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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA northern Indiana realtor faked court papers in an attempt to intimidate renters and collect from them, according to a complaint from the attorney general’s office filed Thursday.
Gregory A. Blatz of Wabash “resorted to falsifying court documents for the impermissible purpose of creating fear, duress, and undue influence upon tenants, which amounts to lewd or immoral conduct,” according to the complaint submitted to the Indiana Real Estate Commission.
The complaint follows notice from Grant Superior Judge Warren Haas claiming that Blatz forged court documents titled “Notice of Claim to the Defendant(s),” misrepresenting that the defendants were required to attend a hearing and could be facing eviction from an apartment building managed by Blatz Realty.
When tenants appeared at the courthouse in Marion, clerks found no cases existed under the cause numbers cited in the documents. The complaint from the office of Attorney General Greg Zoeller seeks disciplinary sanctions against Blatz for three counts of fraud or material deception in violation of various professional licensing standards under sections of I.C. 25-1-11-5. The complaint also notes a criminal investigation is pending.
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