A Delaware homebuyer has filed a lawsuit in federal court after losing $2.2 million in a real estate closing scam. WBOC reports Johanna Berkowitz was buying a luxury property in Dewey Beach, Delaware, with a closing scheduled for Nov. 21, 2025. Two days before the...
Two golfers in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from taking over a public golf course. Last month, the administration terminated the federal government’s lease agreement with the nonprofit National Links Trust (NLT) for three...
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has filed a civil lawsuit against a family of landlords, claiming they are operating a “slumlord empire” built on a Ponzi scheme foundation. Schwalb cited Ali “Sam” Razjooyan, his brother Eimon “Ray” Razjooyan,...
Chicago Title Insurance Company has filed a lawsuit this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York claiming that it was the victim of an email compromise scheme that resulted in $4.1 million being diverted from a real estate closing in...
A New York City landlord is being sued for illegally turning rent-stabilized apartments into short-term hotel rooms. National Today reports the city filed a lawsuit against Mark David Militana, who owns two brownstone buildings on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The two...