Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the below statement following a ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordering Ali “Sam” Razjooyan and his mother, Houri Razjooyan, to immediately fix the dangerous and illegal conditions at all of the DC apartment buildings they still own and control.

“This legal ruling is another step toward shutting down the Razjooyan slumlord empire and repairing the damage it has inflicted on tenants and the District. We filed this lawsuit to put an end to the Razjooyans’ illegal scheme of preying on DC residents and cheating lenders and the District government, and the Court has now ordered the them to fix up every building they still control. We will keep fighting to ensure the repairs are made, to permanently ban the Razjooyans from operating residential rental properties in the District, and to hold them accountable for all the harm they have caused.” – AG Schwalb