#forgery

#forgery

It seemed no more than a curious footnote-a counterfeiter so outlandishly inept that his forged dollar bills were detectable even at a casual glance. Nearly all were emblazoned with a telltale flaw: the name of America's first President was spelled "Wahsington." The scammer, who operated in the New York area from 1938 to 1948, was known to the often exasperated agents of the U.S. Secret Service as No. 880, for the number of his case file.

Prosecutors say three individuals and three companies falsified heir documents, forged signatures, and used the property to secure loans, all while the true owners were unaware of what was happening. Angela Jazmin Ramos Malpica, 35, Yuan Kuei Li, 41, Abdur Rahman, 34, and the companies Great Neck Acquisitions Inc., White Lotus Consulting Inc., and Ocean Property and Trading Inc. are accused of working together to steal a brownstone at 267 West 131st Street and using it to obtain a mortgage and construction loan.

The legal action by Anne Harrison against Eric Harrison and his company IEQ Capital alleged that the couple had been married for nearly 20 years in 2016 when he proposed an "extremely unorthodox" tax-avoidance and estate planning strategy to transfer most of the couple's shared assets into trusts to benefit their two children and others not named in the lawsuit.

According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report, cyber-enabled crime and fraud resulted in losses of $174 million in the real estate sector during 2024. Seller impersonation fraud, where criminals forge deeds to illegally sell someone else's property, have increased, with 28% of title insurance companies experiencing at least one attempt in 2023. These crimes can derail lives, drain savings, and force families into costly legal battles simply to defend what's already theirs.

Trump's efforts to quash the story of his association with Jeffrey Epstein have only intensified interest in this connection and deepened public scrutiny of his actions.