Class Action Against Diamond Resorts?

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Class Action Against Diamond Resorts? (by Irene P.):

I am not aware of any investigation by an Attorney General regarding Diamond resorts, although it doesn't hurt to file a complaint if you feel you have been mislead. The Florida Timeshare Division only acted on 110 out of 2,360 timeshare complaints filed from April 2012 to April 2014. The article below from November 4, 2016 describes a DRI class action. The writer is Michael Kakuk who is now an attorney with the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance.

A class action was filed against Diamond Resorts: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/348667-diamond-resorts-class-action-high-pressure-timeshare-sales-deceptive/ Matt Daniel Finazzo, et al. v. Diamond Resorts International Club Inc., Case No. 5:16-cv-02256, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

I know nothing about the law firm of Todd M Friedman PC handling the case.

Yelena Gurevich of Gurevich & Rode PC Consumer Action Law Group in California is reviewing a complaint. Diamond owners were encouraged to buy a high volume of points in order to have enough points to rent to cover maintenance fees. Now two of the high volume owners have had their account suspended, accused of advertising on RedWeek and AirBnb. The owner said they did not advertise on AirBnb. As suggested by the Diamond sales agent, they did open a RedWeek account and once tried to advertise on Redweek, but the renter never paid them and they never advertised again. When they signed their contracts, renting was encouraged but now DRI has changed their policy accusing them of renting for commercial benefit. They are being told they can only rent to family and friends which is what they owner said they were doing. Their accounts have been suspended for a year. They own well over 100,000 points and are required to pay mortgage and maintenance fees while the accounts are suspended. Has anyone else experienced this?