Posted on 07/30/2023 7:41:59 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Kenigsberg never lost his fondness for the town. For decades, he held on to a vacant parcel of just under a half-acre next door to his childhood home. His father had bought that land, also in 1953, directly from Eleazar Parmly Jr. -- the family that settled the area in 1716.
...On May 31 of this year, Kenigsberg received a call with bad news from a childhood friend still in Fairfield. His closest pal growing up was in a hospice in the town. And by the way, the friend mentioned, they’re building a house on the lot next to his old home.
They're doing what? "I said, ‘I own that and I never sold it,’” Kenigsberg recounted this week. “I was shocked.”
...Town records point the way toward the story. On Oct. 18, 2022, Daniel Kenigsberg of Johannesburg, South Africa granted the power of attorney – the right to sign legal documents on his behalf --
(Excerpt) Read more at ctinsider.com ...
But when regulatory capture raises its ugly head...
Like BLM night in Chicongo without the noise and crowds.
South Africa? Why post this?
Go git it.
The old South Africa power of attorney trick.
The property was located in Fairfield, Connecticut, while the the individuals involved in the fraud were based in South Africa.
You would think 248 years after our founding that our government would actually do something about property rights and ensure that all real property transactions are legitimate, free and clear.
After my parents died in the mid 1990’s I became the sole owner of a lake cottage near Detroit Lakes, MN. My family and I summered there for a month or so each year and rented the cottage out for three seasons.
We paid the property taxes shortly after receiving the statements from the county. A couple of months before the statements were to be sent out, I checked the county records to see how much we owed. Surprise! it showed a zero balance. Someone paid the taxes for us. I immediately contacted the treasurer for Becker county and informed him that we had not authorized anyone to pay our taxes. We paid them and never heard from anyone after that. I am sure someone was trying to pull a fast one.
This takes place on Connecticut, it mentions Long Island, too. Maybe the doctor worked in South Africa for a time
Edit: fraudsters were from South Africa.
Sorry - I should have spent more time reading the piece before criticizing it... my bad.
Why not read the article?
I’m surprised the police are involved. Usually with a squatter situation, they’ll say it’s a “civil matter” turn tail and run. This is basically a high end squatting situation although the builders were scammed so it seems.
https://www.pushoutsquatters.org
Sorry - I should have spent more time reading the piece before criticizing it... my bad.
Lesson here. If you own something, go check on it once in a while. Not to justify theft, but there is a reason that adverse possession kicks in after 14 years or so. You can’t just wait forever and do nothing in a world of schemers.
The only connection to South Africa is that someone who allegedly has the same name as the real person sold the house, pretending to be him sold the lot. That person was allegedly from South Africa. But the real owner grew up in Connecticut.
Can you read? It’s in Connecticut.
😃 No problem. It is a tradition of Free Republic to comment first, THEN read the article.
Where is the Title Company involved here ?
They should be sued for millions l
Looks like the fraud was by the Monelli law firm in Connecticut.
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