Mercedes Tiffany King was arrested in The Bronx (NYC) for allegedly burglarizing the home of a dead man who had the same name as her deceased father, then selling the property and squandering the funds on jewelry and a luxury car.
King, 35, was charged with a series of charges on suspicion of carrying out the novel scheme that allegedly earned her more than $350,000 dollars.
“The defendant allegedly sold the property for hundreds of thousands of dollars and it was later discovered that she had no rights to the house,” the court said. Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark In a statement cited by New York Post. “Supposedly He went shopping and spent the money in a luxury car, interior design, jewelry and art.”
Apparently, posing as the daughter of the deceased owner, King took over a house valued at $675,000 and located at East 219th Street and Bronxwood Avenue in Williamsbridgenear the New York Botanical Garden, in April 2020, during confinement due to the pandemicand that it belonged to a man named like his father, Edward King Jr., although there was no relationship between the two.
At the time, her father had been dead for three years and she had successfully applied to be administrator of his estate, according to court documents.
The now accused supposedly She claimed that she was the heir to the property and sold it in February 2023 for $480,000, of which $356,075.69 was transferred directly to your bank account.
Using those funds, he went on an uninhibited shopping spree that included a 2021 Audi Q8 car for $50,000 and paying his brother $10,000 to be his driver. King is also accused of using the money to purchase jewelry and art.
After her lawyer realized that she had no rights to the house, they asked King to return the money, but she refused, according to prosecutors.
He now faces a litany of charges, including multiple degrees for grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, forgery, conspiracy to defraud, offering an instrument of sale for filing and falsifying business records.
His bail was set at $300,000 and He is due back in court on December 7.. All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In a similar case, in September a woman was arrested on suspicion of using credit cards from the company she worked for to pay herself more than $350,000 over the course of two years in Long Island (NY).
In April Nicole D. Federici, a resident of The Bronx (NYC), was arrested at a bank in Connecticut on suspicion of trying to obtain a check worth $38,510.62 and another $5,000 in cash. using a stolen credit card.
2023-11-17 16:11:00
#Woman #robbed #dead #mans #house #posing #daughter #accusation #York #Diario
