Three Face Felony Charges For Pocketing $600K In Home Theft, Says DA; Use Of Forged Docs Alleged

In California, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office announces:

• Investigators from the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Real Estate Fraud Unit arrested Stephen Rowe, 48, outside his El Monte residence regarding felony charges connected to real estate fraud. Rowe was arrested for several counts including grand theft, forgery, and filing forged documents with the County Recorder’s Office – all felonies. Two co-conspirators, Jennifer Partlow, 32, of Los Angeles and Sheila Villanueva, 31, of North Hollywood, were arrested outside of their residences [...] . In July 2006, the suspects forged the victim's signature on numerous documents and sold his Upland property without his permission or knowledge. The three suspects stole over $600,000 from the sale of the property. [...] Bail for all three suspects is set at $1,000,000 each.

Source: DA's press release: Three Arrested for Real Estate Fraud Conspiracy.

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