Ex-Cop Charged With Recording Bogus Deeds Putting Homes In Foreclosure Into His Name, Then Renting Them Out To Unsupecting Tenants

In West Palm Beach, Florida, WPBF-TV Channel 25 reports:

• The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of a former West Palm Beach police officer Thursday. Carl Heflin is accused of stealing more than two dozen properties that were about to go into foreclosure.

• Detectives said Heflin forged names on the property deeds and would then rent those properties to people, take their deposit money and refuse to let them move in. "All of these properties are in some sort of foreclosure," said Palm Beach County sheriff's detective Michael Antinoro. "People are either trying to work it out or they are just walking away from the property," he said.

• Heflin allegedly made money off the scheme by duping renters. "He'll take money from tenants," explained Antinoro. "Sometimes he'll kick the tenants out; sometimes he'll take the money from the tenants and have no thought about moving them in to begin with."

• Heflin was arrested on charges of scheme to defraud. Antinoro said he'll also be facing charges of burglary and grand theft.

Source: Ex-Cop Charged In Home Foreclosure Scheme (Former W. Palm Beach Officer Accused Of Stealing Properties Near Foreclosure, Duping Renters).

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