Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Respondent: OSCAR HALL
Judges: SUSAN BELYEU KIRKLAND
Agency: Department of Financial Services
Locations: Tampa, Florida
Filed: Sep. 19, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, December 5, 2007.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
REPHESENTING
ALEX SINK
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
STATE OF FLORIDA
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IN THE MATTER OF:
CASE NO.: 87688-07-AG
OSCAR HALL
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
TO: OSCAR HALL
51.0 Highview Terrace North
Brandon, Florida 33510
You, OSCAR HALL, license ID. #4108750, are hereby notified that the Chief Financial
Officer of the State of Florida has caused to be made an investigation of your activities while
licensed as a limited surety agent in this state, as a result of which it is alleged:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
1. Pursuant to Chapter 648, Florida Statutes, you, OSCAR HALL, are currently
licensed in this state as a resident life agent, life and health agent, general lines agent, and limited
surety agent.
2. Atall times pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to herein, you,
OSCAR HALL, were licensed in this state as a resident life agent, life and health agent, general
lines agent, and limited surety agent.
3. Pursuant to Chapter 648, Florida Statutes, the Florida Department of Financial
Services (“Department”) has jurisdiction over your life agent, life and health agent, general lines
agent, and limited surety agent licenses and appointments.
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4. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 3 are hereby realleged and fully
incorporated by reference. _
5. On August 28, 1987, you, OSCAR HALL, entered into an Executing Agent’s
Contract with Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc. or Accredited Bond Agencies, Inc.
6. Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc. is an insurer, and Accredited Bond
Agencies, Inc. is a managing general agent.
7. Pursuant to the Executing Agent’s Contract, you, OSCAR HALL, were required
to pay premiums to Accredited Bond Agencies, Inc. by the effective date of the bond(s) you,
‘OSCAR HALL, your sub agents or employees wrote.
8. Pursuant to the Executing Agent’s Contract, any loss due to forfeiture or |
estreature of any bail bond executed by you, OSCAR HALL, your sub agents or employees, shall
be borne entirely by you, OSCAR HALL.
9. As of December, 2005, you, OSCAR HALL, owed Accredited Surety and
Casualty Company, Inc. $64,315.39 for your failure to comply with the Executing Agent’s
Contract, excluding interest, attorneys’ fees and costs.
10. Of the $64,315.39, $42,455.42 was comprised of unpaid forfeitures/judgments
related to bonds written for Elliott Shawn Campbell, and $17,141,86 was comprised of unpaid
premiums.
11. On November 8, 2006, a Final Judgment was entered against you, OSCAR
HALL, in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida in the
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case styled Accredited Bond Agencies, Inc, et al. v. Oscar Hall, Case No 05-CA-10879. The
Final Judgment requires you, OSCAR HALL to pay Accredited Bond Agencies, Inc. and
Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc. $77,860.47, plus any accrued interest.
12. You, OSCAR HALL, have not fully paid the Final Judgment.
13. You, OSCAR HALL, still owe Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Ine.
and Accredited Bond Agencies, Inc. for unpaid forfeitures/judgments related to bonds written for
Elliott Shawn Campbell, and unpaid premiums.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, OSCAR HALL, have violated or are
accountable under the following provisions of the Florida Insurance Code and Rules of the
Department which constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of your licenses and
appointments:
(a) Guilty of misappropriation, conversion, or unlawful withholding of moneys
belonging to a surety, a principal, or others and received in the conduct of business under a
license. [Section 648.45(1)(h), Florida Statutes].
(b) Has demonstrated lack of good faith in carrying out contractual obligations and
agreements. [Section 648.45(1)(1), Florida Statutes].
(c) Has failed to perform a contractual obligation or agreement with a managing
general agent or insurer which results in an unrecovered loss due to nonpayment of a forfeiture
or judgment by the licensee. [Section 648.45(1)(m), Florida Statutes].
(d) Failure or refusal, upon demand, to pay over to any insurer the bail bond agent
represents or has represented any money coming into his or her hands which money belongs to
the insurer. [Section 648.45(3)(d), Florida Statutes].
(e) All premiums, return premiums, or other funds belonging to insurers or others
received by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter in transactions under her or his license are
trust funds received by the licensee in a fiduciary capacity, and the licensee must account for and
pay the same to the insurer, insured, or other person entitled to such funds. [Section 648.295(1),
Florida Statutes].
(f) Violation of any law relating to the business of bail bond insurance or violation of
any provision of the insurance code. [Section 648.45(3)(d), Florida Statutes).
WHEREFORE, you, OSCAR HALL, are hereby notified that the Chief Financial Officer
intends to enter an Order suspending or revoking your licenses and appointments or to impose
such penalties as may be provided under the provisions of Sections 648.45, 648.46, 648.51,
648.52, 648.525, and 648.53, Florida Statutes, and under the other referenced Sections of the
Florida Statutes as set out in this Administrative Complaint.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
‘You have the right to request a proceeding to contest this action by the Department
pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, and Rule 28-106, Florida
Administrative Code. The proceeding request must be in writing, signed by you, and must be
filed with the Department within twenty-one (21) days of your receipt of this notice. Completion
of the attached Election of Proceeding form and/or a petition for administrative hearing will
suffice as a written request. The request must be filed with the General Counsel acting as
Agency Clerk, at the Florida Department of Financial Services, 612 Larson Building, 200 East
Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333. Your written response must be received by the
Department no later than 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-first day after your receipt of this notice.
Mailing the response on the twenty-first day will not preserve your right to a hearing.
YOUR FAILURE TO RESPOND IN WRITING WITHIN
TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS
NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF YOUR
RIGHT TO REQUEST A PROCEEDING ON THE
MATTERS ALLEGED HEREIN AND AN ORDER OF
SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION WILL BE ENTERED
AGAINST YOU.
If you request a proceeding, you must provide information that complies with the
requirements of Rule 28-106.2015, Florida Administrative Code. As noted above, completion of
the attached Election of Proceeding form conforms to these requirements. Specifically, your
response must contain:
(a) The name; address, and telephone number, and facsimile number (Gif any) of the
tespondent (for the purpose of requesting a hearing in this matter, you are the "respondent").
(b) The name, address, telephone number, facsimile number of the attorney or
qualified representative of the respondent (if any) upon whom service of pleadings and other
papers shall be made.
(c) A statement requesting an administrative hearing identifying those material facts
that are in dispute. If there are none, the petition must so indicate.
(d) A statement of when the respondent received notice of the administrative
complaint.
(ec) A statement including the file number to the administrative complaint.
Ifa hearing of any type is requested, you have the right to be represented by counsel or
other qualified representative at your expense, to present evidence and argument, to call and
cross-examine witnesses, and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
documents by subpoena.
Ifa proceeding is requested and there is no dispute of material fact, the provisions of
Section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes, apply. In this regard, you may submit oral or written
evidence in opposition to the action taken by the Department or a written statement challenging
the grounds upon which the Department has relied. While a hearing is normally not required in
the absence of a dispute of fact, if you feel that a hearing is necessary, one will be conducted in
Tallahassee, Florida, or by telephonic conference call upon your request,
However, if you dispute material facts which are the basis for the Department’s action,
you must request an adversarial proceeding pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57(1), Florida
Siatutes. These proceedings are held before a State Administrative Law J udge of the Division of
Administrative Hearings. Unless the majority of witnesses are located elsewhere, the
Department will request that the hearing be conducted in Tallahassee, Florida.
Failure to follow the procedure outlined with regard to your response to this notice may
result in the request being denied. All prior oral communication or correspondence in this matter
shall be considered freeform agency action, and no such oral communication or correspondence
shall operate as a valid request for an administrative proceeding. Any request for an
administrative proceeding received prior to the date of this notice shall be deemed abandoned
unless timely renewed in compliance with the guidelines as set out above.
Mediation of this matter pursuant to Section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not available.
No Department attorney will discuss this matter with you until the response has been received by
the Department.
BO yay ly
DATED and SIGNED this day of , 2007.
N CHANDLER
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLAINT and ELECTION OF PROCEEDING has been furnished to: OSC. HALL, 510
Highyiew ig North, Brandon, Florida 33510, by Certified Mail this << / day of
, 2007. ,
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Robert :
Alan Fox
Senior Attorney
Department of Financial Services
Division of Legal Services .
612 Larson Building
- 200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333
(850) 413-4106
Docket for Case No: 07-004310PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Dec. 05, 2007 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Dec. 03, 2007 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction and Close File filed.
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Nov. 29, 2007 |
Letter to Judge Harrell from J. Fritz regarding hearing schedule filed.
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Oct. 15, 2007 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 15, 2007 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for December 10, 2007; 9:00 a.m.; Tampa and Tallahassee, FL).
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Oct. 04, 2007 |
Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 02, 2007 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 20, 2007 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 19, 2007 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 19, 2007 |
Answer and Affirmative Defenses filed.
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Sep. 19, 2007 |
Agency referral filed.
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