Saturday, May 29, 2010

Managing Agent Faces Seven Felony Charges In Alleged $30K Rental Ripoff From Two Landlord/Clients

In Shasta County, California, The Redding Searchlight reports:
  • A former real estate agent accused of felony grand theft and conducting real estate business without a license pleaded not guilty last week during her arraignment in Shasta County Superior Court. Tina Marie Horan, 43, of Redding, who was arraigned on Friday, is scheduled to have her preliminary hearing on May 20.

  • Horan, who is free of custody without bail, is charged with seven felony counts of grand theft, grand theft of an elder and writing checks without sufficient funds. She’s also accused of conducting business as a property manager without a real estate license, a misdemeanor.

  • It’s alleged that Horan took more than $30,000 from two clients for whom she was managing residential properties, including an elderly Vallejo woman, said Bob Angulo, a real estate fraud investigator with the Shasta County district attorney’s office.

Source: Ex-real estate agent accused of grand theft.