Apparent I.D. Theft Victim Dragged Into Court As Home Titled In Her Name Is Subject To Foreclosure, Code Enforcement, Criminal Charges; FBI Probe

In Louisville, Kentucky, WAVE-TV Channel 3 reports:

• A long-time eyesore in the Highlands is tied up in the foreclosure process, a civil lawsuit, criminal charges and a FBI investigation. Monday, the woman whose name appears on the title of the Highland Avenue property appeared in court. [... H]er attorney says she is an innocent victim of fraud, tangled up in this legal mess.

• Portia Rankin appeared with her attorneys in Jefferson District Court Monday afternoon. While it is her name that appears on the title for the property at 1308 Highland Avenue, one of her attorneys, Matt Stein, says she doesn't own the property. In fact, Stein says she has never even seen it.

• Stein says Rankin is an innocent victim of fraud and has been left holding the bag with the home in foreclosure and inspection fees and fines piling up.

For more, see Attorney says woman on title of dilapidated home doesn't own property.