Mel Spillman

Who is Mel Spillman?

Mel Spillman is an American probate clerk and fraudster who transferred properties of dead people to his own accounts.

Spillman lived in San Antonio, Texas. In the 1970s he was begun to work as a clerk in Bexar County courthouse. In the 1980s he began to work as a probate consultant in the medical examiner's office, handling funeral arrangements and other affairs of people who had died without heirs. His job was to sell off the property of the deceased and turn to proceeds over to the state. His coworkers knew him as a jovial man.

Spillman lived in a lavish house and seemed fond of Ferraris. He bought five of them and raced in racing events all over the USA. He even started his own racing team and had his own Formula One racing car. He said that he had inherited money from dead relatives.

In fact, Spillman stole money from the estates of dead people. He forged documents and turned the estate over to himself. When he sold the remaining property of the deceased, he did not turn the proceeds over to the state but transferred to money to himself. Sometimes he took over the house of the deceased and put it up for rent. In couple of cases he defrauded the real heirs with forged wills. He might also claim antiques and other items from the deceased's home for himself.