The Boston office of the FBI is taking action after a series of I-Team investigations into stolen land scams and attempted property theft. The FBI is warning homeowners and real estate agents to be on the lookout for the schemes.
They are all different properties, but it is the same kind of theft.
I-Team reports
Last summer, Halla Shami Jakari told the I-Team she never sold her land and was shocked to find out it was gone. Halla and her husband Omar discovered thieves stole their vacant land in Concord .
The fraudsters then sold it to a buyer who started building a house on it. Omar says, “they stole our dream.”
John Grimes was living in his Plymouth home when he got a knock on the door. “It was an engineering firm and they wanted to do a plot plan for the property that’s being sold,” Grimes said. “I explained to him don’t do anything you are caught up in a scam! I was just like oh my God this is still happening.”…