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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Chaba M. Pallaghy, Petitioner v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Respondent BEFORE: : : : : : : : :

No. 749 C.D. 2011 Submitted: September 23, 2011

HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, President Judge HONORABLE ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge HONORABLE JAMES R. KELLEY, Senior Judge

OPINION NOT REPORTED MEMORANDUM OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE KELLEY FILED: December 20, 2011

Chaba M. Pallaghy (Licensee) petitions for review of the order of the Bureau of Professional Occupational Affairs, State Real Estate Commission (Commission) imposing a one-year suspension of Licensee`s real estate broker`s license, of which three months would be active and the remainder stayed in favor of probation, imposing a $2,000.00 civil penalty to be paid during the active suspension period, and requiring Licensee to complete the Commission-approved broker office management course during the suspension period, pursuant to the provisions of the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act (Act).1 We affirm. On April 4, 2006, Licensee received a $2,000.00 check from a buyer as a deposit on several undeveloped lots in Pike County, Pennsylvania. The check was
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Act of February 19, 1980, P.L. 15, as amended, 63 P.S.

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