Dunedin man discovers his house stolen through deed fraud

Dunedin man discovers his house stolen through deed fraud

[Jillian]

This has been going on for decades. Municipalities that allow these fraud transactions should also be held accountable.

[smartanajonesu]

If you have to show ID to buy liquor or tobacco you should have to show ID, and several other form of identification to change a deed. This is ridiculous and pathetic on the county’s part

[kellyshomemadekitchen]

So glad this fellow didn’t lose his home!

[moa]

That deed thief should be prosecuted and spend the rest of his life in prison!

[mignonmignon]

You sign so many papers to buy a house, checking bank accounts, and so much more. But someone can make a fake deed and just like that own your home. Our systems are broken.

[suzannefronzaglio]

He built himself a beautiful house, all of his sweat and tears went into that place. The pride of doing it all yourself, just to have some thief try to rob you of it!!!

[sheilastahl]

So glad he was able to get the house back and not damaged by these thieves moving in. He did a great job. And it's beautiful.

[StopListenThink]

The stealing of people homes is starting to become ridiculous specially the elderly. People that do this need to be held accountable and put in prison for a very long time they know they were doing wrong.

[grazful]

This was not an owner problem.. this is a county problem.. I work for the county and we just don't accept documents... we have a verification process in place even if you file on line.. that whole transaction is ridiculous! Other people are working with that guy! He gave kick backs to people along the way

[mistervo]

The online deed process needs to end now.

[bigc]

That guy is the epitome of why America is awesome. Glad it worked out for him in the end.

[kahalak]

That piece of slime needs to be in prison - to take from another person is horrible - I understand if one is hungry and desperate for food, but to be this greedy and victimize people for personal gain is disgusting. Karma will catch up to him. I am so glad this man did not lose his home - kudos to him for doing lots of the work himself to build it.

[diannacasey]

They need to STOP doing this online, there must be some form of ID and proof shown from now on!!

[StopListenThink]

I miss when the prisons had hard work labor camps for people just like this guy

[jimihendrix]

When buying a house, you spend an hour or more, signing and initialing dozens of documents, yet a CRIMINAL can do it ONLINE? It seems this could be stopped simply by having to appear IN PERSON, with proper documentation and proof of your identity in hand. There is no reason this sort of thing should be happening. It is just LAZINESS on the county's part.

[sveronih]

So glad this hardworking gentleman got the house back!!

[thecheshirecat]

Seems like the county were accomplices… also really reporter the key is to find out right away… smh are we to check with the county every day to make sure no one filed a second deed .. wow

[missspencer]

This man is amazing. Inspirational. Hardworking. A phenomenal man.

[u]

Alert the county??? The county needs to alert the police then the homeowner! This is the city’s lack of responsibility! Tired of seeing these fraudulent cases with builders running away with peoples money and not finishing projects that had to be filed with the city. City do something this is literally your welfare with homebuyers that will pay taxes to your state a create infrastructure.

[carikshawn]

They need to put into place that if there is a deed being changed, the people whose name is on original deed need to be contacted by mail, phone, email, text before it is processed. I never heard of this before a few months ago and was horrified but now, no one should ever have a home stolen from them no matter what age. Glad this gentleman was able to stop this. Hope others are as well.