THOUSAND OAKS : Ex-Partner Accuses Robbins of Role in Land Sale Fraud
Former state Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Van Nuys), serving a prison term on federal corruption charges, has been accused by a business partner of defrauding him of $2.5 million in a Ventura County land deal.
Michael R. Goland charged in a lawsuit that Robbins, aided by a Chicago title insurance firm, received some proceeds from the sale of a Thousand Oaks parcel without Goland’s knowledge or permission. Goland said the nine-acre parcel was sold for nearly $9 million.
Goland, a onetime Woodland Hills developer and longtime pro-Israel activist, was convicted last year of secretly trying to take over a Santa Monica-based savings & loan using $900,000 loaned by Robbins.
In his suit, filed in Santa Monica Superior Court in July, Goland names the Chicago Title Insurance Co. as a defendant, saying the firm engaged in a fraud with Robbins. The suit does not name Robbins as a defendant but accuses him of receiving money from the land sale without Goland’s knowledge.
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