An organized ring of lawyers, real estate brokers and members of Councilmember Darlene Mealy’s family crafted an elaborate deed theft scheme, posing as heirs of the deceased owner of a Harlem brownstone to obtain more than $1.6 million in fraudulent bank loans, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleged Thursday.
Bragg announced charges against 18 people and three shell companies. The defendants include four members of the Mealy clan — Joseph Mealy, Jacob Mealy, Mathew Tyreek Mealy and Anita (Mealy) Davis — who allegedly joined with other conspirators to pose as heirs to Okryun Marrero, the deceased owner of a four-bedroom, 2,888 square foot brownstone on West 131st St. that’s currently listing for $2 million.
“Eighteen individuals went to extreme lengths to exploit a grieving family by allegedly conspiring to sell the family’s brownstone without their permission and fraudulently obtain a mortgage for profit,” Bragg said in a statement, announcing the work of his Housing and Tenant Protection Unit…