Sunday, May 20, 2007

AG Blumenthal Starts Investigation In Qustionable Real Estate Deals

TheDay.com in New London, Connecticut reports that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is beginning an investigation on the seemingly questionable real estate deals involving a New London area group.

TheDay.com has an investigative report about local real estate agent Isaura Guzman and her father, loan officer Jose Guzman, who are at center of complaints of questionable practices in local real estate transactions. Reportedly, Isaura Guzman "was selling multifamily homes for Elizabeth Athan Real Estate LLC in some of New London's most rundown neighborhoods for as much as twice the appraised values listed in the city's tax records. The houses would enter the Multiple Listing Service — a property-listing service for Realtors — and would sell or be listed as a pending sale within 24 hours."

In addition, TheDay.com reports that the name of Alan Messier, a real estate attorney in New London appears on dozens of housing transactions that were reviewed as representing the buyer and Maurizio Lancia, an attorney in Trumbull, Connecticut, has represented the sellers in many of Guzman's transactions. Lancia is also listed by the Secretary of the State's Office as agent for JG Investments, Jose Guzman's firm. For more, see:

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