The trustee administering the bankruptcy estate of Chimene Van Gundy, the self-described “Queen of Mobile Homes” and “the Mobile Home Millionaire” accused of running a Ponzi scheme, has asked a judge to toss her case.
Chapter 7 trustee Randy Osherow filed the motion to dismiss the liquidation case on grounds that Van Gundy has failed to comply with her obligations under the bankruptcy code.
Van Gundy did not appear at a creditors meeting conducted by telephone Thursday. Such meetings allow the trustee and creditors to question a debtor.
James Wilkins, Van Gundy’s bankruptcy lawyer, told Osherow as the meeting began that Van Gundy had been advised by her physician not to attend.
“The doctor says she can’t testify right now,” Wilkins said.
Van Gundy has said she sustained a brain injury late last year after falling and hitting her head on a concrete table at her home. She didn’t know what caused the fall, but said it has caused memory problems.
The New Braunfels businesswoman has boasted that she earned more than $10 million buying manufactured homes on the cheap, fixing them up and flipping them. She’s been a guest on numerous podcasts and other programs to tout her investing prowess.
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