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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...
Kansas Real Estate Agent Indicted for Tax Evasion and Wire Fraud

Kansas Real Estate Agent Indicted for Tax Evasion and Wire Fraud

by Phil Hall | Apr 11, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The owner of a Kansas City-area real estate agency was indicted for with tax evasion and wire fraud. According to the charges brought against her, Michelle O’Connor of Louisburg, Kansas, filed federal income tax returns for 2008 through 2015 that said she owed...
Four Real Estate Scammers Indicted for NYC Deed Theft Schemes

Four Real Estate Scammers Indicted for NYC Deed Theft Schemes

by Phil Hall | Mar 19, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Four people and three companies were indicted for a series of deed theft schemes that resulted in three New York City homeowners having their residences stolen. The schemes occurred between March and July 2023 and impacted homeowners in the Kew Gardens Hills, Queens...
Honolulu Real Estate Developer Indicted for Illegal Campaign Contributions

Honolulu Real Estate Developer Indicted for Illegal Campaign Contributions

by Phil Hall | Feb 11, 2025 | Market Snapshot, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Honolulu real estate developer was indicted for illegal political campaign contributions. Timothy Lee, CEO of JL Capital,48, was indicted by the Oahu Grand Jury and charged with nine counts of False Name Contribution that occurred in 2020. According to the...
Los Angeles Commercial Real Estate Agent Indicted on Tax Evasion

Los Angeles Commercial Real Estate Agent Indicted on Tax Evasion

by Phil Hall | Oct 8, 2024 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Los Angeles-based commercial real estate agent was indicted for evading the payment of his individual income taxes and for obstructing the IRS in its efforts to collect those taxes. According to the indictment, Gabriel Guerrero has a history of failing to file tax...
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