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A prominent Richmond realtor has been accused in a lawsuit by her former employer, New Coast Realty, of “forging and concealing” changes made to 11 contracts, and causing the firm to lose listings contracts and commissions.

But in her response to the lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, realtor Wendy Yang alleges “it was common practice” for realtors at New Coast to write their manager’s name on documents submitted to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, and that she left the firm because she refused to take part in what she believed were “unethical and unlawful practices.”

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The case is set for trial in early 2018, and none of the allegations has been proven in court.

New Coast alleges in its claim that, in January 2016, “unbeknownst to New Coast … Yang was planning her departure to a competitor real estate agency, Metro Edge.”

According to the claim, New Coast learned in early February 2016 that “Ms. Yang had forged the name of New Coast’s managing broker,” on 11 amended listing contracts and Yang “surreptitiously submitted them to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, thereby purporting to terminate each of the listing contracts.”