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[1] [2] The company was based in Brooklyn. [3] As of December 2013, Rapid Realty had 65 offices. [4] [1] Rapid Realty NYC was the first rental brokerage in New York to utilize a business franchise model. After many legal battles and fines issued by the state of New York, Rapid Realty is no longer in operation and Anthony Lolli has sold the ...
A 90-year-old New Yorker is facing eviction from his Brooklyn home of over 50 years after he says he fell victim to a deed scam — 18 years ago.. Ray Cortez’s plan to live out his days in the ...
Ripoff Report is a private for-profit website founded by Ed Magedson. [1] The Ripoff Report has been online since December 1998 and is operated by Xcentric Ventures, LLC which is based in Tempe, Arizona. [2] In 2023 an Australian judge found the company purports to be a consumer review site but profits from extortive business practices. [3]
George C. Parker (1860–1936): American con man who sold New York City monuments to tourists, including the Brooklyn Bridge, which he sold twice a week for years. The saying "I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge" originated from this con. [13] Charles Ponzi (1882–1949): Italian swindler and con artist; "Ponzi scheme" is a type of fraud named ...
A dream home became a nightmare when Raegan Bartlo and her husband lost $255K to real estate wire fraud. Learn how this elaborate scam works — and how to spot the signs you're about to be their ...
[1] [3] Rocancourt served a year in prison before being extradited to New York and pleading guilty to charges of theft, grand larceny, smuggling, bribery, perjury and fraud against 19 victims. In September 2003, the plea resulted in a fine of $9 million, an order to pay $1.2 million in restitution and a term of three years and ten months in ...
The firm owns more than 60 buildings, with thousands of residential units, in New York and New Jersey. [2] The partnership are known for their attempted purchase of the Starrett City housing complex in Brooklyn, New York , for $1.3 billion on February 8, 2007 in one of the largest real estate transactions in history. [ 3 ]
William M. Parente (July 20, 1949 – April 20, 2009) was a New York real estate attorney who came into the spotlight following the murders of his wife and two daughters and his suicide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At the time, he was also under investigation by the FBI for an alleged Ponzi scheme .