The Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge to rule in its favor in a lawsuit against Nolosha Development, which is accused of collecting deposits from mostly Somali homebuyers and failing to follow through with construction plans.
“For over a year Defendants have refused to provide basic information relevant to their advertising, offering, and selling of homes tailor-made for the Somali community, greatly prejudicing the [Attorney General Office’s] case and delaying justice for their victims,” Assistant Attorneys General Mark Iris and Katherine Kelly wrote in a memorandum filed in court Friday afternoon.
The attorney general’s request for a default judgement would put an end to the legal case, which it first filed in October 2024 after more than a year of investigating Nolosha. The office is also asking a judge to order Nolosha to stop advertising the project and to issue refunds to all of its customers, who paid deposits of up to $25,000 per home. The request includes Nolosha paying the state’s legal fees in the case…