Reposted by Des Ennuis
A real estate agent who calls himself “Mr. La Cañada” has been sentenced after facing one of first criminal price gouging charges filed in the wake of last year’s Los Angeles County fires.
However, the price gouging charge isn't the one that stuck. Read more in my @laist.com story:
laist.com
LA real estate agent will pay $20K and face probation in post-Eaton Fire rent hike case
Mike Kobeissi was charged after a couple displaced by the Eaton Fire said they were told the rent on a La Cañada Flintridge property he listed had increased by 38%.