NY AG Indicts Niagara Falls Man For Allegedly Using Online Ads To Sell Homes He Didn't Own Or Provide Title To

From the New York Attorney General's Office:

• Attorney General Andrew Cuomo [last week] announced the indictment of a Niagara Falls man who allegedly sold properties to a buyer from England and never provided the titles to the properties. Joseph Furan, 39, of [...] Niagara Falls, was indicted by a Niagara County Grand Jury on the charge of grand larceny in the third degree (class D felony).

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• According to the felony complaint, between January and March of 2007, Furan allegedly sold two Niagara Falls properties over the Internet to a buyer from England. Furan then allegedly failed to provide the titles to the properties and used the money from the sales to pay off various debts.

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• Earlier this year, it was discovered that Furan – in direct violation of [a] previous court order – had again placed ads on the Internet site Craigslist and faked his credentials in an attempt to flip properties he didn’t own to unsuspecting investors. It was during this time that the alleged grand larceny took place. Because of these violations, the Attorney General’s Office sought and obtained criminal contempt of court charges on August 15.

For more, see AG Cuomo Announces Indictment Of WNY House-Flipper For Stealing $39K From Unsuspecting Investor (Niagara Falls man allegedly sold property that he didn’t own over Internet; Sold another without providing title).