Miami, Florida

The Brazilian businessman claims he was deceived into selling his Miami Beach mansion for $6 million (c. £4.5m) less than its worth.

Leo Kryss, co-founder of the Brazilian toy and electronics company Tectoy, alleges that the real estate firm Douglas Elliman misled him during the sale of his luxury property, which was ultimately purchased by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

His seven-bedroom, 11.5-bathroom 190,000 sq ft mansion, located in the exclusive Indian Creek Village, was initially listed for $85m (c. £64m). But, according to the lawsuit, Douglas Elliman told Kryss that the prospective buyer was unwilling to pay more than $79m (c. £60m). Kryss, unaware that the buyer was Bezos, agreed to sell the property for the lower amount.

Kryss now believes that the $6m he lost was due to misinformation, inshort news reports.