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Duo Accused of Stealing Elderly Woman’s Queens Home: AG
KEW GARDENS HILLS, QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY, AUG 7 – Two defendants face multiple felony charges for forging documents to steal an elderly widow's home and secure a $552,500 mortgage under New York's new deed theft law.
- On Thursday, August 7, 2025, Letitia James announced the first indictments under the new deed theft law, charging Deepa Roy and Victor Quimis with allegedly stealing a Kew Gardens Hills resident’s home.
- More than 1,000 deed theft complaints in Queens highlight the issue, and James says the law took effect on July 19, 2024.
- Investigators say Roy and Quimis face multiple felony counts—including four counts of grand larceny—and her signature was notarized with an incorrectly dated stamp from a Nassau County licensed notary over two years.
- According to James, they face between eight to 25 years in prison; Kamal Bherwani said, 'Losing a mother to failing health is devastating enough, trying to protect her home from fraudsters during this time has made that pain and sadness far more difficult to bear.'
- Victims are urged to call 1-800-771-7755 or file complaints, as James highlights deed theft as a persistent trend across New York City.
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NYC duo takes over dying widow’s house while she is on hospice, but snail mail letter exposes scheme: officials
A scheming duo took over a dying elderly woman’s Queens home while she was on hospice care — but her family uncovered the fraud with a congratulatory piece of mail, officials said Thursday. Deepa Roy, 68, and Victor Quimis, 39, forged Renuka Bherwani’s signature to “steal” the Kew Gardens Hills house she had lived in...
Duo accused of stealing elderly woman’s Queens home: AG
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man accused of stealing an elderly woman's home by forging her signature is the first such arrest under a new deed theft law, Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. Victor Quimis, 39, was arrested on Monday in relation to the scheme that started in 2022. His associate, Deepa Roy, 68, has not yet been apprehended, but allegedly played a key role in the theft, James said. More Local News Roy and Quimis a…
Attorney General James Announces First Indictments Under New Deed Theft Law
Deepa Roy and Victor Quimis Stole The Home of an Elderly Queens Widow While She Received End-of-Life Hospice Care Indictments Are First Brought by AG James Using New Criminal Deed Theft Law She Championed New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictments of Deepa Roy, 68, of Manhattan and Victor Quimis, 39, of Queens, who […]
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