Con man who took over $2M NYC house with phony deed busted for same boneheaded scam -- and judge isn't happy
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According to prosecutors, a con artist managed to steal a home worth million in Brooklyn by submitting a fake deed. This criminal used the same scheme to fraudulently claim ownership of the property several years ago.

Danny Noble, 55, of Baldwin, pleaded not guilty to charges of grand larceny, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun for claiming to own 71 Carlton Ave., a three-story Fort Greene home valued at $2.2 million.

It was the second time the Nassau County man was arraigned before the judge, who sentenced him to 4.5 years to 9 years in 2019 after he admitted to pulling off a similar scam at the same home and eight other houses throughout New York City.


Danny Noble, pictured here in 2015, was indicted Tuesday for stealing a $2 million Fort Greene home.
Danny Noble, pictured here in 2015, was indicted Tuesday for stealing a $2 million Fort Greene home. Gregory P. Mango

“This is a property of which [Noble] previously admitted fraud, admitted fraud to you and thinking that we wouldn’t pay attention — who knows — he did it again,” assistant District Attorney Richard Farrell chided, asking the judge to hold Noble on $1 million cash bail.

In September 2023, Noble falsely transferred the title of the home before filing a deed on Sept. 15, 2023 claiming to be the rightful owner — before heading to court seeking a judicial order declaring him the official owner of the property.

But his plan was foiled when the real homeowner flagged the fake deed to authorities last December, according to prosecutors.

In the previous scheme, Noble had pleaded guilty to criminal possession of stolen property and conspiracy charges in January 2019.


The three-story home, located in Fort Greene, is valued at just under $2.2 million, according to Brooklyn prosecutors.
The three-story home, located in Fort Greene, is valued at just under $2.2 million, according to Brooklyn prosecutors. Google Maps

He and co-defendant Romelo Grey admitted to illegally transferring the titles of nine homes in Brooklyn and Queens from their real owners while renting out the pads and selling others.

Noble admitted to falsely transferring the title of seven Brooklyn properties — including four addresses in Fort Greene.

At the time, the pair targeted the properties because the homeowners didn’t physically live inside the homes and rarely visited them, prosecutors have said.

Grey was sentenced to 1.5 to 3 years in prison in 2019 after pleading guilty to falsifying business records in that scheme.

Prosecutors said that Noble was released early from his sentence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The judge, who said he was “very familiar” with Noble, toyed with the idea of remanding Noble due to him having at least a half dozen felony convictions on his record.

“He was convicted of stealing and defrauding the same property,” Chun said, before setting bail at $300,000 or $2.5 million bond.

Noble returns to court on April 23.

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