Two New Yorkers indicted for swiping Queens home from dying widow

Two New Yorkers are facing prison after allegedly swiping a Kew Gardens Hills home from a dying widow — the first prosecution under the state’s new deed-theft law. On Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia announced the indictment of Deepa Roy, 68, of Manhattan, and Victor Quimis, 39, of Queens, for falsifying property records to take the longtime home of Renuka Bherwani, who was in hospice care. Quimis was arrested earlier this week; Roy remains at large, according to Crain’s. Prosecutors say the pair forged Bherwani’s signature in October to transfer the home to themselves for nothing, then repeated the […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.