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 […]
Babak Zanjani, an Iranian oil sales intermediary who was previously sentenced to death for embezzling billions in oil revenue, will instead now serve a 20-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors said Hill created a Ponzi scheme by taking an investor’s money budgeted to buy homes and, instead, used it to live lavishly.
A real estate agent in Melbourne has received a three-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to stealing almost $100,000 from an elderly client of hers, and spending the money on expensive goods for herself. Hayley Philpot, a 29-year-old agent, pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to taking advantage of being given power of attorney for […]
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Six of 7 defendants accused of playing a role in alleged hazing death of Phat Nguyen, 21, in Nov. 2021, have had their cases dismissed in 54-B District Court.
Businessman Babak Zanjani was convicted in 2016 of pocketing billions from Iran's oil ministry.
A mother and daughter from Mount Vernon, New York, have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to COVID relief fraud.
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...
Some of the transactions do not include a transfer price because no money was exchanged for the property. All deeds are recorded in the Berks County recorder of deeds office and are a matter of public information.