Saskatoon StarPhoenix
🏢 Postmedia
📍 SK
Jul 30, 2026
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Former Saskatoon real estate agent fined $75,000 for misappropriating deposits
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LOCAL NEWS
Former Saskatoon real estate agent fined $75,000 for misappropriating deposits
Saskatoon's Kevin Tran was fined $75,000 and banned from real estate for five years after banking deposits from three prospective buyers.
Instead of depositing funds in his brokerage's trust account, Kevin Tran kept them in his personal bank account — a serious real estate offence. (Dan Janisse / Windsor Star)
By
Shane Fraser
July 30, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
Keeping clients’ deposits in his personal bank account, rather than his company’s trust, is what earned Kevin Tran three separate fines of $25,000 and a…
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