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Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Stealing Widow’s Home by Posing as Her Son: DA

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to prison in Queens Supreme Court for stealing the Jamaica home of an elderly widow by posing as her son, and then selling the property for a $200,000 profit.

From QNS:

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to prison Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court for stealing the Jamaica home of an elderly widow by posing as her son, then selling the property for a $200,000 profit. The stolen deed was returned to its rightful owner under a “pioneering use” of a state statute, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22.

Christopher Williams, 43, of Morgan Avenue in Williamsburg, pleaded guilty in August to identity theft in the first degree and offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree.

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