An ill-fitting suit on a fast-talking lawyer made Laura Gayle suspect she was about to be scammed out of her late father’s home — a smart instinct that sparked a Queens District Attorney’s Office ...

A disbarred attorney in Queens pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Friday for embezzling millions from clients in real estate transactions, and now faces up to 20 years in prison and has agreed to forfeit ...

A real estate agent from Commack and three cohorts face a slew of charges for allegedly "stealing three homes" in Queens by forging the rightful owners' signatures, submitting bogus deed transfers and ...

A Queens-based attorney was sentenced to 4½ years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in December 2023.

New York real estate is thought of as a bloodsport. But it is often lawyers, not swashbuckling developers, who engage in the actual scrapping. The courtroom drama between lawyers representing ...