FLORIDA:
PALM BEACH: Back in April 2012 Lacey Marie Stone was indicted in the Southern District of Illinois for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud involving the infamous Universal Marketing Solutions and Creative Vacation Solutions timeshare resale scams.
She was working the phones as both an opener and a closer out of a boiler room in Palm Beach, where she was personally responsible for about 141 fraudulent sales which brought in $282,418.86 according to the indictment.
On Dec. 19, 2012 Stone was taken into federal custody after serving time on state charges from earlier in the year. She is the latest of many to be charged in the massive timeshare scam that bilked $30 million from 22,219 victims across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, according to authorities.
So far a whopping 30 people have been charged in connection with the case. Twenty-four of them have been convicted. The other six, including Stone, are awaiting trial.
Of the 24 convicted, 18 people have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 18 months to over 15 years. Another six are awaiting sentencing.
Couldn?t have happened to a nicer bunch of people. Buh-bye, Lacey. 
POMPANO BEACH: Word on the street is that there was a bursting of a sprinkler pipe recently in the Areca Palm building of the Wyndham Palm-Aire resort, causing flooding, an evacuation, some cancelled reservations and water damage in some of the units.
I wonder where they put the evacuees, since the nearby Wyndham Santa Barbara (and the other Wyndham near the Santa Barbara) were booked solid? Do you suppose at least parts of the flooded building are already back in operation? I?d bet a nickel on it. 
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VIRGINIA:
HARRISONBURG: C.A.R.E. (Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers) has had a good year. The organization added more than 15 new member companies to its membership roster in 2012 and now boasts more than 160 international members.
Among the new members for 2012 are:
- Club Services International,
- Coastal Green Air of Florida,
- Connex UK & Ireland,
- International Travel Assets Developers S.A. de C.V.,
- Perfekt Marketing,
- Crown Vacation Exchange,
- Equity Transfers International,
- Ideal Private Resorts,
- Resort Condo Incentives,
- The Resort Place,
- Travel for Net Group,
- Bedsonline.com,
- R&L Properties,
- Real Canadian Travel,
- RM Vacation Times,
- Leisure Getaways and
- Relax Travel S. de R.L. de C.V.
Getting bigger and BIGGER!
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Source: http://www.insidethegate.com/gatehouse/2012/12/eastern-usa-timeshare-news-december-29-2012/
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