Judge Invalidates Hundreds Of Bogus Claims In Surfside Building Collapse

By CBS Miami Team

August 25, 2022

Hundreds of bogus claims that sought a share of the $1.1 billion settlement in the deadly collapse of the Surfside condominium building were ruled as fraudulent and invalid by a judge Wednesday.

More than 450 presumably false claims, most seeking about $50,000, were filed in the court settlement arising from the June 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in which 98 people died.

These claims "have no connection whatsoever" to the tragedy and appear to be "claims seeking to wrongfully capitalize on this tragedy at the expense of the true victims," court-appointed receiver Michael Goldberg said in court documents.

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