am writing to you in Regards to Barry Turk (license number 31TU1108437)who was licensed Principal Broker and his partner and associate broker william Deegan associate broker of Weichert Shore to Shore which had a location in West Islip New york which closed and was last operating from an office at 84 Nesconset Hwy in Port Jefferson Station NY, 11776. Mr. Turk was allegedly receiving commission advances on transactions closed from his Licensed sales agents. He would then also take the full commission checks after closings, and either not pay agents for several months, or in some cases not at all. Annie Bos, a Realtor was one of their office managers at his first location in west Islip which closed due to financial hardship. Mrs. Bos can verify his misdeeds and can be reached at (631) 374-29xx. Another office manager at the Port Jefferson location is Jim Macintosh and he can be reached (631) 374-92xx. Another witness and victim is Chris Berkowitz, Realtor and can be reached at (631) 312-03xx. I am sure Annie Bos can give you several other people who were not paid commissions earned and or were made to wait many months for their commission. Aside from not paying said commissions and allegedly embezzling other funds, there are several other agents, myself included, who are now at the Mercy of the Bankruptcy court. Weichert Shore to Shore filed for chapter 7 (info on that is included) . I am gravely upset and financially burdened because a house in which I was the selling agent (3 Tree top path Nesconset NY 11767) Closed on July 15Th 2008 and the commission check was taken from me and put into the Trustee account. I was initially told by Fred Kantrow attorney and Bankruptcy trustee of the Eastern division bankruptcy court that I would get my full commission after I filed proof of claim and waited about 120 days to one year. I then spoke to Mr. Kantrow on 8/11/08 and the story changed to I need to wait 1-2 years and I will be lucky to get any amount of money at all. Mr Kantrow can be Reached at (631) 935-18xx.


To summarize I am greatly disturbed that activity like this to go on and not only are these two brokers not punished or held Liable but Barry Turk is still fully Licensed. William Deegan who handled most of the financed for the company denies direct involvement and states he had no knowledge of any of this. This is contrary to his position as partner and the chief handler of commission splits and company money. Mr. Deegan may or may not have done anything illegal but it is hard to believe he was unaware as half owner/partner, that agents were not being paid. Mr Deegan since has left Real estate all together and is employed by an alarm company according to Mrs Annie Bos. I was unable to find him currently licensed so he either revoked his own license or did not renew. I am not sure of Barry Turks location because he has since been going through divorce procedures and has an order of protection against him set by his wife, no longer owns his home in Huntington, and is said to have an apartment somewhere. Mr. Deegan's address is on complaint form.


I am also now personally financially burdened as I was expecting my cut of the $12, 500 commission which is $8, 855. I can simply not afford to lose that amount of money. It is unfair to have worked with clients for over a year, sit at the closing table and have the check I earned handed over to a Bankruptcy trustee. I should have by all moral and ethical right been paid my share that day and have the rest taken by the trustee and divided out. I am not a big corporation who can have this taken away from me and recover. Mr. Turk in the past made me wait over one month after a closing and attempted to ask me to take more than the commission I earned if I were to wait longer because he had other Bills to pay. Now that the money is held in a trust I am not sure what action I can take or if the State can assist me at all but at the very least someone should investigate the unscrupulous and unprofessional behavior that took place. It is not an easy market to make money to begin with and losing $8, 855 dollars is a huge hit to me and my family.
Any help or information about the situation myself and other past agents of Weichert Shore to shore have endured would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much for your Time