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Squatters dodge mortgage for 14 years, ‘abuse’ system as legal owner ‘devastated’ he can’t move pregnant sister in: court docs
Nypost ^ | 12/16/2023 | Georgett Roberts and Kathianne Boniello

Posted on 12/16/2023 2:00:37 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A “shrewd and devious” Long Island couple failed to pay their mortgage for at least 14 years, dragged out their foreclosure for more than a decade, and refused to leave after a new family bought the house from the bank, court records show.

To make matters worse, one of the alleged interlopers was caught on video telling the legal owner to “go back to Pakistan.”

The frustrated owners of the Jericho home claim they’ve shelled out $85,000 and counting to keep up with taxes, mortgage payments, and other bills, while alleged squatters Barry J. Pollack and his wife, Barbara, live in their house and keep a Mercedes in the driveway.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: abuse; mortgage; sister; squatters
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Election law need to be changed, and criminalized for behavior like this.


21 posted on 12/16/2023 3:08:44 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How did the new owners get clear title?


22 posted on 12/16/2023 3:12:03 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Lazamataz

Just wait until they’re inside and then you and a handful of friends simultaneously break windows and toss in flea bombs.


23 posted on 12/16/2023 3:15:44 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When people call the police on these squatters, they are told it is a civil matter. No. It is theft, pure and simple! These thieves spread the method for stealing property from person to person and the true owner ends up losing thousands or sometimes millions of dollars depending on the property. State AGs and the DOJ should be filing RICO and conspiracy charges against these cretins, instead of going after our true President, alternate electors, parents, and churches.


24 posted on 12/16/2023 3:17:04 PM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I read stories like this. I see illegal aliens walk across the border and get a free ride. I see entire generations living for free with all their needs paid for by someone else. And then I look at my life, all the work I’ve done, all the taxes I paid, and the government shuts my business down for the kung flu and I ask myself, “WTF am I doing working? Quit, go on welfare, and milk the system like all these leeches.”


25 posted on 12/16/2023 3:18:48 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eye)
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To: Noumenon
Just wait until they’re inside and then you and a handful of friends simultaneously break windows and toss in flea bombs.

Flea bombs.


26 posted on 12/16/2023 3:20:00 PM PST by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: lastchance
How did the new owners get clear title?

They didn't. Most title policies do not insure against rights of unknown parties living on the property, just what is in the recorded chain of title. If a buyer is on notice that someone is living there he really ought to find out why before closing the sale.

They paid $762,200 for a foreclosed house with squatters living in it. They must have thought they were getting a heck of a deal.

27 posted on 12/16/2023 3:21:07 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy ( Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: Noumenon

Just wait until they’re inside and then you and a handful of friends simultaneously break windows and toss in flea bombs.


Throw in a rattle snake instead and tell them you threw in 2 snakes. They will go berserk looking for the second one and will refuse to go back in.


28 posted on 12/16/2023 3:54:07 PM PST by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: lastchance

More importantly - why buy a house sight unseen?!


29 posted on 12/16/2023 4:12:06 PM PST by Skywise
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I would merely invite a large group of friends to come over and visit for a few beers. Like 40 or 50 of them.

It pays to have friends in low places, especially when they owe you many favors.


30 posted on 12/16/2023 4:12:59 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There’s got to be more to this story. They say multple bankruptcies but you can only file bankruptcy once every 10 years. And there’s just so many hardship extensions a judge will give. I mean in a state like NY I can see them delaying an eviction for up to a year but 14 yrs? The owners should have found themselves a competent lawyer from the get go.


31 posted on 12/16/2023 4:13:36 PM PST by jimwatx
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To: Bubba_Leroy

I’ve never had a problem removing tennants who wouldn’t move out. I just brought in the remodeling crew to start construction.

Doors were locked, no problem, we just removed all the window sash and took them to the shop for repair. Parked the dump truck in the driveway and started demolition. Kitchen cabinets were first, then bathroom fixtures.

They moved real fast.


32 posted on 12/16/2023 4:20:44 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Lazamataz

This is just another real reason why the Forefathers gave us the Second Amendment.


33 posted on 12/16/2023 4:29:46 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer
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To: tired&retired

I had a friend who owned houses for recovering addicts. Only one rule: Don’t start using again.

If you started using, he had a foolproof method to get them to move out immediately.

Just offer them 50 bucks.


34 posted on 12/16/2023 4:38:41 PM PST by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Lazamataz

The Mafia could solve problems like this with no property damage, permanently, and without firing a shot. Compound fractures leave a very lasting impression.


35 posted on 12/16/2023 4:40:36 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Jim Noble

Looks like the mods pulled it. I have no concerns about libel - there was none.


36 posted on 12/16/2023 4:52:08 PM PST by PAR35
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mercedes in the driveway huh? 🙄🙄😒 What a joke.
= = =

Mercedes? That’s German - They are NAZIs!


37 posted on 12/16/2023 5:02:33 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: jimwatx
They say multple bankruptcies but you can only file bankruptcy once every 10 years.

You can file as many as you can afford filing fees. The creditors can get them dismissed, but that takes time and you have to hire local counsel in the various cities where they sequentially file. If a case is dismissed and the debtor files another within a year, in most cases the automatic stay in the second case is shortened to 30 days. See 11 USC Sec 362 (c)(2).

There are also the so called "Chapter 20" filings.

38 posted on 12/16/2023 5:06:03 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Lazamataz

I have paid people to leave.

It puts you in a bind when the new landlord calls for a reference and you know that you won’t get rid of them if you give a reference.

I follow the policy that if you don’t say anything good, don’t say anything.


39 posted on 12/16/2023 5:10:26 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m lost - have the original owners continued to pay the mortgage while the squatters occupy the property? I wouldn’t. I’d ask for my personal property/files etc., and let them have it.


40 posted on 12/16/2023 5:19:42 PM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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