Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, FLORIDA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
Respondent: ROBERT L. FEDAK
Judges: J. LAWRENCE JOHNSTON
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Orlando, Florida
Filed: Apr. 04, 2016
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, April 25, 2016.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
FILED
Department af Business and Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK Brandon Nichols
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATI] pate 2/11/2016
File #
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Petitioner,
v. Case No. 2015-009428
ROBERT L. FEDAK,
Respondent. |
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation (Petitioner) files this
Administrative Complaint before the Florida Real Estate Commission against ROBERT L.
FEDAK, (Respondent), and alleges:
ie Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of real estate
pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 120, 455, and 475, of the Florida Statutes.
2. Atall times material, Respondent was licensed as a Real Estate Sales Associate, having been
issued license number SL 3082339.
3. Respondent’s address of record is 6689 Martin Road, Margate, 33068.
4. In or around February 2015, Respondent was the listing agent for a property located at
710 NW 74th Terrace Margate, FL (“Subject Property”).
5. In or around February 2015, Rhoda Mann was the cooperating sales associate that
assisted the prospective buyers Francis McMullan and Indra McMullan (“Prospective Buyers”).
6. On or about January 31, 2015, the Prospective Buyers signed a Residential Contract for
Sale and Purchase for Subject Property (“Contract”) and submitted the Contract as an offer to
Respondent.
7. On or about February 3, 2015, Eleanor Herman (“Seller”), the Seller of Subject Property,
countered the Prospective Buyer’s offer.
8. On or about February 3, 2015, the Prospective Buyers initialed and accepted Seller’s
counteroffer.
9. On or about February 3, 2015, the Contract between Prospective Buyers and Seller
became fully executed.
10. On or about February 3, 2015, the Prospective Buyers placed an escrow deposit of
$10,000 with Capital Abstract and Title, pursuant to the Contract.
11. On or about February 4, 2015, Respondent alerted Mann and the Prospective Buyers
that the Seller had executed another Residential Contract for Sale and Purchase for Subject Property
with a different prospective buyer prior to the execution of the Contract.
COUNT I
12. Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates by reference the allegations set forth in paragraphs
one (1) through eleven (11) as if fully set forth herein.
13. Section 475.25(1)(b), Florida Statutes, subjects a real estate licensee to discipline if the
licensee:
Has been guilty of fraud, misrepresentation, concealment, false promises,
false pretenses, dishonest dealing by trick, scheme, or device, culpable
negligence, or breach of trust in any business transaction in this state or
any other state, nation, or territory; has violated a duty imposed upon her
or him by law or by the terms of a listing contract, written, oral, express,
or implied, in a real estate transaction; has aided, assisted, or conspired
with any other person engaged in any such misconduct and in
furtherance thereof; or has formed an intent, design, or scheme to engage
in any such misconduct and committed an overt act in furtherance of
such intent, design, or scheme.
14. Respondent violated Section 475.25(1)(b), Florida Statutes, by failing to disclose to Mann
and the Prospective Buyers that the Seller had executed another Residential Contract for Sale and
Purchase for Subject Property with a different prospective buyer prior to the execution of the
Contract.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Florida Real Estate Commission enter
an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: suspension or permanent revocation of
Respondent’s licenses, restriction of practice, imposition of an administrative fine, issuance of a
reprimand, placement of Respondent on probation, corrective action, assessment of costs telated to
the investigation and prosecution of the case, and any other relief that the Commission deems
appropriate.
SIGNED this _22"° day of January , 2016.
PCP Date: 1/21/2015
PCP MEMBERS: __Hornsleth/Fisher
By:
KEN LAWSON, Secretary
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation
/s[Megan S. Lloyd
Megan S. Lloyd
Assistant General Counsel
Division of Real Estate
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation
Florida Bar No.: 115518
Office of the General Counsel
1940 N. Monroe Street, Ste. 25A
Tallahassee, FL, 32399
(850) 717-1499 - Telephone
Megan.Lloyd@myfloridalicense.com
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
PLEASE BE ADVISED that mediation under Section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not
available for administrative disputes involving this type of agency action.
PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED that Respondent has the right to request a hearing to
be conducted in accordance with Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, to be represented by
counsel or other qualified representative, to present evidence and argument, to call and cross-
examine witnesses, and to have subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued on his or her behalf if
a hearing is requested. Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative Code, provides in part that if
Respondent fails to request a hearing within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of an agency pleading,
Respondent waives the right to request a hearing on the facts alleged.
NOTICE REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
Respondent is placed on notice that Petitioner has incurred costs related to the investigation
and prosecution of this matter. Pursuant to Section 455.227(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the Board, or the
Department when there is no Board, may assess costs related to the investigation and prosecution of
the case excluding costs associated with an attorney's time, against the Respondent in addition to any
other discipline imposed.
Docket for Case No: 16-001872PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Apr. 25, 2016 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Apr. 25, 2016 |
Joint Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Apr. 12, 2016 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Apr. 12, 2016 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for May 6, 2016; 9:30 a.m.; Orlando and Tallahassee, FL).
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Apr. 11, 2016 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Apr. 07, 2016 |
Notice of Appearance (Daniel Villazon) filed.
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Apr. 04, 2016 |
Initial Order.
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Apr. 04, 2016 |
Notice of Service of Petitioner's First Set of Admissions, Interrogatories, and Request for Production filed.
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Apr. 04, 2016 |
Response to Administrative Complaint filed.
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Apr. 04, 2016 |
Amended Election of Rights filed.
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Apr. 04, 2016 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Apr. 04, 2016 |
Agency referral letter filed.
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