A convicted fraudster, who previously served time for stealing houses, is now facing charges for allegedly stealing the same $2 million Brooklyn apartment building on two occasions, per Daily News. Prosecutors claim that 55-year-old Danny Noble filed false documents to assert ownership of a three-story brick building on Carlton Ave. in Fort Greene.
This was reportedly one of the nine homes he had been convicted of stealing in the early 2010s. Noble, a resident of Baldwin, N.Y., was initially arrested in 2015 for filing fraudulent documents with the city’s Department of Finance to take control of seven homes in Brooklyn and two in Queens. Noble and an accomplice targeted properties that were often unoccupied and not frequently visited by their owners. After obtaining the titles, they either rented out the homes or sold them.
Danny Noble’s Second Attempt
Noble was paroled in September 2021 after serving a sentence of four-and-a-half to nine years for his crimes, according to prosecutors. On Tuesday, he returned to the same Brooklyn Supreme Court judge who had previously sentenced him. This time entering a plea of not guilty to charges of first-degree grand larceny and other offenses. In September 2023, Noble submitted a deed transferring ownership from himself to himself, asserting that he had been the legitimate owner of the property since 2010, according to Farrell. He also initiated a lawsuit against the true owner of the property, alleging that the owner’s deed was fraudulent.
Authorities also discovered Noble’s earlier scam when he and accomplice Romelo Grey transferred the title of a Canarsie house to a third-party buyer. During an inspection, they found tenants living there and told them they needed to move out. The buyer’s renovations attracted the attention of a nearby business owner, who turned out to be the actual owner of the stolen property. Grey was sentenced to one-and-a-half to three years in prison. Noble’s bail is set at $2.5 million bond or $300,000 cash.
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