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A News 12 investigation into an alleged real estate scam last week has turned up new possible victims and a long trail of legal cases against a Mount Vernon company. &nbsp; Mary Rodriguez, of Poughkeepsie, said last week that the owners of Radio Real Estate - Dawn and Tim Smith -&nbsp; swindled her out of $4,600.&nbsp; She says they promised that they would get her a new place to live.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Rodriguez says Smith assured that her money would refunded by Jan. 17th. &nbsp; News 12's investigation reveals a long history of issues, with each case in the thousands. &nbsp; Rose Armelline, of Yonkers, and her two adult children are days away from being homeless. Armelline claims it all started when she gave the real estate company $3,900 last summer. MORE: <a href="http://westchester.news12.com/story/39735840/mount-vernon-realty-company-accused-of-swindling-multiple-clients">Mount Vernon realty company accused of swindling multiple clients</a> &nbsp; After a partial refund check bounced, Rose was finally repaid $3,000 in small payments over the course of a few weeks.

"She had to wait for the next client to come in, gave her the cash before she could turn it over to me,&rdquo; said Armelline. &nbsp; News 12 even found a recent lawsuit filed with the state Supreme Court where the alleged victim was seeking $18,000 "stolen from me that should have been refunded in full." &nbsp; News 12 says they looked for the Smiths at two addresses listed for the business in Mount Vernon, but they were vacant.

A News 12 investigation into an alleged real estate scam last week has turned up new possible victims and a long trail of legal cases against a Mount Vernon company.

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Alex Calamia. I feel like this is the perfect Sunday to just cozy up inside. I agree because I stepped outside briefly and was like, just so surprised at how dark it was Jen. And it's because of how thick the clouds are, but the rain is becoming a lot more scattered, a lot more drizzly and then eventually it just dissipates this evening. So you might be able to actually manage to go out without an umbrella, especially after sunset. The work week is totally dry. So that makes life a lot easier for us to plan. You do see that the rain chance is still more 50% through 10 o'clock. So that does mean that odds are you're at least dealing with drizzle and a little bit of mist until close to midnight. But then the rain chance drops off pretty quickly and we're not talking about a lot of additional rain. So you see uh totals including this morning, maybe a half of an inch or so. So that's manageable. Unfortunately, because it's been raining all day, the roads are a little slick. Visibility is a little reduced. So give yourself some time to get to where you have to go temperature right all day for the lower parts of Westchester County and the rest of us. Poughkeepsie, Kingston pine bush. You're in the mid forties, you drop very briefly into the thirties. Tonight. In the Upper Hudson Valley, there could be some frost in a few cooler neighborhoods. The rest of us are warmer. We're in the forties. It looks ok. Monday a little bit cooler in orange, Ulster County in the higher elevations. Most of us though get close to 50. We have a lot of sunshine in the morning and then clouds push in around lunchtime tomorrow, but those clouds do not produce showers. It's dry a less than 10% chance of rain on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So this is your entire work week that's looking dry, but it cools down. So we go from 52 Wednesday to 45 on Thursday. Um, actually 45 on Tuesday by Thursday though. You're at 41 degrees. So that's the coolest afternoon out of the bunch. First night of Hanukkah. You're down to 32 for that Friday morning and then we rebound to the fifties for next weekend. So it's a

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Alleged real estate scam turns up new victims, long trail of cases