Former HGTV star gets jail time for real estate fraud
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WKBN.com— Prosecutors said Hill created a Ponzi scheme by taking an investor’s money budgeted to buy homes and, instead, used it to live lavishly.
FOX 8 Cleveland—Former HGTV star sentenced to 4 years in jail, has to pay nearly $10M. A former HGTV star was sentenced Tuesday to four years in jail in connection to multi-million dollar scams.
www.theyeshivaworld.com—Berkshire Hathaway’s Real Estate Firm To Pay $250 Million To Settle Real Estate Commission Lawsuits. A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide claiming that longstanding practices by real estate brokerages forced U.S. homeowners to pay artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their homes. HomeServices of America said Friday that the proposed settlement would shield its 51 […]
Drudge Report—How Real Estate Became Showbiz and Agents Became Stars. The crowd began gathering at 5 p.m., into the movie-perfect backyard of a 1920s Spanish-style Los Angeles estate once owned by Madonna. The air was so soft and eucalyptus-scented you could wrap yourself in it. Glasses clinked. The pool glinted in the slinking sun. In the Santa Monica Mountains above, the Hollywood sign gleamed like a row of perfectly capped teeth. Into that golden light stepped Mauricio Umansky, fresh off his debut the night before on “Dancing With the Stars.” He made his way to...