Real Estate

A Haitian man becomes a victime while shopping for a new home for his family. Kenol Jean who is a former member of the Haitian military was killed in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Canal Jean, 51, an ex-sergeant from Port-au-Prince was killed by an unknown gunman while he was touring on February 26 morning near Fort Lauderdale , accompanying his wife and a real estate agent who was showing them a house on the 2700 block of Northwest Sixth Court. Jean was in the Haitian army till Jean-Bertrand Aristide took over. A nearby surveillance footage showed a man in his mid-50s, running with salt and pepper hair and beard, wearing a hat, jeans and a checked black, beige and maroon long-sleeved, button-down shirt. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue took Jean to Broward Health Medical Center in downtown Fort Lauderdale, where he was pronounced dead. The Sheriff's Office as per investigator's report believes that the motive behind the murder was robbery.

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Frantz St. Fleur a resident in Toronto Canada, wants to teach his real estate broker and the police they will never forget. He is currently suing them for racial profiling

Toronto man Frantz St. Fleur alleges he was a victim of racial profiling in the case of his April arrest for fraud after trying to cash a check at his long-time bank. St. Fleur went into the Scotiabank branch he'd used for ten years to cash what he says was a refund check of $9,000 for a condo deposit, as the development project had fallen through. He was questioned in a private office before being left there for the police to arrive and arrest him. St. Fleur now sues the police, his real estate broker, and the bank for $250,000.

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Owners of Private Mortgage Funding Corporation (PMFC) have run a scheme on Haitian homebuyers in the Fort Lauderdale area. Gabriel Chauvel and Joan Jean targeted Haitians interested in buying a home.

The couple showed properties and demanded buyers ink a three-month contract, with deposits of $5,000-$15,000. Their checks went into owners' bank account. When buyers wanted to end their contract, they found PMFC offices closed and calls were un-returned. No actual sales were ever made by PMFC.

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