{"id":197990,"date":"2025-09-03T22:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/197990\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:50:19","slug":"jacksonville-woman-accused-of-defrauding-airbnb-investors-gets-final-chance-to-comply-to-avoid-civil-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/197990\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville woman accused of defrauding Airbnb investors gets final chance to comply to avoid civil arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 A Jacksonville businesswoman who made her name mentoring others through credit repair services and Airbnb investments was back in court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A judge in a civil fraud case found Janay White misled clients and then ruled she failed to follow court orders in the case. On Wednesday, she was given one last chance to comply.<\/p>\n

During court, White told a judge why she hasn\u2019t paid the judgment or produced full financial records.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I fully complied because I did everything that I could in my power to get the information,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

Back in July, White was held in contempt for failing to show proof she couldn\u2019t pay the more than $35,000 owed.<\/a> A civil arrest warrant was issued, but she was never arrested because, according to court documents, police couldn\u2019t find her.<\/p>\n

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Chris Dempsey, the plaintiff\u2019s attorney, wants to know: Where did the money go?<\/p>\n

In court, he played a video White posted on social media addressing her clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cAin\u2019t nobody getting their money back. If you feel like I owe you a refund, take me to court. And we will let a judge decide,\u201d she says in the video.<\/p>\n

White said she put her clients\u2019 money in a PNC bank account. But she said she did not produce any bank records from that account.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I read the sheet, the way I comprehended the sheet, it said to produce records for the last 12 months for my business. I never did any other accounts or got any statement since 2023, so I don\u2019t have it,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

White\u2019s attorney said her 2020 and 2021 tax returns were turned over, and bank statements for the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

However, her tax returns were not filed for the past three years \u2014 2022, 2023, 2024 \u2014 which is when the plaintiff says this all happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna let her hang herself with it. She did a lot of back and forth and a lot of contradictory statements, and we have all the evidence that we need,\u201d Plaintiff Rayvon Griffin-Bright said.<\/p>\n

Court records suggest Janay White profited more than $1.2 million from more than 100 people who paid for investment or credit repair services.<\/p>\n

Some of those people testified in court on Wednesday. One of them said they paid White $2,050.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the judge now sees that she needs to produce more documentation, based on what happened in there. She doesn\u2019t have a lot of time left, and I think during that time, Rayvon\u2019s lawyer can really poke holes into the evidence they don\u2019t want to provide,\u201d said Ashley \u201cBuddy\u201d Wilson, who invested $56,000 with White.<\/p>\n

But White\u2019s attorney said in court that profits were not guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dempsey said he will not stop \u201cuntil justice is served.\u201d<\/p>\n

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News4JAX attempted to speak to White several times, but she ignored our crew.<\/p>\n

However, her attorney Donald Dempsey said he believes White has the ability to comply with the court order.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be in good shape with that, and we should be doing everything we can to comply.\u201d<\/p>\n

White told the court she\u2019s working with a CPA to file missing tax returns. She has 30 days to hand over the documents.<\/p>\n

The judge also granted a subpoena for her boyfriend\u2019s bank accounts, where White admitted some clients may be sending money.<\/p>\n

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