It appears that the people behind this fraud have stolen
the identity of the property owner, and that the property owner is unaware that this has happened.
As a result, the city would purportedly learn the real
identities of property owners, from celebrities to developers.
Not exact matches
As a state senator battling for re-election in 2002, he voted against the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act, which barred business and
property owners from firing or evicting gays and lesbians on the basis
of their
identity.
Local legend held that the house was where John Wilkes Booth hid out to avoid capture for his assassination
of Abraham Lincoln; after serving as caretaker for the
property for a time, Booth revealed his true
identity to the
owners on his deathbed.
This latest case reported in the national press involved a fraudster taking out a rental agreement on the
property before the
property was placed on the market and the other who stole the
identity of the real
owner.
The Hearing Panel concurred with REALTOR ® A on the grounds that REALTOR ® A's solicitation was made through the mass media, and was not specifically directed toward
property owners whose
identity had come to REALTOR ® A's attention through information disclosed by other REALTORS ® consistent with their ethical obligation to cooperate with other brokers under Article 3
of the Code
of Ethics.
The Hearing Panel's decision noted that REALTOR ® A, in designing his advertising campaign, did not direct his brochures to
property owners whose
identity had come to REALTOR ® A's attention through information disclosed by other REALTORS ® consistent with their ethical obligation to cooperate with other brokers under Article 3
of the Code
of Ethics; e.g., through a «for sale» sign or through information disseminated through a Multiple Listing Service.