s carefully crafted B.S., it can seem like a small price to pay for more than a million dollars of handouts.
Of course, his payments of the bills will bounce, the million dollar check will bounce and the home purchase will never occur as his earnest money deposit confirmation and all other financial confirmations that he provides are phony. Naturally, nearly everything he says is a lie. Donovan is a full-time charlatan who runs a criminal enterprise using the highest level of skill, technology, forgery and identity theft to bilk hundreds of victims (including families and disabled persons) out of millions of dollars to support his depraved lifestyle of drugs and anonymous sex. He has even been accused of kidnapping a mother away from her children, and, based evidence recovered by the LA Loft Blog, Donovan might possibly be suspected of poisoning and rape using sleeping pills like Ambien. This monster is exactly where he belongs today because we all worked together to stop him:
Name: DONOVAN, DREW C
DOB: 11/21/1968
Gender: M
Facility: Maguire Correctional Facility
Case Number: 18-3379
SMCSO: 1223104
Booking Number: 767471.0
Next Court Date: 06/14/2018 01:30PM
Projected Release Date: Not Available
Court Dockets
COURT DOCKET BAIL CHARGE
18-NF-006521-A USD 25,000.00 M 148.9(a) PC Giving False Information To A Police Officer
18-NF-006521-A USD 25,000.00 M 11364.1 HS Possession Of Smoking Device
18-NF-006521-A USD 25,000.00 F 532(a) PC Obtaining Money, Labor Or Property By False Pretenses
18-NF-006521-A USD 25,000.00 F 11377(a) HS Possessing A Controlled Substance
18-NF-006521-A USD 25,000.00 F 4573 PC Bring Drugs Into A Jail
WR018085 NO BAIL F 1203.2 PROBATION VIO PC 1203.2 PROBATION VIO
WR018085 NO BAIL F 476A(a) PC Making Or Delivering A Check Exceeding $950 Knowing There Are Insufficient Funds For Payment
BURA10088701 NO BAIL F 476A(a) PC Non-Sufficient Fund Check Multiple Checks (Felony) | Submit / Request Evidence: crimestoppers@laloftblog.com
Thanks the mindful readers of the L.A. Loft Blog and the South San Francisco Police, the conniving creep is now safely behind bars where he belongs. Let’s hope he stays there for quite a while before he slithers his way back to Southern California. In the mean time, we all need to remain vigilant against fraudsters, con artists and other dangers that lurk.
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Hello,
My name is Carl and I am also a victim of Drew Christian Donovan. First, thanks for all your excellent work in tracking his moves. It really made a difference. Apparently, I was second to last before he was arrested. I live in S.F., and he got me to authorize his stay at a Hilton for 5,000 dollars, assuring me that he would charge everything on his card. Obviously, he didn’t do anything technically illegal and the Hilton is trying to get me to foot the whole bill.
Before I go and file a police report and a fraud claim with my bank, I would love to hear from you in terms of evidence that can be shown.
Thanks again,
Carl
Hi Carl,
Thank you for your email.
I’ve written 11 blog posts about Drew Donovan, generally almost one for each time a new victim who contacted me. They can be found at:
https://www.laloftblog.com/?s=donovan
The posts provide a good overview of the crimes, but the early posts give more history and details, while the most recent posts communicate the enormity and seriousness of his length crime spree. For law enforcement to investigate, it is important to communicate these facts that differentiate common civil fraud from Donovan’s serious crimes:
More than $2,000,000 in fraud losses to date, up to $15,000 or more per victim (based on 10 that have contacted the L.A. Loft blog to report fraud by Donovan).
Using fake financial instruments in the hundreds of millions of dollars
More than 100 victims in at least two states and at least 6 cities in California (more than 1 victim per week).
Conspiracy and criminal enterprise with his stated accomplice
Caused losses to several California real estate businesses, also hotels, catering, banks, car rental, credit card companies and other businesses
Reported kidnapping
Possible poisoning/rape
Convicted fraud felon
Stated interstate activities
I have a google drive with evidence that I can give directly to law enforcement because it has personal information on several of the victims. Law enforcement can request it at evidence@laloftblog.com
BTW make sure you get proof of your police report such as a receipt for your report. Give that to your credit card company, bank and to the hotel. They are all partly or fully responsible for preventing and correcting fraud.
Corey
Hey Carl, I spoke to the officer in SSF today he said it might be helpful to your case to let SF officers know that he is in custody and that they could “stack” charges now. He has another court date the 21st. If you want my info let me know. I am sorry that you had to also deal with this dirt bag.
Charla