A Queens man admitted to stealing the home of an elderly, bedridden woman suffering from dementia, and is now the first person to be convicted under the state’s new criminal deed theft law.
Victor Quimis, 40, pleaded guilty as part of a deal with the New York Attorney General’s office on Thursday and admitted he forged documents to steal the deed to the late Renuka Bherwani’s home. Bherwani was in hospice care when Quimis transferred ownership of the Kew Gardens Hills home to a corporation he controlled, and stole more than $300,000 after taking out a mortgage on the property.
As part of the plea deal, Quimis agreed to vacate the deeds to the property and return Bherwani’s home to her family. Bherwani died shortly after the deed theft took place…