Former homeowners say they have lost a combined $1.77 million in property and equity to Bey associate and her spouse -- An Antioch real estate broker with ties to Oakland's Bey family and her husband have, since 2003, acquired nearly $2 million worth of East Bay properties through deals tainted with allegations of deceit. The revelations about Esperanza Johnson and Antron Thurman come as authorities scrutinize the extensive real estate dealings of the Bey family, their bankrupt Your Black Muslim Bakery and Johnson's role as the broker for an Oakland woman attempting to buy the bakery's headquarters. Johnson bore four...