Chances are, several T.O. Acorn readers will recognize the names Terry and Cheri Tucker, especially after last week's story ("'Charming couple' leaves a path of financial destruction").

Some of your readers undoubtedly had a negative experience with the Tuckers. At least $31 million worth of real estate and mortgages flowed through their hilltop home office in Thousand Oaks.

The Tuckers were the benefactors of millions of dollars as a result, allowing them to live the high life, driving brand new cars, taking monthlong European river cruises and traveling the country in what's been described as a "million dollar motor home."

Their shady, convoluted deals came crumbling down around them, leaving them little choice but to plead guilty to two counts of bank fraud in U.S. Circuit Court in L.A. on Fri., March 27.

The fact that our names appeared on one of 15 counts against the Tuckers is of little solace and isn't enough to stop the damage they've done to our credit and savings.

In fact, the Tuckers' relatives who run their "loan processing center" in Oklahoma continue to perpetuate their scams in their absence, stealing money from unsuspecting renters while holding powerless homeowners like us hostage.

We've lost two homes to foreclosure because of the scams these people roped us into. Our last house, a little 4-bedroom in T.O., teeters on the brink of foreclosure. While the banks may have had their day in court and won guilty pleas from the Tuckers, there are a greater number of people, like us, who are hurting.

Because of my involvement with a growing group of Tucker victims, the U.S. Attorney's office has asked for my help in identifying victims of the Tuckers. Please call me at (805) 531-1108 or e-mail TuckerVictims@aol.com. Steve Harshfield Moorpark

Although they plead guilty, the Tuckers haven't been convicted of any crime.