California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed charges Jan 21 against a Los Angeles-area real estate agent in the state’s first notable case of alleged price gouging related to the deadly wildfires that started this month.
Mike Kobeissi, a real estate agent based in La Canada, faces charges of allegedly raising the rental price of a home in the city on Jan. 11 after thousands of homes were destroyed in a nearby fire, according to the court complaint.
