Heidi Planck missing update – Jason Sugarman ‘probed over a $43M fraud’ as Reddit & Webslueth users seek LinkedIn clues

WHO IS HEIDI PLANCK’S BOSS?

Jason Sugarman is Heidi Planck’s boss.

He is accused of stealing « $43 million from unwitting pension funds to finance the acquisition of a global financial conglomerate of European and Bermuda insurers, and investment advisers based in Virginia and Connecticut » according to legal documents obtained by The Sun.

HEIDI’S DOG FOUND

Heidi was captured on security footage leaving her home in Downey, California with her dog in her gray 2017 Range Rover on October 17, and the pooch was found later that day on the 28th floor of a high-rise in LA.

Cops have not said how Heidi is connected to the Hope + Flower complex, and reviews on Yelp.com, seen by The Sun, show many disgruntled residents hate the building.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, her ex Jim revealed how he found messages on Heidi’s phone from a stranger who had discovered her dog Seven wandering alone in the high-rise.

He said he then went to pick up the pet from a couple « who said they had just found it roaming around on their floor in the hallway. »

WHEN WAS HEIDI PLANCK LAST SEEN?

39-year-old Heidi Planck was last seen on October 17 at her son’s football game.

She was captured on security footage that same day leaving her home with her dog in her gray 2017 Range Rover.

However, the dog was found later that day on the 28th floor of a high-rise building in downtown LA – 12 miles from her home in Downey, California.

It was not until three days later that Heidi was reported missing by her ex-husband Jim Wayne after failing to pick up their 10-year-old son from school.

EX-HUSBAND SAYS HEIDI WAS ‘EDGY’ DURING LAST SIGHTING

Planck went to Downey to watch her 10-year-old son play football the day she was last seen, but her ex-husband Jim Wayne said she left the game early.

« She may have been a little bit edgy. I don’t know, » Wayne told CBSLA.

« I just know that was the last time we spoke to her. »

BOSS WANTED HER LAPTOP

Heidi Planck’s ex-husband claimed that her boss wanted her laptop.

James Wayne told the DailyMail that when he spoke on the phone with his ex-wife’s boss’s assistant, her boss seemed more interested in recovering Heidi’s laptop than Heidi’s wellbeing and whereabouts.

POLICE ASK PUBLIC FOR HELP

The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in the search of Heidi Planck.

WHO IS HEIDI PLANCK?

Planck, 38, is known as a California mom who was reported missing on October 20, 2021.

According to her LinkedIn profile, she currently works as a controller and executive assistant at Camden Capital Partners.

She was last seen on October 17, looking « antsy » at her son’s football game, according to her ex-husband.

The missing mom is described as a 5’3″, 120 pound white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes who was last seen wearing jeans and a grey sweater.

LOOK OUT FOR A RANGE ROVER

Heidi Planck was last seen driving a 2017 gray Range Rover with a California license plate.

Anyone with information that could help investigations should contact the Los Angeles Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit at 213-996-1800.

Anonymous tipsters should call the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to the Crime Stoppers website.

WHERE IS HEIDI PLANCK FROM?

Planck, 38, is a California mom who was reported missing on October 20, 2021.

According to her LinkedIn profile, she currently works as a controller and executive assistant at Camden Capital Partners.

EX-HUSBAND SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY

Jim Wayne believes that his ex-wife’s job might have played a role in her mysterious disappearance.

« Something’s dirty here, » he told Fox News.

The missing woman’s ex-husband said he received a phone call from a Securities and Exchange Commission official on October 21. The person asked him about Heidi’s boss, Jason Sugarman.

‘STRANGER’ FOUND HEIDI’S DOG

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, her ex Jim revealed how he found messages on Heidi’s phone from a stranger who had discovered her dog Seven wandering alone in the high-rise.

He said he then went to pick up the pet from a couple « who said they had just found it roaming around on their floor in the hallway. »

Jim added: « I first became worried when Heidi didn’t show up to pick up our son at school and I contacted the West LA police department immediately. 

« The dog’s microchip…was an afterthought. I guess it was three or four days later that I started looking. »

EX-HUSBAND SAYS HEIDI’S BOSS HAS ANSWERS ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS

James Wayne told DailyMail.com he believes the missing mom’s investment firm boss Jason Sugarman knows where Heidi is.

« The answer to Heidi’s whereabouts lies with her boss, Jason Sugarman, and his company, » he said.

‘Heidi knows all of Jason’s and the company’s secrets. She knows where the bones are buried,’ he said. 

‘This whole thinks just stinks. Something just isn’t right, and I can’t put my finger on it.’

Sugarman is reportedly being investigated over a $42million fraud.

BOYFRIEND NOT NAMED AS PERSON OF INTEREST

There is no evidence to suggest that Heidi’s current partner was involved in her disappearance.

Police have not named him as a suspect or person of interest in her missing persons case.

Heidi’s ex-husband, Jim Wayne, told The Sun, “They had been in an argument the week before so he didn’t know anything about her disappearance.”

“I don’t have any worries about him, he’s a great guy,” he noted.

CONNECTION TO APARTMENT COMPLEX?

The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that security footage from October 17 shows her leaving her Palms home on L.A.’s Westside with her dog, CBSLA reports.

Friends of Planck posted flyers in Downtown LA around the corner of 12th and Hope Street on Saturday after Planck’s dog was found wandering through the halls on the 28th floor of an apartment building nearby.

Los Angeles Police Department Detectives have not said if Planck is connected to the complex.

However, Jarrod Burguan, a retired San Bernardino police chief, said: “People are very, very attached to their pets, and their pets do not just go missing. There clearly is something out of place here.”

One friend told CBS: “It seems to us that everything stems from that building where her dog was found.”

TIMELINE OF HEIDI PLANCK’S DISAPPEARANCE

• October 17: Went to her son’s football game and was last seen in Downtown Los Angeles
• October 20: She failed to pick up her son and a missing persons report was filed
• October 29: The FBI raided her home

HEIDI’S BOSS ‘DIDN’T SEEM CONCERNED WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE’

Heidi Planck’s ex-husband James Wayne told DailyMail.com that the missing mom’s boss Jason Sugarman did not appear worried about Heidi and was instead concerned with getting her work laptop back.

Wayne said: « While I was on the phone with his assistant, I heard Sugarman in the background barking at his assistant to tell me, ‘make sure he knows I want my laptop.’

« There was no concern and all from my ex-wife’s employer. It’s a multimillion-dollar company, they didn’t offer to hire a private investigator or put up a reward. 

‘ »The only thing they really seemed concerned about was Heidi’s computer. »

Wayne said he handed the laptop to police.

WHO IS JIM WAYNE?

Jim Wayne, 63, is Planck’s ex-husband. The pair divorced after four years together shortly after the birth of their son.

Reportedly, Wayne is a hairdresser for celebrities in Beverly Hills, according to Meaww.

Wayne and Planck had a 24-year age gap at the time of their relationship.

Their son together is their only child. Wayne claimed that Planck’s parenting style was « relaxed. »

POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING

Heidi is white, 5-feet-3 inches tall, and weighs about 120 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes.

If you have seen or have any information regarding the whereabouts of Planck, Heidi please contact the Los Angeles Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit at 213-996-1800.

During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247).

Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to http://www.lacrimestoppers.org.

SUSPICIOUS BUILDING

Residents of an apartment building where missing mom Heidi Planck’s dog was found have raised concerns over ‘criminal activity and guns fired’ at the location.

Cops have not said how Heidi is connected to the Hope + Flower complex, and reviews on Yelp.com, seen by The Sun, show many disgruntled residents hate the building.

One reads: “DO NOT MOVE HERE. Resident of 18 months… Plenty of other buildings in the area to chose from. Rent at your own risk.”

They list 14 alleged issues including theft, “rampant drug use” and “rowdy residents,” claiming security cares more about people wearing masks sunbathing by the pool than following through with neighbor issues.

A second resident posted last month, warning prospective residents: “DO NOT MOVE HERE!! Don’t fall for the nice amenity spaces and valet parking and make the mistake of thinking this is a luxury building. This is anything but.

SON ‘WANTS TO SPEND BIRTHDAY WITH HIS MOM’

Heidi’s ex-husband Jim Wayne said their son is due to turn 11 this week and wants to spend his birthday with his mom.

Wayne told NBC: “He was doing OK until he saw a photo of them the other day – then he just broke down.

« He told me that he just wanted one more time to talk to her. That hurt. That was really painful.”

“What kid wants to spend his birthday without his mom,” he continued. “We’re just hoping for a miracle and that she comes home.”

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HEIDI’S BOSS, CONTINUED

In September last year Heidi’s boss Jason Sugarman’s reported business partner, Jason Galanis, was « sentenced to 189 months in prison for his participation in multiple fraudulent schemes », according to legal records.  

Asked about Sugarman, a managing partner at Heidi’s firm Camden Capital, Heidi’s ex-husband Jim Wayne, 63, told The Sun she had never spoken to him about the legal issues her colleague is facing.

Jim said: “Heidi would have been working with him daily, for sure. »

He added: “I know for a fact that the police are looking into that. That’s absolutely one of their lines of enquiry. »

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HEIDI’S BOSS

Jason Sugarman is accused of stealing « $43 million from unwitting pension funds to finance the acquisition of a global financial conglomerate of European and Bermuda insurers, and investment advisers based in Virginia and Connecticut » according to legal documents obtained by The Sun.

It is not clear what the status of that civil lawsuit is.

Sugarman’s father-in-law, Peter Guber, is the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment and owner of the Golden State Warriors NBA team.

Sugarman himself is said to be a minority owner of Los Angeles Football Club.

HEIDI WAS ‘UNCOMFORTABLE AND RESTLESS’ BEFORE DISAPPEARANCE

The missing mom’s ex-husband Jim Wayne said Heidi appeared « edgy » and « angsty » at their son’s football game in Downey on October 17.

« She was sitting over here, then sitting over there and then she was walking over there. It just seemed like she was a little antsy.

“Most people go to the football game and find a seat and they just sit down and they stay there. 

“She was walking around and then she was sitting over here and then she was sitting over there. Then she kind of came over to the side that we were sitting on. 

“I sat on the opposite side only because it was sunny on that side and I felt a little cold.

“It was like when somebody is not comfortable and not calm, so they’re kind of like moving from place to place, you know?”

‘SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE’

Jarrod Burguan, a retired San Bernardino police chief found it curious that Heidi’s dog Seven was found, but Heidi disappeared. 

« People are very, very attached to their pets, and their pets do not just go missing,” he said.

« There clearly is something out of place here. »

One friend told CBS: « It seems to us that everything stems from that building where her dog was found. »

WHEN WAS HEIDI REPORTED MISSING?

When Heidi failed to pick up her 10-year-old son from school on October 20, her ex-husband filed a missing person’s report.

Then, on October 29, FBI agents raided her home carrying away various files; they had been bracing to find a crime scene there, according to local reports.