As house prices have skyrocketed in much of central and eastern Brooklyn over the past 20 years, so too have scams that transfer homes from longtime owners, who get nothing or in some cases a fraction of their market value.
A Clinton Hill man who stole the deeds to two Brooklyn homes and nearly $775,000 in mortgage funds using fake documents and shell companies will face up to nine years in prison.
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