REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DISCIPLINE DECISION
In the matter of the Real Estate Services Act
S.B.C. 2004 ch. 42
AND in the matter of a Consent Order pursuant to Section 41 of the Real Estate Services Act
Respondent: Erik Kurtis Krusee
File: 10-135
Date of Consent Order: January 4, 2012
Issue: Erik Kurtis Krusee, currently unlicensed, while licensed as a representative with Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd., Victoria, entered into a Consent Order with the Council that he committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act by contravening section 3-4 of the Council Rules in that he:
(a) altered a security deposit reconciliation form that had been signed by the tenant by adding an amount of $230.00 for repairs to a wall and floor without obtaining the consent of the tenant;
(b) represented in the arbitration evidence statement that he had prepared that the full security deposit plus interest had been returned to the tenant, which he knew or ought to have known was untrue or misleading as the brokerage held the balance of the security deposit;
(c) in the list of damages he prepared for the arbitration, he listed three items as invoices when only the wall damage was an invoice and the other two were only quotations; and
(d) altered the condition inspection report after it was signed by the tenant by filling in the section under “End of Tenancy” by adding “damage to rental unit or residential property for which the tenant is responsible” without the consent of the tenant.
Result: Erik Kurtis Krusee was suspended for twenty-one (21) days upon licence reissuance and was ordered, as a condition of continued licensing, to successfully complete the Rental Property Management Remedial Course, and, as a further condition of continued licensing, was ordered to pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Feb 3, 2012 R: Feb 3, 2017