For the second time, a man has been arraigned and charged in connection to a stolen deed of a three-story Fort Greene house valued at over $2 million.
Long Island resident Danny Noble, 55, allegedly fraudulently transferred the title of the three-story house at 71 Carlton Ave. in September 2023. He then filed a new deed and a title action in the Brooklyn Supreme Court to be confirmed as the rightful owner of the property, according to the indictment.
Last December, the current owner of the home learned of the fraudulent deed submission and alerted the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Action Center.
This week, Noble was charged with falsifying business records, first-degree grand larceny, and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing. He is being held on a $300,000 cash bail or $2.5 million bond.
This is the second time Noble has been charged with filing fraudulent documents to obtain ownership of the same home.
In 2019, Noble was sentenced to four and a half to nine years in prison for stealing nine homes from owners by filing false documents. The 71 Carlton Ave. property was included in the list of homes Noble allegedly attempted to steal.
Noble ended his prison sentence early following a COVID-era mandate that released individuals who were considered unlikely to perpetrate a violent crime or were of high risk of contracting the virus.
Between 2010 and 2015 Noble and then co-defendant Romelo Grey targeted the properties at 71 Carlton Ave., 104 Vanderbilt Ave., 45 North Oxford St. and 70 Clermont Ave., in Fort Greene; 1391 East 95th St. in Canarsie; 357 Jefferson Ave. in Bed-Stuy; 729 Essex St. in East New York and two properties in Queens: 94-05 108th St in Jamaica and 187-05 Liberty Ave. in Hollis.
In his first round of property scams, Noble allegedly targeted properties of homeowners that either did not live in the home or were rarely visited by them.
“Real estate fraud is a serious threat to homeowners, and in Brooklyn, we will not tolerate scammers who try to steal property through deception,” stated Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. “ This alleged scheme was uncovered thanks to the rightful owner’s vigilance, and we will now seek to hold the defendant accountable.”
The DA’s office warned homeowners to protect themselves against similar scams by making sure the NYC Department of Finance has the correct address to receive property notices and registering for automatic notification regarding changes to deeds and property records. For more information, visit the D.A.’s Deed Fraud Information and Resources website.
The defendant’s next court date appearance is scheduled for April 23, 2025. Noble’s lawyer did not immediately return request for comment.
