Real Estate Fraud
In real estate fraud scams, the fraudster pretends interest in a property and sends a certified cheque or bank draft as a deposit or full payment that will be deposited in the lawyer’s trust account. Soon after, some reason will be given for backing out of the deal and the fraudster will ask for the deposit or payment back, minus whatever legal fees and penalties the lawyer holds back. Of course, the original cheque was fraudulent, so any amount the lawyer sends to the fraudster will cause a shortfall in the trust account.
Below is a list of names associated with this type of fraud.
, Date First Reported:
, Date First Reported:
Akira, Jun Date First Reported: February 2016
Chan, Yu Date First Reported: March 2013
Chong, Soh Date First Reported: May 2014
Connie, John Date First Reported: July 2016
Fisher, Amy Date First Reported: November 2017
Hanamura, Shiko Date First Reported: July 2014
Hang , Kenneth Date First Reported: January 2014
Hayate, Haru Date First Reported: June 2012
Junshe, Zhang Date First Reported: February 2016
Lei, Dah Sing Date First Reported: February 2012
Leung, Chris Date First Reported: April 2016
Tao, William Date First Reported: May 2018
Thomas, Yuang Date First Reported: February 2012
Tung, Peter Date First Reported: February 2018
Wayne, Ellis Date First Reported: March 2012
Wong, Chan Date First Reported: August 2015
