A glamorous Miami anesthesiologist should have thought she hit the jackpot when her beneficiant boyfriend gave her a luxurious $6.2 million house to dwell in.
The one drawback was that it seems he by no means owned it.
Fatma Haiderzad lived within the luxurious three-bedroom and four-bathroom rental on the Turnberry Ocean Membership in Sunny Isles, Miami, from 2022 to 2024.
Funding advisor Tyron Birkmeir organized for her to maneuver in after brokering the sale on behalf of a overseas investor, court docket paperwork declare.
Whereas Haiderzad, 39, lived within the house, Birkmeir, 56, allegedly took membership of the social and golf golf equipment that got here with the rental, value $115,000-a-year, for himself, somewhat than giving them to his consumer.
Sources say the pair first met exterior a luxurious resort in Miami a number of years in the past.
A supply claimed Birkmeir “will get by on persona and ambition, somewhat than expertise.”
His alleged duplicitous rental involvement comes regardless of the Swiss nationwide claiming to have $5 billion in belongings beneath management of his firm, Lurra Capital.
Birkmeir, who was born in South Africa, has beforehand labored at banks in London, Cyprus and Zurich, the place Lurra Capital is headquartered.
The corporate describes itself on-line as “an invitation-only international funding agency” and is a backer of the Hexagon Cup, a celebrity-backed Padel match the place workforce homeowners embody Eva Longoria and tennis participant Andy Murray.
The corporate additionally purchased a $42 million rental constructing in Miami in 2022.
Haiderzad, 39, from Missouri, has been a registered nurse since 2010 and certified as an anesthetist round 2015, transferring to Chicago after which Miami round 2020.
Along with her medical work, she is listed on some web sites as a Senior Vice President at Lurra Capital.
The rental lawsuit is introduced by Sphere Mia, an organization owned by the overseas investor which really purchased the rental, and claims Birkmeir misrepresented it was he who purchased the property for himself, somewhat than the Sphere.
The defendants — Haiderzad, actual property agency BRG Worldwide and its CEO Matias Alem — are accused of breach of statutory obligation and fraudulent concealment amongst different prices.
Sphere declare that Birkmeir, who isn’t a celebration within the lawsuit, BRG and Alem, “grossly inflated” the value of the rental so the latter two received the next fee.
Reasonably than the standard three p.c, the upper value meant they received six p.c.
In December final 12 months, a unit one ground above the rental offered for $5.7 million — $500,000 lower than the $6.2 million paid by Sphere, after years of accelerating costs within the property market.
Sources informed The Submit Sphere was approached by Birkmeir to purchase the property as an funding and that they trusted him, so didn’t query the valuation.
Nevertheless, in some unspecified time in the future Sphere found not solely the value been inflated, but additionally Haiderzad had been dwelling within the rental with out their data.
The lawsuit states: “After the Turnberry Condominium was bought by Sphere Mia, as a substitute of renting the property to offset prices and/or generate recurring income, Birkmeir organized for defendant Haiderzad to occupy the house on a full-time foundation for 2 years, making no hire funds to Sphere Mia as compensation for the honest worth of using the property.
“Plaintiff seeks to get well from Haiderzad damages in an quantity equal to the cheap worth of hire she ought to have paid in the course of the two years she occupied the luxurious condominium.”
Makes an attempt by The Submit to succeed in Haiderzad had been unsuccessful. A lawyer for Alem informed The Submit: “There isn’t any fact or advantage to the allegations directed to my purchasers, BRG Worldwide LLC and Matias Alem.”
Birkmeir is alleged to have paid “bills and upkeep related to the unit,” in response to the lawsuit.
Alem’s attorneys have additionally filed to dismiss the swimsuit, saying it doesn’t contain them, nonetheless, it at the moment stays lively. They are saying a earlier model of the lawsuit was dismissed.
The movement to dismiss states: “Plaintiff has failed to supply even a scintilla of proof to point out how Defendant Alem was concerned within the transaction … Plaintiff is unable to point out how these Defendants breached any supposed duties owed to Plaintiff or fraudulently hid any info in the course of the transaction, largely as a result of Plaintiff was being represented by Birkmeir himself as their Chief Government Officer.”
The movement additionally factors out the small print in an modification to the acquisition settlement, which says Birkmeir was to be named the recipient of one-year of golf membership on the membership.
