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Florida Real Estate Agent Charged with Trafficking Weapons and Drugs

Florida Real Estate Agent Charged with Trafficking Weapons and Drugs

by Phil Hall | Apr 14, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Florida real estate agent has been indicted on multiple charges related to the trafficking of firearms and drugs. Braden Hobbs, an agent with Florida Homes Realty & Mortgage in Jacksonville, fell into the law enforcement investigative scope when several firearms...
Massachusetts Lawmaker Arrested for Stealing Funds from Builders Group

Massachusetts Lawmaker Arrested for Stealing Funds from Builders Group

by Phil Hall | Apr 14, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A state representative in Massachusetts was arrested for stealing $36,000 from a Cape Cod-based builders trade group. Rep. Christopher Flanagan, a Democrat elected in 2022 from the First Barnstable District, was indicted on five counts of wire fraud and one count of...
Chicago Real Estate Broker Sentenced for $3 Million Investor Fraud

Chicago Real Estate Broker Sentenced for $3 Million Investor Fraud

by Phil Hall | Apr 10, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Chicago real estate broker was sentenced to four years and two months in federal prison for defrauding four investors out of more than $3 million. Stanislav Sannikov, also known as Steve Sannikov, owned and operated Chestnut Realty Group. According to the charges...
Real Estate Scammer Sentenced in $3 Million Loan Fraud

Real Estate Scammer Sentenced in $3 Million Loan Fraud

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Chicago-area real estate professional was sentenced to five years in federal prison defrauding multiple financial institutions out of more than $3 million. David Izsak, the sole proprietor of Skokie, Illinois-based Premier Assets Inc. and Premier Properties...
Ex-Duke Football Player Charged in 2024 Killing of North Carolina Real Estate Agent

Ex-Duke Football Player Charged in 2024 Killing of North Carolina Real Estate Agent

by Phil Hall | Mar 28, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A former Duke University football player has confessed to the July 2024 killing of North Carolina real estate agent Whitney Hurd. The New York Post reports Brandon Braxton wrote “I killed Whitney Hurd” in a message to the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office earlier this...
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