Woman Gets 5 To 15 Years In Brooklyn Deed Theft Binge; Still Has Charges Pending With Manhattan DA

In Brooklyn, New York, WABC-TV Channel 7 reports:

• A woman was convicted of scamming dozens of people out of their homes by forging deeds has been sentenced. Maria Leyna Albertina stayed silent, declining to divulge any of her scam secrets as State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gary blasted her and then sentenced her to 5 to 15 years in prison.

• She is charged with running a longtime forged deed scam to literally steal dozens of Brooklyn properties owned by absentee landlords, including a Brownsville home owned for 20 years by artist Garfield Gillings

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• In May of 2006, Albertina pleaded guilty to first degree grand larceny, promising to pay $2 million in restitution to her victims for a lesser sentence. She got sprung a second time. And what happened? Albertina didn't pay back the money, only a small fraction. She did allegedly come up with a new scam. Actually not new at all. She just started targeting properties to steal in Manhattan instead of Brooklyn, according to a new criminal complaint charging her with forgery and scheme to defraud.

For more, see Woman sentenced in forged deeds case.

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