where is craig hecht the lawyer now

by Prof. Earline Adams I 9 min read

Hecht lives in Mount Sinai, New York, which is located on the north shore of Long Island. Mount Sinai was known as Old Mans until the name was changed in 1840. According to local legend, the original name stemmed from a fraudulent land deal.

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Who is Craig Hecht?

Mount Sinai resident Craig Hecht, 52, was sentenced this week to a term of one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison for a deed fraud scheme targeting an 80-year-old Bedford-Stuyvesant homeowner.

How much money did Hecht's cohort wire?

From the funds stolen out of the two closings, Hecht’s cohort wired $190,000 to an account he had in Athens, Greece withdrew another $120,000 in a series of cash withdrawals and transferred over $250,000 to an account held by Hecht’s wife.

Who stole the deed to 260 Clifton Place?

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that Hecht, 52, and a cohort who remains on the loose , stole the deed to 260 Clifton Place, a two-story Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone owned by an 80-year-old retired teacher. The victim and her family lived in the brownstone for more than three decades, Gonzalez noted.

Who offered Clifton Place to a buyer?

According to Gonzalez, shortly thereafter, Hecht offered the Clifton Place home to a prospective buyer. On Nov. 5, 2015, the co-conspirator opened a bank account for TDA and the following day the property was transferred from TDA to the buyer at closing for $850,000, with most of the proceeds of that sale going into the co-conspirator's account.

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