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, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.

Victor Quimis, 39, was arrested on Monday in relation to a scheme that started in 2022, according to the AG. His associate, Deepa Roy, 68, has not yet been apprehended, but reportedly played a key role in the theft, James said.

Roy and Quimis are accused of forging 88-year-old Renuka Bherwani’s signature to transfer ownership of the Queens home she had owned since 1986, James said.

At the time, Bherwani was "completely bedridden" in end-of-life hospice care, unable to even feed herself, according to her son, Kamal Bherwani. Renuka Bherwani has since died.

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