---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562528-22-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBRT"
cik: "0001562528"
company_name: "Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:57:25.115176+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin BSP Realty Trust reports $28.4M loan fraud loss; files lawsuit, obtains asset freeze

## Summary
- On July 26, 2022, subsidiary filed lawsuit in Dallas County, TX against borrower, sponsor, guarantors for fraud on $113.2M loan secured by 24 Walgreens properties.
- Borrower provided ~100 forged documents inflating property values; confessed to fraud. Court issued TRO freezing assets of borrower, sponsor, and parents.
- Company recognized $28.4M credit loss provision as of June 30, 2022 based on estimated collateral value net of sales costs.
- Initiating foreclosure proceedings, redirecting Walgreens rents directly, enforcing personal guarantees, and referring fraud to criminal authorities.
- Also issued Q2 2022 earnings press release and supplemental presentation; no specific figures provided in this filing excerpt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562528-22-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBRT
- cik: 0001562528
- company_name: Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562528/000156252822000025/0001562528-22-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562528/000156252822000025/fbrt-20220729.htm

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