Nine days ago I covered the first class action accusing Zillow of steering buyers toward Zillow Home Loans in exchange for giving certain agents more and better leadsZillow Hit with Class Action Over Alleged Kickbacks to Agents…Is Your Agent Steering You?). That was serious enough.
Now the lawsuit has been amended, and the claims are much bigger. More plaintiffs were added. More real estate companies were named. And the accusations now include RICO violations, which is the same federal law used against large, organized schemes.