MIAMI – “This has been truly challenging and unpleasant for my family,” reported Miami City Lawyer Victoria Mendez when she discussed a lawsuit alleging she and her partner enriched on their own by a actual estate plan.
“He claims that he is this very little gentleman who was taken for a trip, but he has been a genuine estate agent for 33 many years,” said Mendez.
The guy suing them is Jose Alvarez. He marketed his household in Minor Havana, for just more than $200,000 to Convey Houses, Inc., a business owned by Carlos Morales, Mendez’s husband.
“He (Jose Alvarez) was extremely upset since he imagined he was going to his authorities official about a metropolis challenge,” said Jeff Gutchess, an legal professional at AXS Legislation, who signifies Alvarez.
He mentioned his client’s mother’s dwelling had more than $270,000 in constructing code fines. The lawsuit alleges Alvarez was persuaded to sell the Tiny Havana home to Morales for $205.000.
City documents display Morales asked the Code Enforcement Board to take out the fines for the reason that the residence would have been improperly cited.
“He magically got these fines waived, in significantly less than a minute,” explained Gutchess.
Documents demonstrate that the dwelling was then bought for $370,000.
Carlos Morales sent CBS4 a statement responding to some of the allegations in the lawsuit.
“He (Jose Alvarez) was referred to me (Carlos Morales) by his estate attorney, not by the city legal professional. Any code liens were addressed pursuant to correct hearings just before the code enforcement board.
“We have text message proof from the town lawyer herself that reveals that she set up a mobile phone simply call with Mr. Alvarez. The future working day, he spoke to Mr. Morales,” said Gutchess, when tackled about what the Metropolis Lawyer stated.
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