Roswell Escrow Manager to Be Sentenced for Fraud Scheme

ALBUQUERQUE – Former Roswell escrow company owner Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner, 45, of Roswell, is scheduled to be sentenced for wire fraud on July 25, 2024, at 10:15 AM in Las Cruces.

In his plea agreement, Jensen-Tanner admitted that from January 2017 through October 2019, while owning and operating Roswell Escrow Services, Inc., he knowingly engaged in a scheme to defraud clients and obtain money through false representations. RES's business involved holding clients' funds for 1031 exchanges and servicing real estate contracts.

Jensen-Tanner made material misrepresentations to his clients about how these funds would be held or spent. Instead, on numerous occasions Jensen-Tanner used the funds for personal purposes.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico are seeking individuals who may have been victims of a wire fraud scheme involving Jensen-Tanner and Roswell Escrow Services, Inc. (RES) between January 2017 and October 2019.  If you were a client of Jensen-Tanner and/or RES and believe you are a victim, please contact the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or tips.fbi.gov.

If you are a victim or potential victim and would like to attend the sentencing, please contact Victim Specialist Jacquie Gutierrez at (575) 522-2304 before the date of the hearing for more information.

The Roswell Division of the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation investigated this case with assistance from the Securities and Financial Institutions Divisions of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department. Assistant United States Attorneys Ry Ellison and Richard Williams are prosecuting the case.

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