REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
In the matter of the Real Estate Services Act
S.B.C. 2004, c. 42
AND in the matter of a Disciplinary Hearing held pursuant to Section 41 of the Real Estate Services Act
Respondent: SHERRY SHOHREH MOALLEM
File: 198-06
Hearing Date: April 6,7, 8, 2009, November 19 and 20, 2009 and May 21, 2010
Decision of Council: January 25, 2010 and July 2, 2010
Issue: Sherry Shohreh Moallem, representative, City Realty Ltd. dba Re/Max City Realty, Vancouver, was found by a Discipline Hearing Committee to have committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1) of the Real Estate Services Act in that she: (a) contravened section 3-3(1)(a) of the Council Rules by advertising that the subject property was sold, after the transaction had collapsed; (b) contravened section 4-7 of the Council Rules by engaging in false and misleading advertising in that she advertised on MLS and other mediums the seller ’s property as being sold, when it was not; and (c) contravened sections 3-3(1)(a) and 3-4 of the Council Rules by permitting someone other than her client to sign a Contract of Purchase and Sale without written authority or without an executed power of attorney.
Result: Sherry Shohreh Moallem was suspended for thirty (30) days from August 4, 2010 to September 2, 2010 (inclusive), ordered to successfully complete the Trading Services Remedial Education Course and pay enforcement expenses in the amount of $9,000.00.
P: Aug 9, 2010 R: Aug 9, 2015