Recent Enforcement Decisions
When RECO takes action against a real estate salesperson, broker or brokerage for serious misconduct, the matter must go to one of three decision-making forums:
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- Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) decisions are about revoking or suspending the registration of a salesperson, broker or brokerage; or refusing to register an applicant seeking entry into the profession. Without registration, an individual or brokerage cannot trade in real estate. LAT may also impose conditions on a registration.- For a list of LAT decisions prior to 2017, click here.
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- Provincial Offences Act (POA) decisions stem from charges laid by RECO under the Real Estate Business & Brokers Act, 2002 (REBBA), the legislation that governs real estate salespersons, brokers and brokerage in Ontario. These are heard in provincial court.- For a list of POA decisions prior to 2017, click here.
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- Discipline Panel decisions are about breaches of the Code of Ethics (which is a specific part of REBBA) heard by the Discipline and Appeals committees of RECO.- For a list of discipline decisions dating back to 2000, click here. Please note, these decisions can only be searched by year and/or topic. To search by name, please use the search tool (described below), which will show if a particular salesperson, broker or brokerage has been the subject of a discipline decision in the last five years.
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- Dispute Resolution summaries describe complaints that involve a misunderstanding or minor dispute. In these cases, RECO attempts to facilitate a mutual agreement between the parties in order to resolve the matter.Recent Summaries:
July 2018 | June 2018 | May 2018 | April 2018
March 2018 | February 2018 | January 2018
- Dispute Resolution summaries describe complaints that involve a misunderstanding or minor dispute. In these cases, RECO attempts to facilitate a mutual agreement between the parties in order to resolve the matter.Recent Summaries:
| Look up a real estate salesperson, broker or brokerage RECO has a search tool, located in the top right-hand corner of each page, where you can search for a real estate salesperson, broker or brokerage to make sure they are registered and in good standing. If they are registered, a small profile will pop up with their name and their brokerage. If you click on the profile, more information will appear, including their position, details about the brokerage, and whether they are facing charges or have been subject to regulatory action in the last five years. |
Here is more information about our regulatory processes and outcomes.
Below is a list of recent decisions categorized by date, name and the forum/decision type.
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| Apr 22/19 | Michael Bettiol Resignation of registration Resignation Summary |
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| Mar 5/19 | Mary Cook Fined $3,500 Completion of course Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Mar 1/19 | Sin Serena Lam O/A Serena Lam Fined $2,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Feb 21/19 | Daniel Michael Baird Fined $20,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Feb 20/19 | Paulose Kollamulath Varughese Fined $10,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Feb 20/19 | Ahmed Waqas Fined $5,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Feb 20/19 | Ednei (Eddie) Tavares Fined $6,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Feb 19/19 | Merlyn Ann D’Costa Resignation of registration Resignation Summary |
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| Feb 7/19 | Susan Yates Fined $6,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Feb 6/19 | Faranak Seyed-Shalchi Fined $6,400 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Feb 5/19 | Dilpreet Banga Fined $10,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| 2018 | ||
| Dec 17/18 | Michael Steven Hartzman O/A Mike Hartzman Fined $8,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Dec 14/18 | Suhua Zheng O/A Merry Zheng Fined $2,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Dec 7/18 | Paul Omonoyan Fined $7,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Dec 6/18 | Hong Wei Dong O/A Harvey Dong Fined $8,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Dec 5/18 | Hossein Mostafavi Registration refused Licence Appeal Tribunal – Summary |
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| Oct 12/18 | Harold D’Juvayne Christian Fined $3,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Oct 10/18 | Chelsea Elizabeth Weir Fined $5,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Oct 5/18 | Mark Brandon Timmons Fined $3,750 Completion of Course Discipline Decision Summary |
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| Oct 2/18 | Myung Jin O/A Sue M.S. Jin Fined $8,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Oct 2/18 | Tariq Shaikh Resignation of registration Resignation Summary |
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| Oct 1/18 | Krystalynn Manu Fined $7,000 Ordered to pay restitution of $3,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Sep 28/18 | Nazrul Islam O/A Robin Islam Fined $5,000 Discipline Decision Summary |
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| Sep 28/18 | Qing Zhun Zheng O/A Mike Zheng Fined $2,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Sep 21/18 | Yuan Liu O/A June Liu Conditions placed on registration Licence Appeal Tribunal – Summary |
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| Sep 21/18 | Nancy Lee Richards Fined $8,500 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Sep 18/18 | Arthur Irwin Fined $3,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 30/18 | Michael Stolberg Registration revoked Licence Appeal Tribunal Decision |
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| Aug 29/18 | Adam Khan Resignation of registration Resignation Summary |
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| Aug 29/18 | Javed Ali Fined $25,000 Course ordered “REIC 2600: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 29/18 | Amandeep Singh Sethi O/A Aman Sethi Fined $25,000 Course ordered “REIC 2600: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 29/18 | Bharat Bhushan Gupta O/A Bhushan Gupta Fined $20,000 Course ordered “REIC 2600: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 24/18 | Chun Ni Au Yeung Fined $3,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 21/18 | Hongtao Sun O/A Frank Sun Fined $7,000 Course ordered “REIC 2280: Legal Issues in Real Estate” Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Aug 8/18 | Johnny Cheng Ordered to pay restitution of $10,000 Two years probation Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Aug 3/18 | Stephen Patrick Young Fined $15,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 31/18 | Shiv Bansal Fined $7,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 27/18 | Albert Anthony Kantarjian Fined $11,000 Course ordered “REIC 2600: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 26/18 | Michal Paul Wrobel O/A Mike Wrobel Fined $15,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 17/18 | Nancy Ann Henning O/A Nancy Henning Fined $3,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 11/18 | Mojgan Ghaznavi O/A Meg Ghaznavi Fined $9,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 9/18 | Ambikaiselvan Puvaneswaranathan O/A Selvan Puvaneswaranathan Fined $12,500 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 6/18 | Jennifer McCabe Fined $12,500 Course ordered “REIC 2600: Ethics and Business Practice” Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 5/18 | Dewan Asheque Ahmed Fined $7,000 Course ordered “RECO’s Residential Update” Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Jul 3/18 | Taso Jouras Fined $7,500 Course ordered “REIC 2280: Legal Issues in Real Estate” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jun 29/18 | Rupavathy Jegasundaram O/A Rupa Jegasundaram Registration refused Final Notice |
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| Jun 22/18 | Aram Tokmak Registration refused Licence Appeal Tribunal Decision |
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| Jun 20/18 | Tammy Lynn Vaillancourt Fined $15,000 Course ordered “REIC 2600: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jun 18/18 | Yuri Gavris Registration refused Licence Appeal Tribunal Decision |
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| Jun 11/18 | Nancy Lenguyen Fined $6,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jun 11/18 | Michael John Richard Smith O/A Michael J. R. Smith Fined $3,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jun 1/18 | Man Wu O/A Mandy Wu Fined $5,000 Course ordered “Real Property Law Articling” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 30/18 | Patrick Bernard Rocca Fined $4,500 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| May 28/18 | Samira Shahbazian Fined $7,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 23/18 | Chris Laufer Fined $5,000 Course ordered “Advertising Workshop” Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| May 11/18 | Donna Jamieson Fined $7,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 10/18 | Sharon D. Male O/A Sharon Male Fined $20,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Apr 27/18 | Lauren Elyse Feldman Fined $5,000 Discipline Decision – Summary |
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| Apr 16/18 | Shahrokh Jahan-Bin O/A Shan Jahan-Bin Fined $3,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Apr 5/18 | Home Sweet Home Realty Inc. (George Mangov) Fined $25,000 Received suspended sentence Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Apr 5/18 | George Mangov (Home Sweet Home Realty Inc.) Fined $4,000 Received suspended sentence Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 29/18 | Zi Xing Zhang O/A Emily Zhang Fined $5,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 22/18 | Dwight STC Grange Fined $2,500 Course ordered “REIC 2280: Legal Issues in Real Estate” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 20/18 | Shannon Green Fined $15,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 14/18 | Xin Li O/A Shin Li Fined $10,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 7/18 | Alex Farcas Fined $6,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 5/18 | Zhifei Ross Liu Fined $4,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 28/18 | Kelly Da Costa Registration refused Licence Appeal Tribunal Decision |
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| Feb 28/18 | Greg Manbeck Fined $12,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 23/18 | Keith Tuan Phan Fined $5,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 21/18 | Christopher Brown Fined $7,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 2/18 | Sutharsan Nadarajah Fined $20,000 (currently under appeal) Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 18/18 | Jianqiu Lin O/A Richmond Lin Fined $15,000 Course ordered “Real Property Law” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jan 17/18 | Padam Kumar Bir O/A Bobby Bir Fined $6,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jan 15/18 | David Wai Yin Kwan Fined $5,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jan 10/18 | Edward Mayer O/A Tedd Mayer Fined $3,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 8/18 | Ying Xue O/A Sophie Xue Suspended sentence on five counts Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 8/18 | Aimhome Realty Inc. Fined $15,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 4/18 | Peter Racco Conditions placed on registration Licence Appeal Tribunal Decision |
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| Jan 3/18 | Vaibhav Vidyadhar Palse Fined $7,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| 2017 | ||
| Dec 15/17 | JPWin Realty Inc. (Jason Woolcock) Fined $10,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Dec 15/17 | Jason Woolcock (JPWin Realty Inc.) Suspended sentence One year probation 40 hours of community service Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Dec 12/17 | Sanjiv Gupta Fined $13,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Dec 11/17 | Dream Maker Realty Inc. Two year probation Fined $22,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Dec 11/17 | Temitope Olowolafe O/A Isaac Jr. Olowolafe Two year probation Fined $22,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Dec 5/17 | John A. Powell Fined $15,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Dec 1/17 | Marta C. Castelhano Fined $10,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 24/17 | Di Sun Fined $3,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 24/17 | Nicholas James-Bock O/A Nico James-Bock Fined $5,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 20/17 | Inga Rydzevskaya Fined $5,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Nov 20/17 | Steven Ronald Burrows Fined $4,000 Two suspended sentences Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Nov 17/17 | Jerry Bin Ou O/A Jerry Ou Fined $3,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 15/17 | Arlene Lindsay Fined $5,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 13/17 | Vesna Kolenc Fined $6,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 10/17 | Andrew Sobczak Fined $15,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Nov 9/17 | Afshin Noohi Fined $3,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Oct 19/17 | Wayne Edward Shantz Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Oct 16/17 | Xue Hang O/A Sherry Hang Fined $3,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Oct 16/17 | Stephen Wai Ho Chung O/A Stephen Chung Fined $2,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Oct 16/17 | Timothy Edward Dutaud Fined $5,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Oct 6/17 | Francis Joseph Fined $3,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Oct 2/17 | Michele Andrea Denniston Fined $6,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 28/17 | Mohammad Hesam-Zadeh O/A Moe Hesam-Zadeh Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 28/17 | Meaghan Elizabeth Dalley O/A Meaghan Dalley Fined $1,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 26/17 | John Van Dyk Registration refused Final Notice |
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| Sep 22/17 | John M Van Dyk Fined $7,000 Two year probation Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Sep 15/17 | Michael Kolenc Fined $2,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 15/17 | Vesna Kolenc Fined $4,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 12/17 | Eric Yee Lai Wong Fined $40,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 11/17 | Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc. (Victoria McDougall) Fined $7,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 11/17 | Victoria McDougall O/A Vicki McDougall (Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc.) Fined $7,500 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 6/17 | Rhodora Colmenar Xerez-Burgos Fined $12,500 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 5/17 | Haoqing Zhang O/A Hank Zhang Fined $3,500 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Sep 1/17 | Aruni Senadiera Fined $10,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 15/17 | Shaojun Xiao O/A Mark Xiao Fined $6,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 11/17 | Parvinder Singh Conditions placed on registration Licence Appeal Tribunal Decision |
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| Aug 10/17 | Michael Loewith Fined $5,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Aug 1/17 | Timothy S Wilson Fined $5,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jul 26/17 | Guo You Lin O/A David Lin Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 25/17 | Webster J Jocelyn Fined $2,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jul 24/17 | Joshua John Wannamaker O/A Josh Wannamaker Fined $7,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 18/17 | Ellahe Rezai Fined $3,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 13/17 | David Lachance Fined $6,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 11/17 | Homelife Diamonds Realty Inc. (Inderveer Chawla) Fined $4,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jul 11/17 | Inderveer Chawla O/A Tony Chawla (Homelife Diamonds Realty Inc.) Fined $4,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jul 6/17 | Cheryl Diane Price O/A Diane Price Fined $3,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jul 5/17 | Jenny Xiaolin Lin Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jun 29/17 | Homelife/Realty Options Inc. (Mohamed Hazmee Hameed) Registration revoked Final Notice |
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| Jun 29/17 | Mohamed Hazmee Hameed O/A Hazmee Hameed (Homelife/Realty Options Inc.) Fined $2,000 Registration revoked Final Notice |
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| Jun 27/17 | Anmol Singh Walia O/A Anmol Walia Fined $3,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jun 19/17 | Koon Wah Yip O/A Koon Yip Fined $3,000 Courses ordered: – Real Estate as a Professional Career – Land, Structures and Real Estate Trading – The Real Estate Transaction – General – The Residential Real Estate Transaction – The Commercial Real Estate Transaction – Real Property Law Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jun 12/17 | Justin Dahl Fined $3,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jun 12/17 | Gerhard E Beuth Suspended sentence Six month probation Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jun 7/17 | Palaniappan Manian O/A Balan Manian Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jun 6/17 | Arthur Tkaczyk Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Jun 6/17 | Dawn C Kendrick O/A Dawn Kendrick Fined $1,000 Course ordered: any RECO course involving clauses Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 25/17 | Sally Maglaris Fined $3,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 23/17 | Mazin Jaber Fined $3,250 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 15/17 | Dennis James Bruner Fined $2,500 Suspended sentence Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| May 15/17 | Homelife Best Choice Realty Inc. (Wenming Cheng) Suspended sentence Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| May 15/17 | Wenming Cheng O/A Rex Cheng (Homelife Best Choice Realty Inc.) Fined $5,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| May 4/17 | Tamer Hosny Darwish Fined $1,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| May 4/17 | Emadeddin Shihadeh O/A Emad Shihadeh Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Apr 28/17 | Supreet Kaur Tiwana O/A Poppy Tiwana Fined $5,500 Course ordered ““REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Apr 13/17 | David Thanh Hue Huong Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Apr 10/17 | Amit Dhankhar Fined $2,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Apr 4/17 | Edward Christopher Metler O/A Chris Metler Fined $2,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 31/17 | Homelife Victory Realty Inc. (Victor Fishman) Fined $250,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 31/17 | Victor Fishman (Homelife Victory Realty Inc.) Fined $30,000 Two year probation 100 hours of community service Pay restitution of $64,156.14 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 28/17 | Varinderjeet Singh Patheja O/A Sunny Patheja Fined $6,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 23/17 | Rick Anderson Six months probation Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 20/17 | Yan Zhu O/A Julia Zhu Fined $1,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Mar 14/17 | Chang Liu O/A David Liu Fined $5,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 13/17 | Yu Lan Cai O/A Yolanda Cai Fined $20,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Course ordered “REIC: Legal Issues in Real Estate” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Mar 8/17 | Miton Kanti Parial O/A Miton Parial Fined $3,000 Course ordered “REIC: Ethics and Business Practice” Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 22/17 | David Lyle Nicholls O/A David Nicholls Fined $5,000 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 9/17 | Minoo Malakzadeh Fined $3,500 Full Discipline Panel Decision |
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| Feb 3/17 | Citysites Realty Inc. (Franco M Gentile) Fined $4,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Feb 3/17 | Franco M Gentile O/A Frank Gentile (Citysites Realty Inc.) Fined $4,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 25/17 | Tyler Benjamin Andress O/A Tyler Andress Fined $2,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 10/17 | Varun Kalra Fined $2,000 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| Jan 9/17 | Blake Richard Cameron Fined $2,500 Provincial Offences Act – Summary |
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| • Updated Apr 22/19 | ||
| • For summaries of earlier decisions, please see the Regulatory Digest | ||
