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Page 4of 5 <br />The Jaweeds agreed to a settlement in early <br />advocacy group,said it's uncommon to have so <br />many different companies and to transfer properties December, before the judge could rule. Madia <br />so frequently. declined to discuss the terms. <br />A year ago, Ramsey County Judge Dale Lindman <br />"If you ask them under oath, they'll tell you there are <br />tax benefits to all this," Vraa said. "But there are called the Jaweeds' business operation "a morass" <br />certainly benefits from a legal process standpoint. and ordered them to pay $6,400 to Tony Kromrey <br />The harder you make it to sue somebody, the less and his son. Kromrey, of New Brighton, had worked <br />likely they'll do it successfully." on and off for them for a dozen years doing repairs <br />at various properties. The Jaweeds had argued that <br />Fridley prosecutors have run into this problem more one of their companies, not they, owed the <br />than once when trying to bring criminal charges, Kromreys the money. <br />including fines, against the brothers for not meeting <br />housinLindman wrote: "Whether by purpose or otherwise, <br />g codes. <br />(the Jaweeds) have set up a scheme of ownership <br />City attorney Fritz Knaack said the Jaweeds use a through corporations, limited liability companies <br />"run-around" technique, claiming in front of a judge and various management agencies to effectively hide <br />that they don't own the building or that they don't from contractors and creditors the true identity of <br />know the owner or even that they don't own the the owners of the property." <br />company. <br />Elizabeth Mohr can be reached at 651-228-5162 or <br />Knaack and other city officials say it's been hard to emohr@ pioneerpress.com. MaryJo Webster can be <br />prove the Jaweeds wrong. reached at 651-228-5507 or <br />mwebster@pioneerpress.com. <br />A Robbinsdale staff member spent several hours a <br />few years ago trying to determine whether a <br />company called HJ22 LLC was connected to the <br />Jaweeds. The registration paperwork filed with the <br />secretary of state didn't include names or addresses <br />for corporate officers, even though that information <br />is required, the staffer said. <br />Recently, former tenants and an unpaid contractor <br />argued that the Jaweeds, not their companies, <br />should be held responsible. Two former tenants of <br />the Jaweeds' Charleswood apartments in Burnsville <br />started personal injury lawsuits in late 2009, <br />advertisement <br />claiming hazardous living conditions — largely <br />because of a bedbug infestation. <br />The Jaweeds argued that the building was owned by <br />a company called Z114S LLC. <br />J. Ashwin Madia, the tenants' lawyer, discovered the <br />Jaweeds had not filed the necessary annual renewal <br />paperwork for the company. As a result, the <br />company effectively didn't exist. <br />Madia asked the judge to hold the brothers <br />personally accountable. <br />In a May motion, Madia argued that the company <br />was fraudulent and "serves as an alter ego" for the <br />Jaweeds. <br />htt://www.twincities.com/fdc?uniue=131842761027210/12/2011 <br />ppq <br /> <br />