01/18/2025
Join us in calling for Justice For 91 St Marks Place and giving Mr. Ray Cortez some peace at 90 years old. After doing the Forensic Search on the property today, the results were clear. While the statute of limitations may have expired for the New York State Attorney General to step in, but they haven't for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York to step in. Bank Fraud has a Statute of Limitation of 10 Years (18 U.S.C. 1344)
No matter how you look at it when an 83-year-old man is under pressure due to an already "distressed home loan" then convinced by a trusted person thinking his best interest is at heart that's common-sense elder abuse to me.
So here is my unsolicited opinion that won't be favored by anyone but as there is not an outcome to make everyone happy. But seems to me no one can win in this situation do what's right.
I think the LLC that purchased the property for $2M should look at the situation and humanize it. Although they had nothing to do with any of the tangled web, they did unknowingly further tangle it. (if I had done the foreclosure search, I would have raised title issues, and the foreclosure would have not happened, but I didn't). The right thing to do is to LET RAY STAY, give him life use and push the stop button on the eviction, I mean really? Why put money over people? The LLC could start the gentrification of the property doing the 3rd and 2nd floor as they are unoccupied and hold off on the 1st floor. It's not worth causing such distress to a man who is 90 years old and has just lost his home and has been victimized and is not getting any justice.
Next, there was a surplus of funds after the foreclosure sale that was seized by a writ of ex*****on by the DOJ Financial Litigation Unit, you will never guess why and who it went to? The guy who took out the fraud mortgage had 2 criminal convictions of Tax Fraud from FL and NY and owed restitution to the IRS. So, the DOJ had known about this mortgage as they took the proceeds from a fraudulent loan taken out by a guy who committed tax fraud to pay the guys restitution to the IRS?? REALLY? I am still confused at how the DOJ was already looking at this guy and actually did asset recovery on a fraudulent mortgage and didn't investigate it how he got the mortgage in the first place!! The funds are most likely still sitting in the Victim Fund Account somewhere so retract it and give the surplus funds to Ray. Put a lien on the guy's real home he lives yes, ( he still has his house!)
So please like, post, share about this topic to help this man be able to enjoy the remainder of his retirement in his home. The title portion is the easy part as I love to untangle title! and always remember this is why title searchers need to be licensed!!
