Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Woman Accused Of Forging Hubby's Name On POA In Sale Leaseback Of Family Home Resulting In Both Getting The Boot

In Bantam, Connecticut, The Register Citizen reports:

• A criminal case brought against a Bethlehem woman for allegedly selling her family’s home without her husband’s knowledge was dismissed [...] at her husband’s request.(1) Shelley Ciriello, 55, was arrested Sept. 19 [...] and charged with second-degree forgery, for allegedly signing her husband’s name to a power of attorney to sell their marital home. Further, without her husband knowing, Ciriello reportedly agreed to rent the house from the new owner. [...] The Ciriellos were evicted from the house after rent checks for $3,767 bounced, according to court records.(2)

Source: Case dismissed for woman who sold husband's family home.

For earlier story, see Wife sold house, husband clueless.

(1) According to the story, the prosecutor said he decided to drop the charge against Ciriello after the husband agreed to adopt his wife’s property transactions. “The defendant’s husband wrote a letter indicating he didn’t want to pursue case because they are under great financial hardship and it would only further victimize him,” Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Devin Stilson reportedly said. “He did not want to pursue the case or testify.”

(2) According to an earlier story, Ciriello found herself in financial trouble by reportedly abusing a line of credit, using the family home as collateral. Ciriello then responded to an advertisement from a now-defunct lending company, which arranged a sale leaseback with a third party in an attempt to provide relief from the financial pressure. The lending company reportedly has since been shut down by the State of Massachusetts for offering sub-prime loans and inflating borrower assets.