The following timeline is established through the complainant's contemporaneous text message records, Wells Fargo wire transfer documentation, and Yahoo Mail server records. Each date and event below is documentarily anchored.
Through
Apr 15, 2024
Hanson Le in Europe — Complainant's contemporaneous text message records show Hanson Le communicating from Europe through approximately April 15, 2024 — the United States federal tax filing deadline. He was not physically present in Huntington Beach during this period.
Apr 17, 2024
Last day at BHHS / Springdale Marina Inc — Hanson Le's last day of active presence at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties (Springdale Marina Inc, DRE #01208606), 5848 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach. His personal DRE license (#01358448) detached from Springdale Marina Inc on May 13, 2024 — but his operational departure from the office preceded his formal license migration by approximately four weeks.
Apr 18, 2024
After-hours visit to 19235 Brynn Ct — with the old man Ly — The day after leaving BHHS, Hanson Le arrived at the subject property after hours, accompanied by an elderly maintenance worker known to complainant as "the old man Ly." This was not a stranger: the old man Ly had made four prior visits to the property for maintenance issues including electrical shorts and mold. Complainant had an established working relationship with him, spoke English together, and had personally helped him troubleshoot electrical short circuits on prior visits. The old man Ly had also previously stated, during the second year of the tenancy, that it would take six days to remediate the mold condition in the kitchen — a direct acknowledgment by Tran's own maintenance team of a pre-existing habitability defect. On the April 18 visit, Hanson identified himself and the old man Ly as Berkshire workers and stated the purpose of the visit was to inspect the dishwasher and other property defects. This visit occurred the same day Hanson returned from Europe — after hours, without advance notice, at a property where he had just ceased active brokerage operations the prior day.
Apr 19, 2024
First payment — year three — wired directly to Phat Tran's personal account — Phat Tran had approved year three. Complainant wired $5,000.00 from Wells Fargo Premier Checking (...0732) to Tran's personal account labeled "Landlord" (...9166). Wire message: "New lease 24 one payment at 5000." Confirmation: OW00004382456864. Status: Completed.
Phat Tran responded by text the same day: "We are filling out new paper work — understand one at old lease 5000 then new payment 5350 — I want keep paying early — Thanks Michael." This text is the landlord's own written admission that the operative lease rate was $5,000/month. His 3-Day Notice filed weeks later demanding $5,350/month is contradicted by his own April 19 words. The jurisdictional defect is established by the landlord himself.
Apr 25, 2024
"Witches burnt Broom" — Yahoo Mail to hansonle@bhhscaprops.com — 11:18 AM PDT — Complainant transmitted this email notifying Hanson Le that the $5,000 May 2024 payment had been made, that 11 payments remained at $5,350, and attaching complete financial documentation: Barclays Jumbo CD ($230,894.36), WellsTrade brokerage ($814,024.15), Fresno Unified 403(b) ($512,829.85), FICO score 799 as of April 20, 2024. Yulia Gasio's CSULB professor profile was included. Combined documented assets exceeded $1.5 million.
Licensed California broker Helder Porfírio Pinheiro (DRE #01944883, co-founder Pine Tree Lenders LTD, Fresno) was copied on every email in this series. He is a professional with standing to evaluate the DRE violations documented herein and received contemporaneous notice of the fraud as it was occurring. Tran and Le knew exactly who they were evicting.
Apr 28, 2024
Authentisign lease renewal executed — "Signing Complete" confirmation transmitted 10:36 AM — Revised renewal lease agreement for Brynn HB house confirmed complete. Documents: Res LeaseMonth-to-Month Rental Agmt - 1223 and Animal Terms Addendum - 623. Hanson Le executed this renewal as Housing Provider's Agent under BHHS California Properties DRE #01208606 — the same corporate license from which his personal license would detach 15 days later on May 13, 2024. The Authentisign signing certificate metadata records the IP address of each signer's device — a direct subpoena target to confirm whether Le signed from a California or European IP address given his stated return date of April 15.
May 13, 2024
FOUR EVENTS
ONE DAY
The enterprise executes its exit — four simultaneous acts
1. License detachment. Hanson Le's DRE license (#01358448) formally migrates from Springdale Marina Inc (#01208606) to Stratton - LFCA, Inc. (#02211662) — both Rosas-supervised entities. He is no longer authorized under the brokerage of record named on the Gasio lease. Any further contact with instruments payable to BHHS California Properties is outside his licensed authority.
2. Fifth Amendment. Hanson Le invokes his right against self-incrimination when contacted by HBPD regarding the rent dispute. California Evidence Code §413 permits an adverse inference from this invocation.
3. False written statement to tenant. Hanson Le emails complainant: "Michael: There is no one replacing me. You should contact with the owner directly." This statement is false. Springdale Marina Inc's Principal Broker (Rosas, DRE #00602101) had a statutory supervisory obligation to ensure management continuity. The statement was designed to isolate the tenant from any contact point while the three-day notice was being prepared.
4. Complainant purchases a dishwasher. On this same day — May 13, 2024 — Michael Gasio ordered a Whirlpool 24-inch dishwasher, professional installation, haul-away, parts kit, and electrical cord from Home Depot, delivered to 19235 Brynn Ct, Huntington Beach CA 92648. Order #WM68385688. Total: $1,011.52. Paid by complainant from his own funds.
Hanson Le had promised in writing: "I will get the owner approval to have a new dishwasher installed for you & your family usage." Phat Tran subsequently told complainant the technician could not fix it and would contact him for a new one — then told complainant the owner would not approve replacement. Complainant resolved the defect himself at $1,011.52 out of pocket on the same day the enterprise executed its exit and cover-up.
A jury presented with these four simultaneous May 13 events will understand them without legal instruction. The agent invoked the Fifth Amendment, detached his license, told the tenant no one was replacing him — and the tenant's documented response was to spend $1,011 of his own money repairing the property. That is not the behavior of a default. That is the behavior of a target.