Federal prosecutors arrested a Fort Worth man on mail fraud charges related to a scam in which he allegedly stole more than 100 properties.
"According to the affidavit filed with the complaint, Norris ran a mail fraud scheme that involved filing fraudulent warranty deeds with the Tarrant County Clerk’s office to facilitate the theft of real property from rightful owners. The properties involved in the fraudulent warranty deed transfers were almost always vacant lots with unpaid back taxes due and/or with weed liens filed against them by the city of Fort Worth.
After identifying a property, Fisher would often file a forged warranty deed transferring the property to a fictitious buyer, forging the signature of the true property owner, and forging the signature and notary stamp affixed to the documents. After forging the deed, Fisher filed it with the Tarrant County Clerk’s Office and once it was on file, the clerk’s office would record it and mail the original file-stamped fraudulent warranty deeds to the name and address designated on the warranty deed."
It seems like more of these scams surface every day, serving as yet another reminder of the importance of services like ePropertyWatch.
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