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Brooklyn’s foreclosure crisis
the program.
Our concerns turned out to be
justified. In March of this year, Brooklyn
Supreme Court Justice Mark Partnow
ruled against the City and restored
properties to six homeowners who had
their properties seized through the
TPT program. In his decision, Justice
Partnow wrote, “While the Third Party
Transfer Program was intended to be a
beneficial program, an overly broad and
improper application of it that results in
the unfair divestiture of equity in one’s
property cannot be permitted.”
There is still a lot of work to be done.
In July, the City Council will hold a
hearing on the TPT program, and our
office plans to submit testimony. In
the testimony, we reiterate our call
for a full-scale investigation, and urge
the Council to pass Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams’ bill imposing a twoyear
moratorium on the program until
we are able to implement the necessary
reforms and strengthen oversight.
In the coming weeks and months,
we plan to roll out an ambitious,
comprehensive agenda formulated with
the input of experts and advocates that
combats housing theft and rein in the
excesses of TPT. I am also encouraging
the Governor to sign S1688, a bill the
legislature passed in the most recent
session that would return stolen
properties to their original owners.
After all the time spent making a
house a home, it is almost unimaginable
that it could be taken away from you
over arrears or a bureaucratic error.
Unfortunately, that is how TPT is
currently structured. We have an
obligation to homeowners throughout
Brooklyn and the City to ensure the
homes they spend years cultivating
remain in their hands.
Eric L. Adams is borough president
of Brooklyn. He served 22 years in
the New York City Police Department
(NYPD), retiring at the rank of captain,
as well as represented District 20 in
the New York State Senate from 2006
until his election as borough president
in 2013.
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Key player in Jamaican lottery
scam sentenced to 4 years
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal
judge in North Dakota on Wednesday
sentenced a Rhode Island woman to
four years in prison for funneling
lottery scam money between the U.S.
and Jamaica, prompting a prosecutor to
question the ruling.
Melinda Bulgin, 29, of Providence,
received a sentence that was 10 years
less than prosecutors had sought.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland
said Bulgin’s role in the scam was not
on the level of others who received
lesser sentences than the 14 years
requested by prosecutors, The Bismarck
Tribune reported.
“I’m giving you a break. I’m giving
you a second chance,” Hovland told
Bulgin. “I don’t consider you to be a
monster.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan
O’Konek called Bulgin’s sentence
“unreasonable” and “not a just
punishment.” The government has two
weeks to appeal.
“She was not just a participant
but arguably a major player in this,”
O’Konek said, adding that “she ruined
people’s lives.”
A jury in September convicted
Bulgin of conspiracy, fraud and money
laundering in a scam that authorities
say bilked more than 100 mostly elderly
Americans out of more than $6 million.
It’s believed to be the first large-scale
Jamaican lottery scam tried in the
U.S. The scam involved 31 defendants,
including 14 Jamaican nationals, most
of whom accepted plea deals with the
government.
The scam’s alleged kingpin, Lavrick
Willocks, was among those who accepted
a plea deal. Prosecutors say he ran the
scam out of a Jamaica mansion where
he lived with his mother. Hovland in
October sentenced Willocks to six years,
crediting him with cooperating.
Authorities say Bulgin funneled
scam proceeds via cheap flights she got
through her airline job. She eventually
was caught at a Jamaican airport in
2015.
Authorities identified victims in 31
states, including at least one person who
committed suicide. The case has been
prosecuted in North Dakota because
that’s where the initial identified victim
lives.
Defense attorney Chad McCabe
requested a sentence for Bulgin of
time served, about 10 months, but said
outside the courtroom he was “satisfied”
with the four-year sentence. He, Bulgin,
and Bulgin’s parents, who testified
during the hearing, characterized her
as a good person who got involved with
a boyfriend in Jamaica who led her
astray.
“I was twisted. I thought I was in
love,” Bulgin told the judge, adding
that she did not personally profit from
the scam.
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