An ill-fitting suit on a fast-talking lawyer made Laura Gayle suspect she was about to be scammed out of her late father’s home — a smart instinct that sparked a Queens District Attorney’s Office ...

A real estate agent from Commack and three cohorts face a slew of charges for allegedly "stealing three homes" in Queens by forging the rightful owners' signatures, submitting bogus deed transfers and ...

A disbarred attorney in Queens pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Friday for embezzling millions from clients in real estate transactions, and now faces up to 20 years in prison and has agreed to forfeit ...

Former attorney Anyekache Hercules has been sentenced to one-and-a-half to three years in prison for her involvement in a major deed theft operation that targeted vulnerable homeowners in Queens.

New York real estate is thought of as a bloodsport. But it is often lawyers, not swashbuckling developers, who engage in the actual scrapping. The courtroom drama between lawyers representing ...