HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – New charges have been filed in a scheme to forge deeds and steal people’s homes, with the latest case targeting a Waialua family of seven.
Sean Peregil said he and his family are still shaken months after a stranger showed up at their house and claimed he owned their property.
“Yeah, it was the whole situation was threatening,” Peregil said. “Like, where are I going to go? I get my five kids. I get, you know, this house. My dad grew up in a house. I grew up in a house. My kids grew up in this house. And for somebody stealing like that, that’s crazy.”
Stranger arrives with fraudulent deed
Peregil, his wife and kids were home in early February when the man showed up with a deed…