3Con artist posing as Tennessee man sentenced for stealing three Queens homes in major deed fraud scheme

Queens, NY – A man using a stolen identity and a string of aliases has been sentenced to up to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing three homes in Queens as part of a complex deed fraud scheme that also led to charges against multiple co-defendants.

The man, whose real name remains unknown and is being prosecuted as “John Doe,” was first arrested in March under the stolen identity of Carl Avinger. The case gained public attention when news coverage reached the real Carl Avinger in Tennessee, prompting the identity theft victim to contact the Queens District Attorney’s Office. That discovery led to additional charges and a second prison sentence for the impersonator.

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