MONTREAL– Two Quebec property brokers are encountering penalties and years-long suspensions for sending fraudulent offers on houses to extend prices all through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christine Girouard has truly been placed on maintain for 14 years and her group companion, Jonathan Dauphinais-Fortin, has truly been placed on maintain for 9 years after Quebec’s authority of property brokerage agency found they utilized phony quotes to acquire clients to extend their offers.
Girouard is a extensively identified dealer that previously starred on a Quebec fact reveal that adheres to main property representatives within the district.
She is encountering a penalty of $50,000, whereas Dauphinais-Fortin has truly been fined $10,000.
The 2 brokers have been placed on maintain in May 2023 after La Presse launched a publish regarding their strategies.
One buyer wound up paying $40,000 larger than his preliminary deal in 2022 after Girouard and Dauphinais-Fortin cooked up a 2nd proposal on the house he wished to buy.
This report by The Canadian Press was preliminary releasedSept 11, 2024.
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