Cops: Wife Used Improperly Notarized POA In Sale Leaseback Of Home Without Hubby's Consent; Subsequent Use Of "Rubber" Rent Checks Gets Them The Boot

In Bantam, Connecticut, The Register News reports:

• A Bethlehem woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly selling her marital home without her husband’s knowledge. Shelley Ciriello, 55, [...] is scheduled to appear in Bantam Superior Court Oct. 5.

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• Ciriello reportedly sold the house to Lurlyn Seigler of Boston, Mass. and agreed to rent it from the woman for $3,767 per month. But when the rent checks started to bounce, the woman filed a complaint at the Bethlehem Resident Trooper’s office in July. The couple was evicted in June, according to court records.

• But even though his wife had been to court and making deals with Seigler, the eviction came as a surprise to James Ciriello. The husband didn’t know he was renting the house he purchased with his wife in 1974. Shelley Ciriello maintained the family finances and books for his business. “I never knew what she was doing with the accounts and the money,” James Ciriello told police in his statement. Ciriello reportedly used a power of attorney to negotiate the sale of the house and subsequent court actions.

• A woman Ciriello worked with at a physician’s office in Waterbury notarized the power of attorney on Ciriello’s word that it was for her disabled brother-in-law. When police talked to the notary, she admitted she executed the document and added Ciriello was fired from the job for stealing co-payments from the office, according to the warrant. Ciriello admitted her husband was not involved in the sale of the house.

• The couple owned the house free-and-clear after purchasing it from her husband’s parents. But Ciriello reportedly abused a line of credit, using the three-bedroom Cape as collateral.

For more, see Wife sold house, husband clueless.