Ohio real estate agency sued for alleged kickbacks

A federal lawsuit has been filed against an Ohio real estate agency alleging that the company set up a sham operation to enable it to accept kickback payments for business referrals from Chicago Title, owned by Fidelity National Financial.

The lawsuit, filed Nov. 9 by Erick Carter and his wife Whitney Hayes-Carter, alleges that Welles Bowen Realty of Toledo, Ohio, set up an affiliated business, Welles Bowen Title Agency, to funnel kickbacks it allegedly received from Fidelity National Financial and Chicago Title Insurance Co.

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