A Hawaii man offered to help a California resident sell his 44-foot yacht docked in Newport Beach — but secretly took ownership of the vessel and kept the proceeds of the sale, according to federal court filings.
Then, John Tamahere McCabe scammed the 78-year-old out of the deed to his million-dollar Orange County condo, federal prosecutors said.
The man’s wife had just died and “he had no family support” by the time McCabe defrauded him out of about $1,814,000 — leaving him homeless, court documents say…