The Cook County Recorder of Deeds’ Property Fraud Unit is used to receiving reports of recording fraud, but up until two weeks ago, it had never received a call reporting an attempted home theft in progress. The elderly woman on the line said a man was downstairs changing her locks, and showed her a document […]
CBS Chicago: Recorder Cracking Down on Home-Hijacking Fraud
Video can be viewed in right sidebar —-> CBS Chicago’s Mike Puccinelli broke a story that we were proud to be a part of: though we are used to getting calls about suspected property fraud, never had we received a call about a crime in progress. In this situation, the scammer was changing the locks […]