South Florida real estate in brief

From left: Ryan Smith, Meredith Eidelman

Reward on offer in loan fraud case
MFI-Mod Squad, a company that investigates loan modification fraud, is offering a reward of $3,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Chris Campbell of Lionstar Financial. Lionstar illegally charged an upfront fee to a Florida couple, Dan Howard and Nickie Struthers, and sent them letters he claimed were from their bank. The bank did not write the letters.

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Developer expands leasing team
Ryan Smith and Meredith Eidelman have joined the leasing team working on the Isram Realty Holdings portfolio at Fimiani Development. Smith was formerly a property manager for Crye-Leike Coastal Realty. Eidelman has four years of retail leasing experience for Victory Real Estate Investments, the Dovetail Companies and Woolbright Development.

Marcus & Millichap hires industrial investment specialist
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has hired Larry Emmons as a director of the National Office and Industrial Properties Group in the Fort Lauderdale office. Emmons will focus on industrial and sale-leaseback properties. He was previously a senior investment officer for First Industrial Realty Trust. TRD