http://nypost.com/2015/08/22/woman-sues-city-after-scammer-uses-fake-deed-to-steal-home/"Woman sues
city after scammer uses fake deed to ‘steal’ home
A woman whose Queens home was
allegedly stolen by a scheming squatter says her nightmare never would have happened if bone-headed
city bureaucrats hadn’t given him a fraudulent deed — and now she wants the
city to pay up, court papers show.
Jennifer Merin, 71, is seeking nearly $600,000 for the debacle, including the $400,000 in property that ex-con Darrell Beatty stole from her family home while living there, her Manhattan Supreme Court suit says.
“[The
city] was negligent in the way in which they allowed the deed to be registered,” a bitter Merin told The Post on Friday. “There was no indication that any of those signatures were related to my family or the property.”
Beatty, a 50-year-old convicted armed robber, had simply presented the
city Finance Department with a forged deed that claimed to transfer the Laurelton home to him, Merin says.
A Law Department spokesperson said the “agency will review [Merin’s suit] upon receipt.”"
Who is sued by Jennifer Merin?