The 31-year-old former used car salesman ran what insiders say was an illegal home financing scheme from an office in Clackamas. Former employees say he purchased 300 to 400 homes using investors' credit scores and in some cases, phony pay and tax documents.

On Thursday, FBI agents were seen leaving his sister's Vancouver home with Richardson's personal computer. They are looking for financial statements and electronic messages.

KATU News spoke with Richardson's sister Thursday morning and she said her brother left that computer at her home before he fled the country last week.

KATU News also obtained a copy of a subpoena from the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities demanding that Richardson turn over certain records that include:

• Bank account transactions from all accounts controlled by his company
• All ATM receipts
• Check drafts drawn on accounts
• Records of safety deposit boxes and loan applications, including credit reports and payment histories
• Read the subpoena (pdf file)

KATU News will continue to follow this story.  For more background on Richardson, and the investors who say he bilked them out of money, visit our story update page.