Two Forest Hills men have been charged with burglary for illegally evicting a Richmond Hill homeowner from his home after the two had won the house in a foreclosure auction, according to authorities.
Semyon (aka Sam) Muratov, 34, and Yuriy (aka Erick) Munarov, 31, were each arraigned in Queens Criminal Court Monday night on charges of second-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree criminal trespass and unlawful eviction, according to the Queens district attorney,
According to the charges, Muratov placed a $25,000 down payment on a home located on 111th Street in Richmond Hill during a foreclosure sale on Jan. 9 but the sale had not yet gone to closing.
On the same day, Muratov and Munarov reportedly went to the property and told the 59-year-old homeowner that he had to vacate the home because they had bought the house at an auction.
When the homeowner asked for a proof of sale, according to Brown, the men refused to supply evidence and instead told the homeowner he had to hand over the keys and that they would be back in a couple of days to make sure he had left.
Muratov and Munarov then allegedly returned to the property on Jan. 12 and when they couldn’t get into the home, they broke the doorframe and deadbolt lock, and pushed in the front door. They then told the homeowner he could take a few things and when the homeowner said he had nowhere to go, the men gave him $200 in cash to find a place to stay.
The homeowner left the property with some important documents and when he later returned he found all the first-floor doors and windows had been boarded up and chains were on the door lock areas of the front door.
10 comments:
Diversity is a wonderful thing
Sounds like a pair of Russkie thugs.
Gotta watch those Eastern Europeans.
Richmond Hill is not what it used to be.
What sort of person who loses their home in a foreclosure auction doesn't have a "Plan B"?
Did the former homeowner have the expectation that he was never going to face a legal eviction?
Of course, throw the book at the Muratov and Muranov, but I wish the Angy Altimaro could have found out from the lender or mortgage servicer the last month the former homeowner was current on the mortgage, to give the reader a sense of everyone "unscrupulous" in the story.
Of course, it would have been enlightening to find out if the homeowner was a veteran, or disabled, or if the foreclosure was based on water bills (there's a challenge pending on the legality of evictions based on water charge arrears).
I hope this is not too technical, but generally speaking, the first lien holder (i.e. the mortgage bank) is going to pay small water bills in arrears on the property, and bill back the owner/mortgagee because the bank may not want to have its equity in the house wiped out in a foreclosure sale.
While comments on this site seem to be concerned about the Asian Invasion of New York, this article points out the real evil-- in my opinion-- the Russian threat. Every Russian here is a thug (or wannabe thug). They have little or no intention of assimilating into polite civil society, such as it is today. They run in the underground cash economy, and will do anything it takes to get theirs. Beware, New York.
A few points. A first mortgagee typically NEVER pays outstanding water bills during the pendency of a deal, but may pay some arrears at closing.
Not all Russians are thugs or evil or however you want to characterize them. There are many fine Russian American Citizens.
Diversity is certainly a horrible thing, the way it's promoted and executed by liberals.
The Ruskies could have at least waited until the closing to kick the FORMER homeowner out....Eviction proceedings take way too long in NY. It's a shame that the new homeowner has to deal with additional legal and other costs because the former homeowner is a holdover now. I bet that house has an illegal cellar apartment that the former homeowner was benefitting from and now finds himself out of luck. SMH.....
Was this a mort. foreclosuer ? If it was another lien like water that is a different story....It takes too long in NY to get the non paying people out of bank owned houses.
What sort of person who loses their home in a foreclosure auction doesn't have a "Plan B"?
-------------------------------
The kind who ends up in foreclosure to start with. This isn't Detroit - he or she could have sold the house as soon as they missed a few payments. There are a lot of companies that will help you out, lowering the payments. Or he could have chopped up the house and illegally rented out rooms to make the payments. The presumption that the owner did none of these things leads me to believe they need some mental health support. Most people who go into foreclosure in NYC or LI do.
Post a Comment