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NY fraudster steals $4.7m in Harlem homes; gets up to 21 years in prison

Joseph Makhani has been sentenced to seven to 21 years in prison for using forged documents to steal two Harlem brownstones worth $4.7 million. His scheme left an elderly homeowner living in a homeless shelter while he collected more than $12,000 in monthly rent from one of the properties.

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