A Kings Point man has been convicted of stealing two Harlem brownstones worth a combined $4.7 million in a years-long deed theft scheme that left one elderly homeowner living in a homeless shelter while he collected rent from the property.
A jury found Joseph Makhani, 63, guilty Wednesday after a seven-week trial of two counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the First Degree and one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, according to the New York State Attorney General’s Office.
Makhani was immediately remanded into custody and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 28, 2026, before New York State Supreme Court Judge Michele Rodney. He faces a maximum sentence of 8⅓ to 25 years in prison on the top count…