CONCORD - The Jarakis could not believe their eyes, watching as a house is being built on their land in Concord, Massachusetts that thieves stole right from under them. "They stole our dream," Dr. Omar Jaraki said.
"They stole our property. They took a mortgage and they're building a house on it." Gone are some of the beautiful trees that the Jarakis wanted to keep, and the house is nothing like what they imagined.
Dr. Jaraki says they don't like it and they don't want it. It was an elaborate scheme.
Thieves targeted the vacant land and pretending to be Halla Jaraki, emailed a local realtor and put the property on the market. Owners looking for tax bill discover fraudulent sale The Jarakis live in South Carolina and had no idea their land was up for sale. They only discovered the problem when they called town hall looking for their tax bill.
That's when they say they were told the property was sold. Halla says she was shocked and told the clerk they did not sell their land, but, it was fraudulently sold. The Jarakis learned the property sold for $525,000, which was less than the asking price and much less than the million dollars it was actually worth.
The money was sent to a bank account and shipped overseas. Attorney Richard Vestein represents the Jarakis, he tells the I-Team the fake seller walked away with, "a quick half a million dollars for a counterfeit driver's license and a passport and sending a couple of emails. That's a day's work.
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