A guy from the Vancouver metropolitan area who claims to have a lucrative short-term rental business with a dozen homes in British Columbia.He is charged with fraud while continuing to accumulate lawsuits for list failures, millions of dollars in damages.
Tong “Heintz” Sun has filed claims opposed to that of at least 3 houses he says he rented with the aim of scoring them on sites like Airbnb.
All 3 lists failed for several reasons, adding complaints from poor visitors and regulatory violations, according to documents filed in British Columbia, Supreme and Provincial Courts.Sun claims that its owners are guilty of the losses it suffered as a result.
The owner of one of the houses filed a counterclaim accusing Sun and his mother Lijun Zhao of fraud and offering “false” evidence, allegations that Sun denied court filings.
Meanwhile, he is involved in another legal war over the loss of a van he rented to help him with his short-term rental business, while facing criminal rates on the Lower Continent.
In an email to CBC, Sun said there was “nothing extraordinary” in his legal opinions about his Airbnb ads, and wrote that “overall, I can’t find my list of topics very attractive and I don’t like advertising either.”
A lawsuit has already backfired, ending Sun’s conviction to pay $550 in legal fees.He had tried to legally hold Burnaby’s owners accountable for their losses when they terminated their lease in reaction to a city warning that Sun operated a short-term rental business without a license.
Sun stated that he disagreed with the judge’s decision to dismiss his application, but that he did not value the appeal charge.
“I discussed the ruling that I am not operating a chemical plant or commercial site in the residential facility without a license. My short-term rental is primarily a residential business, ”Sun wrote in his email to CBC.
Money bets are much higher in Sun’s other legal battles.A lawsuit filed through Sun and Zhao looks for more than $11 million in damages against the owners and operators of a two-bedroom apartment in Marpole.
In the lawsuit, filed with the British Columbia Supreme Court in December 2018, Sun and Zhao describe themselves as “experienced and qualified operators as a circle of family hostels.”It claimed to operate between 10 and 15 short-term rental homes in British Columbia.
Sun and Zhao claim that the owners are to blame for the ruinous state of construction that has resulted in so many lawsuits by customers, Airbnb has closed its account, according to the 2018 release.$23,000 per month in revenue source from a separate record in Richmond.
Owner Hang Zhang responded with accusations that he had rented the apartment, on the understanding that Zhao would live there and promote it in the other room on Airbnb, in accordance with Vancouver’s short-term rental regulations that state that it is only legal to rent rooms in a major residence.
“It is transparent that Zhao and Sun are executing fraud because all the data or evidence they have provided is false,” Zhang argues in a counterclaim filed in September 2019.
Zhang writes that the owner of the Richmond house where Zhao and Sun say they earn $23,000 a month signed an affidavit that evicted Sun and Zhao in 2016, long before they closed their Airbnb account.
Zhang says the couple announced an area for thirteen other people to sleep in in the two-bedroom apartment he rented from them, saying the suite had sparked court cases from neighbors about noise, dogs, excessive alcohol consumption and hashish smoke.
Sun supports his testimony in his reaction to Zhang.The accusations in the application and counterclaim have not yet been shown in court, and the case was attempted as of May 2021.
A third lawsuit, filed in February, seeks more than $500,000 in damages opposed to the owners of a Shaughnessy mansion that Sun says he and his mother were unable to hire on Airbnb because the landlord canceled the new lease when previous tenants made a decision.to stay longer than expected.
The owner presented a reaction saying that B.C.The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over rental matters If the matter goes ahead, the landlord contends that Sun and Zhao’s plan for their assets violated Vancouver’s short-term lease regulations and lease.
None of the accusations at Sun’s trial or the owner’s reaction have been filed in court.
Meanwhile, Sun is also awaiting trial on mischief charges, $5,000 theft, harmful driving and wilted or intentional obstruction of a law enforcement officer, all allegedly committed before this year, according to records indexed in Court Services Online.
Sun told CBC he was unsure of the nature of the charges.
“I’m still looking to see if they showed up against the user or if the rates aren’t appropriate for the circumstances,” he wrote.
However, it appears that mischief and harmful driving fees would possibly be similar to accusations made in a counterclaim filed through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canada before this month in the British Columbia Supreme Court.
The document alleges that the Vancouver Police Department ordered a Mercedes-Benz pickup truck that Sun rented after Sun “deliberately broke several vehicle windows at one or more car dealerships and then fled the VPD in the vehicle” in April 2020.
The company claims to have taken over the vehicle and now considers that Sun and his father, who jointly signed the lease, did not comply.Mercedes-Benz asks Sun to refund his balance.
In his reaction to the counterclaim, Sun denied accusations that he had damaged the windows and is also suing the financial company, claiming that the van used for his short-term rental business and that his loss charges him $1 million in the business.
None of the accusations in Sun’s claim or in the company’s counterclaim have reached the courts.
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