The resident is among a long line of New York City property owners scammed out of their homes.
Lawyers with Legal Aid are asking Wilmington Trust to grant a reprieve to a Queens homeowner they say was defrauded of title to his property.Lawyers with Legal Aid are asking Wilmington Trust to grant a reprieve to a Queens homeowner they say was defrauded of title to his property.A Queens man who lost his house in a mortgage scam is about to be evicted from the home he has lived in most of his life.
“Our client fell victim to a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that stripped him of his most significant asset, his family home, and now he is being victimized all over again by Wilmington Trust Bank,” said Jennifer Levy, staff attorney in the foreclosure prevention and homeowner preservation unit at the Legal Aid Society.
Jackson’s trouble began in 2010 when he took out a loan for $108,000 to fix up the house, according to the Legal Aid Society. The man who arranged Jackson’s loan was later convicted in a mortgage modification scheme that involved more than 1,000 financially distressed homeowners.
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