Brooklyn actual property dealer Bert I. Dweck and his household face extra fraud lawsuits in New Jersey as alleged victims circle the household’s belongings.
4 lawsuits have been introduced in opposition to Bert I. Dweck in New Jersey state courtroom for the reason that begin of the 12 months. In whole, Bert I. Dweck of Dweck Group faces 11 lawsuits in New York and New Jersey. Lawsuits additionally title his dad and mom, Isaac and Marlene Dweck, and his brother, Adam Dweck, as defendants.
As The Actual Deal not too long ago reported, a number of actual property buyers and lenders alleged in NY state courtroom that Bert I. Dweck used phony contracts to entice individuals to provide him cash for actual property acquisitions. The cash was presupposed to be held in escrow. However as a substitute, Dweck absconded with the cash, lawsuits allege.
These allegations have now crossed state strains to New Jersey, the place others are making comparable claims of diverted funds used to pay for his household’s six-bedroom dwelling in Deal, New Jersey, with an estimated worth of as much as $11 million. Buyers and lenders in NJ are in search of to place a lien on his dwelling.
The authorized saga of Bert I. Dweck has been the discuss of the insular Syrian-Jewish group in Gravesend, Brooklyn, and Deal, of which Bert I. Dweck and his household are half, as are most of the alleged victims. Extra lawsuits are anticipated to be filed, sources mentioned. Questions stay about precisely the place all the cash went.
The New Jersey lawsuits had been introduced by Isaac and Charles Zafarani, Morris Cohen, Steve Tabeek and Joseph Askouti and Steven Esses.
The lawyer representing all 4 plaintiffs, Jay Kanetkar, declined to remark. Bert. I Dweck’s lawyer Jason Swergold additionally declined to remark. Isaac and Marlene Dweck’s lawyer didn’t return a request for remark, nor did Adam Dweck’s lawyer.
The Zafaranis
Isaac and Charles Zafarani allege they entered into partnerships with Bert I. Dweck for 3 acquisition offers: 1526 Grand Concourse web site within the Bronx, two Ceremony Aids in Philadelphia and one in Westbury, New York, and 210-220 Nagle Avenue in Manhattan.
1526 Grand Concourse: Isaac Zafarani allegedly wired $500,000 to an escrow account tied to Bert I. Dweck. The deal by no means closed. When Isaac requested a return of his cash, Bert. I. Dweck allegedly despatched a verify with inadequate funds.
Three Ceremony Aids: Isaac Zafarani allegedly wired over $300,000 to Bert I. Dweck and his household’s entities to go in the direction of the acquisition of three Ceremony Aids. Charles Zafarani then wired $310,000 to the Dwecks. However the offers by no means closed.
210-220 Nagle Avenue: Charles and Isaac allegedly despatched over $375,000 to Bert I. Dweck to purchase 210-220 Nagle Avenue. The deal didn’t shut and the Zafaranis by no means obtained their a reimbursement. The Zafaranis imagine most of their cash went to paying for the mortgage and carrying prices of the Dwecks’ household dwelling at 16 Neptune Avenue in Deal, New Jersey.
Morris Cohen
Morris Cohen of Cohen Property Group claims he supplied over $100,000 to Bert I. Dweck, a Dweck entity referred to as Lionheart and Adam Dweck for a collection of actual property transactions.
However by mid-2024, the Dwecks’ money owed had ballooned to over $100,000, in line with the lawsuit. Cohen sought to consolidate the money owed underneath one word. That word could be secured by one property: 3582 East Tremont Road within the Bronx. Underneath the phrases of the word, Cohen claims he had the correct to grab the property within the occasion of a default.
Cohen, nevertheless, claims he discovered the deed was transferred, however Bert I. Dweck by no means gave him any of the proceeds of the sale. Bert I. Dweck then supplied Cohen collateral in one other deal, 2535 MIAM LLC, which held curiosity in a distinct property.
However Cohen later found that Bert I. Dweck bought his curiosity in that property, making the collateral nugatory, in line with the lawsuit. The loans had been by no means repaid. The cash was allegedly moved to 16 Neptune Avenue and a retail property in Camden, New Jersey.
Steven Tabeek
Steven Tabeek, Joseph Ashkouti and two of their affiliated firms, TF Capital Holdings and JMC Lender, allege they loaned cash to Isaac Dweck and Bert I. Dweck between 2024 and 2025.
This included a $900,000 mortgage to purchase 4188 Broadway in Manhattan, a $450,000 mortgage to purchase 1526 Grand Concourse within the Bronx and $750,000 to purchase 6401 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn. As an alternative, Tabeek and Ashkouti allege Bert I. Dweck moved the mortgage proceeds into Affinity Growth Capital. From Affinity, the funds went to pay for bank card payments, automotive funds and bills tied to their Deal residence, in line with the lawsuit.
“Defendants diverted and disbursed the proceeds by way of Affinity Growth Capital LLC and associated accounts for functions unrelated to any bona fide real-estate transaction,” the lawsuit mentioned.
Steven Esses
Steven Esses alleges that between 2024 and 2025, he wired $340,000 to Capital D Reny, an organization tied to Isaac and Bert I. Dweck. On high of the $340,000, Esses mentioned he despatched over a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} to the Dwecks. In whole, Esses claims the Dwecks owe him $985,000.
Esses additional alleges Bert I. Dweck delayed reimbursement of the loans by sending a number of checks that had been returned for inadequate funds. Esses alleges the cash was diverted to the Dweck household’s Deal, New Jersey home.
The mixed lawsuits in New Jersey from Esses, the Zarafanis, Cohen and Tabeek are in search of $5.4 million from Bert I. Dweck and his household. In New York state courtroom, Dweck’s lenders and buyers are in search of $14.4 million.
In whole, the 11 lawsuits are in search of about $19.8 million from the Dwecks.
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