NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 40-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman from the Bronx were arrested on Monday and Tuesday respectively for posing as various financial officials to forge deeds and scam victims out of money.
Michael Barton and Dawn Gullett allegedly posed as mortgage brokers, debt relief consultants, real estate agents, child support consultants and credit repair agents to scam people out of money.
They would lure victims with social media posts and websites that appeared to legitimize their phony positions, authorities said.
State officials did not specify the exact means by which the duo stole money from their victims, but said that they used manipulation, deceit, threat, court filings, and false documentation to do so.
Authorities did not say the amount stolen, but both suspects were charged with first-degree grand larceny — an offense that deals with amounts exceeding a million dollars.
The New York City Department of Finance flagged some of the documents they filed as potentially fraudulent, leading to an investigation by New York State Police and the suspects’ eventual arrests.
Prosecutors charged Barton and Gullet with grand larceny, forgery, scheme to defraud and related offenses.
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