A heartbroken family who had their Queens home stolen through a flashy real estate agent’s deed fraud scheme fought through tears at sentencing Wednesday — and then were outraged at the convicted scammer’s no-jail sentence.
Gloria Kubick, 79, said priceless items — like her deceased dad’s “Welcome Home Johnny” sign from when he returned from World War II service — went missing after Autumn Valeri, 41, forged documents and conned Kubick and her daughter, Maria Bendek, into handing over their 61st Road home in Kew Gardens Hills, which they’ve owned since 1999.
“It’s all just thrown in the garbage,” Kubick recalled about items tossed from the home she grew up in, which was purchased by her parents in 1940.
“It’s like their lives meant nothing,” she added.
Bendek, 53, described the exper

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