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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong>Elderly woman, 78, loses her $350,000 New York home after her neighbor&#8217;s 35-year-old daughter &#8216;FORGED deed to become legal owner of the property for just $10&#8217; </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>R</strong>osemary Mika, 78, contacted police after Nassau County informed her in October 2022, that the deed to her home had been transferred to her neighbor&#8217;s daughter, Aurelia Soogea </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong>Mika paid $850 to a handwriting analyst to examine the signature and her lawyer said the forgery was &#8216;established to a certainty&#8217;. </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong>Soogea, 35, appeared in court on Friday accused of stealing the Lakeview, Long Island, home of Rosemarie Mika with forged documents </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong>Mika accused Soogea of forging the signatures on the deeds to her $350,000 home, transferring the ownership of the home for just $10 </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Soogea who arrested Friday for paying $10 to transfer the deed of Mika&#8217;s home into her name, <strong>has pled not guilty to forgery and theft</strong></strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#2e2424;font-size:14px"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Soogea claimed that Mika gave her the deed as a gift for the work she did as a home help, but Mika insists she and Soogea have no relationship at all </strong></strong></strong></strong></h2>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Rosemarie Mika, 78 [right], accused Aurelia Soogea, 35, [left], of forging documents to steal her house. Soogea has been charged with forging deed to $350,000 home her neighbor has lived in for seventy years</strong></p>



<p>A 78-year-old woman in New York could lose the home she has lived in due to possible forged documentation that appropriated her title deed. The adult daughter of the embattled homeowner&#8217;s neighbor allegedly, is behind the dastardly act.<br>A 35-year-old New York woman has been arrested on charges of forging a deed to seize ownership of the elderly woman&#8217;s house.<br>Aurelia Soogea appeared in court in Nassau County, on Long Island, on Friday and pleaded not guilty to forgery and theft. Soogea, 35, claims she was given the house as a thanks for caring for her.<br>She is accused of paying $10 to transfer the deed of her mother&#8217;s neighbor&#8217;s $350,000 home to her name.<br>The owner, 78-year-old Rosemarie Mika, claims she only became aware of the deed transfer of the home ownership after receiving a letter from the Nassau County clerk&#8217;s office. Mika then called the police. Rosemarie Mika, whose parents bought the Lakeview home in 1953 and where she has lived all her life, branded Aurelia Soogea a &#8216;vicious psychopath&#8217; for allegedly forging her signature on a deed to transfer ownership of the $350,000 home she&#8217;s lived most of her life. <br>&#8216;We are not going to relent until she is in prison&#8217;, Mika said.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>The $350,000 home at the center of the dispute where Mika lives. The 78-year-old woman has lived in it for 70 years &#8211; ever since her parents bought it in 1973</strong></p>



<p>The home owner said Soogea took the title of her home in October 11, 2022. Two weeks later, she received a letter from the county clerk&#8217;s office informing her of the deed transfer. <br>&#8216;Stealing the title to people&#8217;s homes is the fastest rising crime in America. They target elderly people who are living alone who paid off their mortgage. I paid off my mortgage years ago,&#8217; Mika said. <br>Mika then contacted police, and in Soogea was arrested last week Friday. <br>The elderly woman also paid $850 to a handwriting analyst to examine the signature &#8211; and her lawyer said the forgery was &#8216;established to a certainty&#8217;. <br>&#8216;On my client’s behalf, I brought an action to set aside the deed almost immediately after my client became aware of the deed,&#8217; Mark Goidell said. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>The deed was transferred to Soogea on October 11, and Mika claims she found out about it thanks to a letter informing her. Soogea says she and Mika went to the offices together to fill out the paperwork</strong></p>



<p>Mika claims that Soogea &#8216;wouldn&#8217;t leave her alone&#8217; last summer and she refused to let the younger woman into her house.<br>&#8216;She is a liar and a criminal. I will absolutely get my house back,&#8217; Mika said.<br>So far, the legal battle to regain ownership of her home have topped $12,000 &#8211; and some of her family members are helping her out financially.<br>When Soogea, who made bail after being arrested last week, was asked about the charges she responded, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know what you are talking about.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>The alleged house deed scammer Aurelia Soogea, 34, lives next door to Rosemary Mika in a home owned by her neighbor</strong></p>



<p>Mika&#8217;s attorney said Soogea&#8217;s documentation and audio records are fabricated.<br>Soogea is next due in court on Thursday. Her lawyer, Lawrence Carra says that Soogea was given the house as thanks for being Mika&#8217;s care giver.<br>He allegedly presented the forged documents to the register of deeds to transfer their real property to him. <br>Her lawyer, Lawrence Carra, told <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/woman-allegedly-forged-deed-to-steal-neighbors-long-island-home-she-says-it-was-a-gift/4223048/" target="_blank">NBC New York</a> that Mika gave Soogea the house as a gift.<br>&#8216;We are vehemently contesting it, we&#8217;ve entered a plea of not guilty,&#8217; he said.<br>&#8216;She provided services and she stayed there from time to time as a caring loving aide.&#8217;<br>Carra said there is &#8216;conflicting evidence&#8217; that will show &#8216;Soogea did not forge the deed.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Rosemarie Mika, whose parents bought the Lakeview home in 1953 and where she has lived all her life. She insists she has no relationship with the defendant whom she called a &#8216;vicious psychopath&#8217; who is now claiming that she gifted the home</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Home care aide Aurelia Soogea, 35, [photo], has been charged with property theft and forgery. She was arrested Friday on charges of paying $10 to fraudulently transfer the deed of her elderly neighbor Rosemarie Mika&#8217;s home into her name</strong></p>



<p>Soogea said she has recorded conversations between her and Mika confirming the transfer of the home.<br>She also provided stickers from their visit to the county building on the day the deed was signed over, arguing that Mika was there and willingly handed over the property.<br>Mika&#8217;s attorney said Soogea&#8217;s documentation and audio records are fabricated.<br>Soogea is next due in court on Thursday.<br>The case continues.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Aurelia Soogea [left], is seen with her lawyer, Lawrence Carra, who claims Soogea was given the house as thanks for being the elderly homeowner&#8217;s care giver. His client has been charged with forgery and property theft in Nassau County, NY</strong></p>



<p>According to the indictment, &#8216;the defendants impersonated the homeowners by using forged driver&#8217;s licenses and Social Security cards and closed on the properties with forged signatures on deeds and documents.&#8217;<br>&#8216;No one should face the nightmare of having their home stolen from them without any warning, knowledge, or reason,&#8217; James said in a statement accompanying the announcement of the charges. <br>&#8216;Deed theft is a merciless crime that targets seniors, and often people of color, who are asset rich but cash poor, and reliant on their homes as a stabilizing force for their families and loved ones.&#8217;</p>

Home ownership swindle – Elderly woman, 78, sues neighbor, 35, for transferring her $350,000 New York home with ‘forged deed, that cost just $10, to become legal owner of the property,’ as imposter claims owner gifted her
