Mother and son squatters charged in fraud scheme after posing as legal owners of Queens home

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A mother and son posed as the owners of a Queens home and moved in, barring the legal tenants from using its kitchen and bathrooms, officials said Friday.

Tanya M. Howard and her son, Trevon Howard, were charged for a scheme in which they allegedly targeted a home on Beach 15th St. near New Haven Ave. in Far Rockaway that was once owned by another woman named Tanya L. Howard.

The current owners had bought the property from Tanya L. Howard in 2019, the Queens DA’s office said.

On Sept. 2, Tanya M. Howard took advantage of the similarity of the names and filed for a new title in both her and her son’s name with the Department of Finance Business Center in Queens, officials said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mother-son-squatters-charged-fraud-231300853.html

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1. Seems like police and prosecutors have solved their housing situation for up to 15 years. Win/Win.

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2. I can just imagine the red tape nightmare the rightful owners had to go through.