Barred for Life, Estate Agent Who Forced Up Prices with Bogus Bids

Evening Standard - London (July 19, 2004)

Author: Mira Bar-Hillel

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Summary

A DISGRACED estate agent whose firm was caught trying to cheat househunters into raising their offers by inventing rival bidders has been struck off for life.

Allan Langley-Smith now faces a police probe into his activities.

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Barred for Life, Estate Agent Who Forced Up Prices with Bogus Bids

Investigators who caught his staff making up the fictitious bids also found that a vendor was not told about an offer from one would- be buyer who had declined to use t...

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