Role: Berkshire Hathaway and franchise network as enterprise defendants.
Key Offense: Racketeering conspiracy through mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion, forgery, and cover-ups.
Penalty: 20 yrs + forfeiture + treble damages
Role: Phat Tran, Hanson Le, Silverstein, Berkshire corporate intake failures.
Key Offense: Using U.S. mail to conceal payments, misrepresent lease obligations, and return falsified envelopes.
Penalty: Up to 30 yrs if bank instrument involved
Role: Agents and attorneys transmitting false contracts, DocuSign manipulation, and email denials.
Key Offense: Wire communications used to advance fraudulent eviction scheme.
Penalty: Up to 30 yrs per count
Role: Hanson Le and Phat Tran routing rent into private accounts; Berkshire failing trust oversight.
Key Offense: Fraudulent diversion of funds tied to banking instruments.
Penalty: Up to 30 yrs per count
Role: Silverstein demanding $20,980 under threat of credit ruin in courthouse hallway.
Key Offense: Using legal authority to coerce unlawful payments.
Penalty: Up to 20 yrs federal prison
Role: Phat Tran and associates interfering with commerce by threats and coercion.
Key Offense: Retaliatory eviction and financial intimidation affecting interstate commerce.
Penalty: Up to 20 yrs
Role: Hanson Le, Silverstein, Tran demanding unlawful funds.
Key Offense: Bank info demands, hallway coercion, threats to evict without payment.
Penalty: 2–4 yrs state prison
Role: Anna Ly and Hanson Le in creation of counterfeit contracts under BHHS seal.
Key Offense: Altered lease documents; forged signatures and misdated terms.
Penalty: 2–3 yrs
Role: Silverstein introducing void contracts into court filings.
Key Offense: Using false records under oath to mislead judge.
Penalty: 2–3 yrs state prison
Role: Tran omitting mother-in-law from lease renewals; coercion under medical distress.
Key Offense: Financial abuse of senior tenant.
Penalty: Up to 4 yrs (+ GBI enhancements)
Role: Tran keeping $6,000 deposit and diverted rent payments.
Key Offense: Theft over $950 in lease-related funds.
Penalty: Up to 3 yrs
Role: Tran, Le, Ly, Silverstein, BHHS corporate together as conspirators.
Key Offense: Agreement to carry out mail fraud, forgery, and extortion.
Penalty: Same as underlying crimes
Role: BHHS corporate counsel ignoring certified mail & evidence packages.
Key Offense: Suppressing exculpatory evidence; refusing to escalate fraud alerts.
Penalty: Up to 10 yrs
Role: Silverstein & Tran submitting false sworn statements in eviction.
Key Offense: False testimony under oath regarding payments and leases.
Penalty: 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran presenting forged lease and returned check as “nonpayment.”
Key Offense: Introducing false documents into trial record.
Penalty: 2–3 yrs
Role: Tran & BHHS agents filing 3-day notice after certified payment.
Key Offense: Eviction attempt in retaliation for complaints and withheld repairs.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — damages, civil penalties
Role: Tran conducting drone surveillance, trespass, intimidation.
Key Offense: Violating tenant right to quiet enjoyment.
Penalty: Civil — compensatory damages
Role: Tran ignoring mold and repair obligations; dishwasher withheld.
Key Offense: Renting uninhabitable premises.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — rent abatement, fines
Role: Anna Ly & Hanson Le in renewal fraud and false advertising.
Key Offense: Misrepresenting lease terms and renewal status.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs + restitution
Role: Tran keeping deposits, partial rent, and “fees.”
Key Offense: Theft by diversion of tenant payments.
Penalty: Misdemeanor or Felony — 1 yr to 3 yrs
Role: Third-party intimidation on lawn and credit score threats.
Key Offense: Threats intended to force payment.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran & contractor entering property and driving on lawn.
Key Offense: Illegal entry without notice or consent.
Penalty: Infraction / Misdemeanor — fine or up to 6 mos
Role: BHHS agents routing rent to private bank accounts.
Key Offense: Failure to deposit funds in required trust accounts.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — fines, license revocation
Role: Berkshire Hathaway brand profiting from ongoing fraud.
Key Offense: Unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent practices under franchise name.
Penalty: Civil — $2,500 per violation
Role: Tran & BHHS ignoring disability accommodation requests.
Key Offense: Discrimination and denial of access under federal law.
Penalty: Civil/Federal — damages + injunctive relief
Role: Tran & BHHS agents filing 3-day notice after certified payment.
Key Offense: Eviction attempt in retaliation for complaints and withheld repairs.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — damages, civil penalties
Role: Tran conducting drone surveillance, trespass, intimidation.
Key Offense: Violating tenant right to quiet enjoyment.
Penalty: Civil — compensatory damages
Role: Tran ignoring mold and repair obligations; dishwasher withheld.
Key Offense: Renting uninhabitable premises.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — rent abatement, fines
Role: Anna Ly & Hanson Le in renewal fraud and false advertising.
Key Offense: Misrepresenting lease terms and renewal status.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs + restitution
Role: Tran keeping deposits, partial rent, and “fees.”
Key Offense: Theft by diversion of tenant payments.
Penalty: Misdemeanor or Felony — 1 yr to 3 yrs
Role: Third-party intimidation on lawn and credit score threats.
Key Offense: Threats intended to force payment.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran & contractor entering property and driving on lawn.
Key Offense: Illegal entry without notice or consent.
Penalty: Infraction / Misdemeanor — fine or up to 6 mos
Role: BHHS agents routing rent to private bank accounts.
Key Offense: Failure to deposit funds in required trust accounts.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — fines, license revocation
Role: Berkshire Hathaway brand profiting from ongoing fraud.
Key Offense: Unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent practices under franchise name.
Penalty: Civil — $2,500 per violation
Role: Tran & BHHS ignoring disability accommodation requests.
Key Offense: Discrimination and denial of access under federal law.
Penalty: Civil/Federal — damages + injunctive relief
Role: Tran & Silverstein introducing counterfeit leases and falsified “returned check” into court.
Key Offense: Knowingly presenting false writings as evidence under oath.
Penalty: Felony — 2–3 yrs
Role: Tran & BHHS ignoring ADA and disability-related protections for senior tenant.
Key Offense: Denial of federally protected rights for disabled residents.
Penalty: Federal Civil — damages + injunctive relief
Role: BHHS licensed agents (Ly, Le) abusing brand authority in fraudulent lease renewals.
Key Offense: Dishonest practices, false documents, and misuse of license.
Penalty: Misdemeanor/Admin — license discipline, civil penalties
Role: Tran refusing to credit June & July payments despite certified proof.
Key Offense: Theft by deception; refusal to credit valid tenders extinguishing eviction.
Penalty: Wobbler — up to 1 yr (misd) / 3 yrs (felony)
Role: BHHS corporate allowing Silverstein & Tran to advance false testimony unchecked.
Key Offense: Encouraging or permitting perjury in state court eviction case.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 5 yrs
Role: Berkshire Hathaway corporate counsel and executives ignoring fraud alerts.
Key Offense: Allowing Silverstein and Tran to proceed with fraudulent filings under company brand.
Penalty: Federal Felony — same as underlying crime (up to 30 yrs)
Role: Hanson Le signing documents and presenting himself as active BHHS agent after resignation.
Key Offense: Pretending to be authorized when not; executing contracts in another’s name.
Penalty: Felony — 2–3 yrs
Role: Tran and Ly keeping $6,000 deposit and pet fees, never refunded.
Key Offense: Conversion of trust funds and deposits; bank fraud where bank instruments involved.
Penalty: Felony — Up to 3 yrs (state) / 30 yrs (federal)
Role: Anna Ly listing property with pets allowed, laundry included, terms never honored.
Key Offense: False or misleading statements in real estate advertising.
Penalty: Civil — $2,500 per violation
Role: HBPD officers failing to assign case numbers or act on certified complaints.
Key Offense: Willful failure to perform duty after evidence submitted.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — fines or jail up to 1 yr
Role: Silverstein and Tran filing defective 3-day notice despite active payments.
Key Offense: Wrongful eviction action advanced without lawful basis.
Penalty: Civil / Sanctions — dismissal, attorney fees, damages
Role: BHHS franchise staff discarding certified mail, contracts, and ledgers.
Key Offense: Concealment or destruction of material evidence after legal notice.
Penalty: Felony — 2–3 yrs
Role: Berkshire corporate and Silverstein suppressing tenant testimony and exhibits.
Key Offense: Hindering communication of information to law enforcement and courts.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 20 yrs
Role: Tran pursuing eviction during documented cardiac distress of senior tenant.
Key Offense: Knowingly causing undue hardship and financial harm to elder occupant.
Penalty: Felony — Up to 4 yrs (+ enhancements)
Role: Tran & BHHS ignoring tenancy rights of multi-generational household.
Key Offense: Discrimination in housing practices, refusal to recognize all lawful tenants.
Penalty: Federal Civil — damages, injunctive relief
Role: Silverstein issuing inflated $20,980 demand with threat of judgment and credit ruin.
Key Offense: Written extortion in legal filings and courthouse hallway.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran, Le, Silverstein, and BHHS corporate.
Key Offense: Attempting and conspiring to commit wire, mail, and bank fraud in eviction scheme.
Penalty: Federal Felony — same as completed fraud (20–30 yrs)
Role: Tran intimidating tenants with threats, lawn entry, and drone surveillance.
Key Offense: Harassment intended to force tenants to vacate or surrender rights.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — fines + civil damages
Role: Tran & Silverstein in sworn testimony denying receipt of payment.
Key Offense: False statements under oath in federal or state proceedings.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 5 yrs
Role: Dennis Rosas and BHHS corporate failing to oversee Hanson Le & Anna Ly.
Key Offense: Broker-level neglect allowing agent misconduct to persist.
Penalty: Misdemeanor/Admin — license suspension, revocation, fines
Role: Anna Ly and Hanson Le issuing altered leases under BHHS brand.
Key Offense: Forgery of legal documents and fraudulent misrepresentation of tenant status.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran, Le, Silverstein, BHHS handling of payments and certified letters.
Key Offense: Each false email, DocuSign, or USPS package = one count of fraud.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 20–30 yrs per count
Role: Silverstein filing declarations contradicting exhibits.
Key Offense: False testimony and fraudulent exhibits entered into court record.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Berkshire Hathaway corporate offices denying responsibility after notice.
Key Offense: Agreement to further racketeering activity by ignoring certified fraud reports.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 20 yrs + forfeiture
Role: Tran and BHHS ignoring disability accommodation requests, omitting family members from leases.
Key Offense: Discriminatory housing practices and refusal to honor protections.
Penalty: Federal Civil — damages, attorney fees, injunctive relief
Role: Berkshire Hathaway enterprise and affiliates.
Key Offense: Pattern of at least two predicate acts (mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion, perjury) within 10 years.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 20 yrs, forfeiture
Role: Silverstein demanding money with promise to ruin tenant credit for 7 years.
Key Offense: Coercion under threat of reputational and financial destruction.
Penalty: Felony — 2–20 yrs
Role: Tran refusing to credit cashier’s check and July rent tender.
Key Offense: Keeping funds while pretending non-payment.
Penalty: Felony — up to 3 yrs
Role: Tran & Le converting eChecks into paper checks to conceal funds.
Key Offense: Misuse of federally regulated banking instruments.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 30 yrs
Role: Berkshire Hathaway profiting while franchisees defrauded tenants.
Key Offense: Unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices under corporate brand.
Penalty: Civil — $2,500 per violation
Role: Tran, Le, Ly, Silverstein, and Berkshire corporate officers.
Key Offense: Agreement to commit fraud, forgery, extortion, and wrongful eviction as a coordinated enterprise.
Penalty: Felony — same as underlying crime (2–30 yrs)
Role: Tran and BHHS ignoring rights of elderly tenant while pursuing unlawful eviction.
Key Offense: Financial exploitation of elder through concealment of payments and intimidation.
Penalty: Felony — up to 4 yrs; enhancements for great bodily injury
Role: Berkshire legal and corporate refusing to act on certified fraud complaints.
Key Offense: Obstructing due process by ignoring evidence submissions and continuing litigation.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 10 yrs
Role: Tran leasing unsafe property with known mold and structural hazards.
Key Offense: Renting substandard housing and refusing mandated repairs.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — rent abatement, fines, damages
Role: Tran and BHHS misreporting rental income, interfering with USPS fraud investigation.
Key Offense: Concealing payments and misleading federal authorities.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 5 yrs
Role: Silverstein and Tran demanding unlawful sums tied to eviction threats.
Key Offense: Obtaining money through coercion and abuse of legal process.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: BHHS enterprise enabling eviction-based shakedowns affecting interstate commerce.
Key Offense: Wrongful use of fear, fraud, and economic coercion in real estate transactions.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 20 yrs
Role: Tran serving 3-day notice after tenant complaints and rent payment proof.
Key Offense: Eviction initiated in retaliation for protected tenant actions.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — damages, civil penalties
Role: Anna Ly and Hanson Le altering lease terms and presenting false renewals.
Key Offense: Forging signatures, misdating contracts, falsifying tenant history.
Penalty: Felony — 2–3 yrs
Role: BHHS, Tran, and Silverstein conspiring even where fraud wasn’t completed.
Key Offense: Attempt and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud through bogus filings.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 30 yrs
Role: Silverstein submitting void lease agreements and false notices into court.
Key Offense: Knowingly recording or filing false instruments with public office.
Penalty: Felony — 2–3 yrs
Role: Tran presenting returned check and doctored lease as trial evidence.
Key Offense: Introducing fraudulent documents into judicial proceedings.
Penalty: Felony — 2–3 yrs
Role: Tran and Silverstein testifying under oath that payments were not received.
Key Offense: Lying in sworn declarations or testimony.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Berkshire Hathaway corporate allowing perjured testimony to proceed.
Key Offense: Procuring others to commit perjury in state and federal proceedings.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 5 yrs
Role: Tran conducting drone flyovers, unauthorized entries, and intimidation.
Key Offense: Denying tenant peaceful possession of leased property.
Penalty: Civil / Infraction — compensatory damages
Role: Berkshire Hathaway profiting from fraudulent leases and concealment under brand license.
Key Offense: Engaging in unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent practices in housing transactions.
Penalty: Civil — $2,500 per violation
Role: Tran and BHHS refusing interpreter and accommodation for disabled tenant.
Key Offense: Denial of equal access and protections under ADA Title II & III.
Penalty: Federal Civil — damages + injunctive relief
Role: Tran and BHHS ignoring disability rights and retaliation against protected tenant.
Key Offense: Discrimination by program or entity receiving federal assistance.
Penalty: Federal Civil — damages + attorney fees
Role: Tran and Ly retaining deposits and rent money without crediting accounts.
Key Offense: Theft by deception and conversion of funds.
Penalty: Misdemeanor or Felony — up to 3 yrs
Role: Tran and associates entering property, driving trucks on lawn, drone flyovers.
Key Offense: Unlawful entry onto tenant premises without notice.
Penalty: Infraction / Misdemeanor — fines or up to 6 mos jail
Role: BHHS franchise agents routing tenant funds to private accounts.
Key Offense: Failure to deposit and safeguard rents in mandated trust accounts.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — fines, license discipline
Role: Anna Ly and Hanson Le acting under BHHS brand to commit fraud.
Key Offense: Dishonest dealing, misrepresentation, and concealment of facts.
Penalty: Misdemeanor/Admin — license revocation
Role: Tran and Ly promising lease terms they never intended to honor.
Key Offense: False statements that induced tenancy and payments.
Penalty: Felony (if financial) — restitution, 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran’s associates threatening tenant safety and credit score destruction.
Key Offense: Threats of harm intended to compel compliance.
Penalty: Felony — 2–4 yrs
Role: Tran engaging in surveillance, drive-bys, and coercion after tenant complaints.
Key Offense: Harassment intended to pressure tenant into surrendering rights.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — damages, attorney fees
Role: Berkshire corporate, Tran, and Silverstein concealing banking fraud and misleading USPS inspectors.
Key Offense: Agreement to obstruct federal agencies and investigations through deceit and concealment.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 5 yrs
Role: BHHS executives refusing to act after receiving certified fraud evidence.
Key Offense: Interference with due process and obstruction of court proceedings.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 10 yrs
Role: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices operating as enterprise enabling repeated predicate acts.
Key Offense: Conducting affairs of enterprise through mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion, forgery, and conspiracy.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 20 yrs + forfeiture
Role: Anna Ly misrepresenting lease features (pets, laundry) to secure tenancy under BHHS sign.
Key Offense: Publishing false or misleading statements in real estate advertising.
Penalty: Civil — $2,500 per violation
Role: Tran leasing unsafe property with known mold and broken systems.
Key Offense: Violating statutory duties of habitability; retaliating when repairs demanded.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — fines, rent abatement
Role: Tran and BHHS proceeding with eviction during senior tenant’s medical crisis.
Key Offense: Exploiting elder through concealment of payments and retaliatory eviction.
Penalty: Felony — up to 4 yrs, enhanced for great bodily injury
Role: Tran filing unlawful detainer after tenant asserted ADA and habitability rights.
Key Offense: Retaliation for protected legal activity.
Penalty: Misdemeanor — civil damages, fees
Role: Silverstein and Tran in sworn testimony misrepresenting payment status.
Key Offense: Lying under oath about rent receipt and contract validity.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 5 yrs
Role: Silverstein using legal filings and threats in courthouse hallway to demand payment.
Key Offense: Abuse of legal authority to obtain money unlawfully.
Penalty: Federal Felony — up to 20 yrs
Role: Berkshire Hathaway corporate ignoring certified fraud alerts and shielding franchise misconduct.
Key Offense: Agreement to further enterprise through silence and inaction.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 20 yrs + forfeiture
Role: Tran, Le, Silverstein, and BHHS corporate counsel.
Key Offense: Each USPS envelope, email, and DocuSign contract transmitted falsely is a separate count.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 20–30 yrs per count
Role: Tran keeping deposits, cashier’s check, and rent without accounting.
Key Offense: Theft over $950 and refusal to credit valid tenders that extinguished debt.
Penalty: Felony — up to 3 yrs
Role: BHHS, Tran, and Silverstein denying disability accommodations and omitting protected family members from leases.
Key Offense: Discrimination in housing access and failure to provide accommodations.
Penalty: Federal Civil — damages, injunctive relief, attorney fees
Role: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices as franchisor profiting from repeated fraud by agents.
Key Offense: Operating enterprise affairs through predicate crimes: mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion, perjury.
Penalty: Federal Felony — 20 yrs + forfeiture
Role: Tran, Le, Ly, Silverstein, and Berkshire corporate leadership.
Key Offense: Coordinated agreement to defraud tenants, conceal payments, and weaponize courts under BHHS brand.
Penalty: Felony — mirrors underlying crimes (2–30 yrs); Federal RICO conspiracy — 20 yrs + forfeiture