Three Philadelphia Men Face Charges Of Stealing Homes From Out From Under Homeowners

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, WCAU-TV Channel 10 reports:

• Three men involved in a real estate scam faced a Philadelphia judge [last] Friday. They're charged with forging deeds and stealing homes right out from under their owners. The NBC 10 investigators have been telling you about this unique city crime problem over the last couple of years. It's not hard to steal a house in Philadelphia. Often no one checks forged documents filed at City Hall. You say your brother gave you the house for a dollar and then take possession, NBC 10's Lu Ann Cahn reported.

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• In court [last] Friday, [homeowner Susan] Thompson looked at Michael Crosby, Carl Fooks and a third suspect, Charles Faust and told the judge she had never seen the men before, even though somehow her deed said she sold her house to one of them "for a dollar," she said.

For more, see 3 Men Accused Of Forging Documents, Stealing Houses For $1.