Chapel Ridge Apartments has $734K in past-due water bills, data reveals

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) — An apartment complex owner who has not provided trash collections for his residents for weeks also has not paid his water bill for months.

Data obtained by WLBT shows that Chapel Ridge Apartments LLC currently owes JXN Water more than $734,000 for water for the Chapel Ridge facility, with the last payment made dating back to February 2024.

According to the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office, Chapel Ridge’s registered agent is Fredrick Schulman of Monsey, New York.

The company was formed in October 2021. It was administratively dissolved on January 5, 2024, but reinstated on August 1.

Last August, Schulman, along with Moshe Silber and Chaim Puretz, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution as part of a $119 million mortgage scheme.

In January, Puretz, who also owns multiple Jackson apartment complexes, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In March, Schulman and Silber each were sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, with one year of supervised release.

However, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ website shows none of the offenders are currently in federal custody.

Meanwhile, Schulman’s failure to provide trash collections at Chapel Ridge has garnered the attention of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

On May 13, the agency notified the manager that he was in violation of state statute and city code for failing to pick up and dispose of trash for tenants at the Raymond Road complex.

MDEQ referred to two code sections, one state statute regarding the formation of illegal dumping sites, and one city code mandating apartment owners to provide trash hauling for tenants.

The agency is giving Schulman 10 days to clean up the waste that is currently littering the site, and ordering all future waste be “properly contained within a waste receptacle and disposed of on a frequency to prevent scavenging or creation of nuisance conditions.”

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