Decision record
Ranzetta, Victor Gerald John
Allegation / charges
1. The Solicitor was party to a scheme whereby his purchaser/mortgagor clients obtained funds from the mortgagee in excess of the purchase price. In being such a party the Solicitor, inter alia: (i) prepared Transfer documents with false consideration. (ii) stamped contracts and Transfers evidencing a consideration which he knew to be false. 2. The Solicitor, as agent, attended on settlement and handed over Transfers with consideration which, to his knowledge, was false. 3. After exchange of Contracts, the Solicitor altered the purchase price on the Contract for Sale. 4. The Solicitor altered the consideration on a Transfer which had been executed by the parties. — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Solicitor was found guilty of professional misconduct for participating in a scheme in which purchaser/mortgagor clients obtained mortgage funds exceeding the purchase price. He prepared and stamped Transfer documents and contracts with consideration he knew to be false, handed over such Transfers at settlement as agent, altered the purchase price on the Contract for Sale after exchange, and altered the consideration on an executed Transfer. The excerpt records the findings of professional misconduct but does not state any sanction or express finding of dishonesty.
Duties found breached:
- Not mislead third parties or opponents
- No conflict between current clients
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
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Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=6b5aa7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e