A Wisconsin property owner and developer was charged last week with possessing child pornography.
Brian Bonovich of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, is facing 10 charges of possession of child pornography after a search warrant was executed at his home, WBAY reports.
Sturgeon Bay police allegedly discovered that Bonovich was using torrent monitoring sites to search for and download child abuse material to his personal computer.
The warrant revealed more than 70 such images and videos depicting children ranging from teenagers to toddlers.
Each Felony D charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
Bonovich’s bond was set at $7,500, with restrictions on unsupervised contact with minors and surrender of his passport. His court appearance is scheduled for February 16th.
Developers and brokers can sometimes have problems.
Earlier this month, a Los Angeles man faced 110 felonies and three special charges for allegedly running an $8 million pyramid scheme involving building developments.
The California Attorney General announced in a press release that from 2010 to 2020, Jeffrey H. Tamkin is suspected of managing the Tamkin Development Corporation and the Public Facilities Investment Corporation.
Tamkin developed buildings for public institutions and, after development, leased the buildings to government agencies for a profit. He promised investors, many of them elderly, high interest rates, provided investment memorandums and brochures, and personally guaranteed the investments, on which many of his victims relied.
The information provided to investors (some of whom he recruited from organizations such as Hillcrest Country Club, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the Fraternity of Music Centers) provided investors with confidence in the safety of their funds. Many important facts necessary for making a judgment were omitted. According to the release.
In October, a California real estate agent was sentenced to six months in prison for forging a client’s document signature.
Ventura County District Attorney Eric Nasarenko said in a press release Wednesday that Daniel Montano, 29, a licensed agent with RE/MAX Gold Coast Realtors, will also pay back more than $100,000 in restitution and be sentenced for two years. He said the sentence would be suspended. He has already repaid the victim $68,500.
Inman said Montano was arrested in November 2022 and has pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of theft and forgery. And in August, he changed his plea to guilty on four counts of forgery. He also acknowledged that “the crime demonstrated premeditation, sophistication and professionalism, and that he took advantage of a position of trust and confidence when he committed the crime,” his statement said.
In 2020, RE/MAX agents forged victims’ signatures on multiple California Association of Realtors forms. He then sent documents to escrow regarding the sale of the Ventura property, prosecutors said.
— Ted Glanser