Saturday, January 08, 2011

Orange County DA: Squatting Couple Hired PI To Locate Vacant Foreclosed Homes, Then Drafted Fake Lease To Obtain Utility Service For $2.6M House

In Newport Beach, California, The Associated Press reports:
  • Prosecutors say an Orange County couple squatted in a foreclosed home in a ritzy Newport Beach neighborhood more than three months before they were discovered and arrested. The district attorney's office said Thursday that 42-year-old Chris Wayne Duncan and 36-year-old Robin Ann Duncan face charges of second-degree burglary and other charges.

  • Authorities allege the Duncans hired a private investigator to locate foreclosed and vacant homes in Orange County and then drafted a fake lease so utility companies would put bills in their name as renters. They are also accused of changing the locks after an appraiser tried to enter the property.

Source: DA: Couple squatted in Newport Beach foreclosure.

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