Real Estate Agent Caught Stealing From Seller...

[James H. Bushart]

...and receives a "reprimand" from his licensing board.

Licensing solves nothing.

Here is the story as blogged by another real estate salesman....

Every so often the Real Estate Agency here in the State of Oregon (our licensing board) sends out a publication. It includes the latest news, updates, continuing education requirements, that type of thing.


Also included is the juicy stuff . . . the civil fines, reprimands, license revocations, and suspensions they've recently adjudicated. I thoroughly enjoy reading about who got into trouble and why. I like to think of it as my little real estate version of the "National Enquirer"

So here's a good one. I'm reading about a listing agent who took a short sale. The owners moved out-of-state, leaving the house partially furnished -- staged if you will.

When there was no offer forthcoming, the listing expired. The FOR SALE sign was taken down. Soon thereafter, a neighbor noticed something odd and reported that someone was removing personal items from the property.

When the police arrived, the listing agent along with someone she had hired, were in the process of disconnecting the air conditioner. The officer thought that strange, so he went into the home and found the stove and refrigerator were missing.

They found the seller's stove and refrigerator -- as well as the owners' furniture and their Plasma TV -- in the garage . . . OF THE LISTING AGENT!!

She claimed the owner gave her permission to "take anything she liked" from the house . . . but, oddly enough, she was unable to provide written proof of this to the police. The owner denied ever giving the listing agent permission to remove personal belongings from the house, and store then in the listing agent's garage.

The listing agent was reprimanded.

WOW!!

[Wayne B. Wilson]

LOL i had one where a Agent removed a Garage Door , Cops followed him Home, Neighbors house was under surveillance .

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2011/03/23/17727566.htmlSentencing has been delayed for a former city building inspector found guilty of interfering with a woman's vibrator during a home inspection.
Last October, Robert Shostak was convicted in Court of Queen's Bench of unlawfully being in a dwelling house, but the 55-year-old married father will have to wait until April 5 to learn his sentence.
During the trial, the woman, who cannot be named under a publication ban, said she went into her bedroom after feeling Shostak, a building safety inspector, had been there too long. She discovered him coming out of the master bedroom closet and found her vibrator had been turned on.
Court heard the next day, the woman found a package on her doorstep containing a pair of soiled underwear and a crude note, likely left by Shostak.
Justice Terry Clackson ruled Shostak initially had the right to be in the woman's northeast Edmonton home on Dec. 24, 2007, but he lost that right once he handled her vibrator.
During a sentencing hearing Wednesday morning, Crown prosecutor Tania Sarkar called the incident "highly disturbing" and said it caused the woman to feel concerned about her safety.
Shostak has no criminal record, said Sarkar, but he also has no remorse or any explanation for the incident.
Sarkar suggested a sentence involving a short period of incarceration, followed by probation. But Shostak's lawyer Kent Teskey suggested a monitory penalty instead, noting Shostak has already taken some lumps for the crime, which was impulsive, not calculated.
As a result of the incident, Teskey said Shostak has lost his job and will likely never be employed in the trade again.
"It is clear to everybody who knows him that he is a person who is passionate about construction. That has been taken away from him," said Teskey. "This has had a significant effect on his life."
Shostak was acquitted of stalking the woman, along with other charges relating to allegations he had gone into another home and watched a woman exit a shower.
pamela.roth@sunmedia.ca
Ñ with files from Tony Blais

[jguillen]

Yes over here in southern california i had a realestate agent named arturo cervantes from tarbell realtors wanted me to lie so he could profit be careful report fraud