A con artist stole a $2 million residence in Brooklyn by submitting a phony deed – the identical rip-off he used to say the identical home years in the past, prosecutors mentioned Tuesday.
Danny Noble, 55, of Baldwin, pleaded not responsible to costs of grand larceny, falsifying enterprise data and providing a false instrument for submitting earlier than Brooklyn Supreme Courtroom Justice Danny Chun for claiming to personal 71 Carlton Ave., a three-story Fort Greene residence valued at $2.2 million.
It was the second time the Nassau County man was arraigned earlier than the choose, who sentenced him to 4.5 years to 9 years in 2019 after he admitted to pulling off an identical rip-off on the similar residence and eight different homes all through New York Metropolis.
“It is a property of which [Noble] beforehand admitted fraud, admitted fraud to you and pondering that we wouldn’t concentrate — who is aware of — he did it once more,” assistant District Legal professional Richard Farrell chided, asking the choose to carry Noble on $1 million money bail.
In September 2023, Noble falsely transferred the title of the house earlier than submitting a deed on Sept. 15, 2023 claiming to be the rightful proprietor — earlier than heading to courtroom looking for a judicial order declaring him the official proprietor of the property.
However his plan was foiled when the actual house owner flagged the faux deed to authorities final December, in accordance with prosecutors.
Within the earlier scheme, Noble had pleaded responsible to legal possession of stolen property and conspiracy costs in January 2019.
He and co-defendant Romelo Gray admitted to illegally transferring the titles of 9 properties in Brooklyn and Queens from their actual homeowners whereas renting out the pads and promoting others.
Noble admitted to falsely transferring the title of seven Brooklyn properties — together with 4 addresses in Fort Greene.
On the time, the pair focused the properties as a result of the owners didn’t bodily dwell contained in the properties and infrequently visited them, prosecutors have mentioned.
Gray was sentenced to 1.5 to three years in jail in 2019 after pleading responsible to falsifying enterprise data in that scheme.
Prosecutors mentioned that Noble was launched early from his sentence as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
The choose, who mentioned he was “very acquainted” with Noble, toyed with the concept of remanding Noble as a consequence of him having not less than a half dozen felony convictions on his file.
“He was convicted of stealing and defrauding the identical property,” Chun mentioned, earlier than setting bail at $300,000 or $2.5 million bond.
Noble returns to courtroom on April 23.
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