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Litigation

Feb. 8, 2011

Wells Fargo Sued Over Problem Foreclosure

In an unusual case, an Altadena couple is suing Wells Fargo, accusing the bank and others of failing to properly disclose the foreclosure property it sold them was a former marijuana grow house riddled with problems.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Mikey and Zeina Kostelny's dream home became a nightmare the day they moved into it in December 2008.


With a pool and an open floor plan, the four-bedroom Altadena foreclosure property sited near hiking trails seemed like just the kind of house for which they worked holidays and scrimped for 15 years. What they claim they didn't know - and the sellers, by law, should have told them - was that...

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