By Melanie Cleveland -- The Ohio trustee handling Atascadero developer Kelly Gearhart’s bankruptcy case is seeking to deny Gearhart and his wife the ability to eventually walk away from bankruptcy court debt-free.The request is relatively rare, bankruptcy experts say. But trus-tee Harold Corzin said it’s warranted based on what he alleges are the developer’s fraudulent acts: failure to disclose and account for numerous properties, vehicles, bank accounts and money, as well as destroying, falsifying or concealing important financial documents and other records, and lying under oath, according to a document filed in Ohio bankruptcy court Monday.

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