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Brooklyn Arson Probe Leads To Duo's Convictions In Straw Buyer Scam; Pair Pocketed $300K+

By r morris

From the Office of the Brooklyn, New York District Attorney:Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes [] announced the conviction(1) of Mavis Samuel, 41, and Carlyle Ebanks, 55, for selling the same Crown Heights building twice, to two different straw buyers. [...] The defendants first sold 1162 Pacific Street in September 2004. In that transaction, they paid a straw buyer $4,000 to buy the

Full post as published by The Home Equity Theft Reporter on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).