Prosecutors drop criminal charges against prominent real estate agents; related civil lawsuits settled

The State Attorney’s office has dropped its criminal investigation of  employees of a prominent commercial real estate firm whose offices were stormed by an armed SWAT team last year. 

Around the same time prosecutors abandoned their criminal case, on Nov. 1, at least three related civil lawsuits and countersuits in state and federal courts were also voluntarily dismissed – signaling a broad, behind-the-scenes settlement between employees of Colliers International and their former employer, Bosshardt Realty Services.

Prosecutors and company officials declined to discuss in detail the terms of any such settlement. The state attorney, Brian Kramer, said in a statement that his office had “worked with the named victims and the defendants, as well as other interested parties, to reach a fair and just resolution,” and said everyone involved was satisfied.

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