Man returns to his household’s Connecticut property after 5 years to find $1.4M residence being constructed after South African scammer impersonated him to promote the property
- Daniel Kenigsberg had been handed down a parcel of land from his late mother and father that he supposed to maintain undisturbed
- To his horror, the property was offered from underneath him by a scammer who impersonated him and raked in $350k from the illicit sale
- In a lawsuit, Kenigsberg is now asking for the property to be returned to him and to have a $1.4M residence faraway from the land that was erected because the faux sale
A person returned to his household’s Connecticut property after 5 years to discover a $1.4m residence being constructed after a scammer impersonated him to promote the land.
Dr Daniel Kenigsberg has owned the piece of property in Fairfield, Connecticut, after his late mom handed away in 2007.
The 0.45 acre lot remained in lined in timber for seven a long time after his mother and father Nathaniel and Esther purchased an acre however solely used half of it to construct their residence.
After promoting the household residence in 2011, Kenigsberg had plans to go the empty lot, which is price $350,000, right down to his kids and grandchildren.
In August 2022 nonetheless, the lot was offered with out his information and somebody impersonating him signed an influence of legal professional to grant a solicitor to signal authorized paperwork for him and transfer the property on to an actual property agency.
The lot had remained empty till this $1.4 million residence was constructed on it following the fraudulent sale
Dr Daniel Kenigsberg, pictured right here, had been handed down a parcel of land from his late mother and father that he supposed to maintain
In a lawsuit, it’s mentioned that in October of final yr a Connecticut agency known as 51 Sky High Companions purchased the land for $350,000.
A couple of months after this, that they had a development firm start constructing a four-bedroom home on the property with Kenigsberg utterly unaware.
The 4,000-square-foot home appeared on the market on Coldwell Banker in March for $1,475,000.
It wasn’t till Might of this yr when a college good friend known as Kenigsberg to let him know {that a} fellow good friend was receiving hospice care and talked about the property.
When he ultimately made the journey and noticed the house that had been constructed, Kenigsberg had his legal professional look into what occurred.
Kenigsberg informed the Washington Post: ‘I used to be dwelling my life usually till Might thirty first, and swiftly, this occurred.’
Based on the lawsuit, some unknown particular person from South Africa made a faux passport for Kenigsberg with an incorrect birthday, photograph and deal with.
This particular person then had Connecticut lawyer, Anthony Monelli execute the transaction after posing as Kenigsberg and appointing him as energy of legal professional.
After his legal professional knowledgeable 51 Sky High that they hadn’t bought the property from the right proprietor development stopped.
In October of final yr a Connecticut agency known as 51 Sky High Companions purchased the land for $350,000.
In an announcement to The Washington Post, proprietor Gina Leto mentioned: ‘We, as purchaser, had no contact with the celebration impersonating Kenigsberg.
‘We had no cause to consider he was an impostor. We might not have paid $350,000 for the property — nor would we’ve got invested tons of of hundreds of {dollars} extra in development — if we had.’
Leto can also be mentioned to be submitting a request for the corporate to be faraway from the lawsuit.
Kenigsberg filed the lawsuit towards Monelli and 51 Sky High Companions on July 14 within the U.S. District Court docket for the District of Connecticut.
He has requested that he have the property returned to him, have all different events concerned to stop their actions on the land, and to take away the house they constructed.
Fairfield Police are additionally investigating the transaction.
