HARLEM (WABC) -- Three people, along with three companies they own, are facing charges for allegedly pretending to be the heirs to a Harlem brownstone, then forging the sale of the building, committing fraud to fix up the property and illegally rent out units inside the building.

Two of the suspects were in court on Wednesday, facing a long list of fraud and theft charges.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says the suspects pretended to be heirs to the owner of a brownstone valued at $1 million after she died in 2018 and then handed off the deed to the building to the companies that were owned by the suspects.

The suspects then allegedly cashed in hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling the home.

The accused allegedly acquired ownership of the building's deed and fraudulentl

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