A disbarred lawyer has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $1 million via various scams connected to two distressed properties in southwest Brooklyn, announced District Attorney Ken Thompson.
Staten Island resident Domenick Crispino, 52, is said to have falsely represented himself as a practicing attorney, while using numerous forged documents to swindle an investor, potential home buyers and a title insurance company out of money.
“This defendant allegedly concocted elaborate schemes to defraud in which he stole money from acquaintances and strangers, falsely claimed to be an attorney when it suited his schemes and filed numerous forged documents with public agencies,” said Thompson. “We’ve put an end to these fraudulent acts and will now fully prosecute him for committing such fraud.”
Crispino was arraigned Wednesday, October 7 on a 21-count indictment alleging that, between February, 2011 and June, 2015, he engaged in various schemes to enrich himself from two private homes – one at 35 Bay Seventh Street in Bath Beach and the other at 1848 West Seventh Street in Gravesend – that were subject to foreclosure.
Crispino was disbarred in 1999 amid allegations of felony larceny, of which he was later convicted.
He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted this time around.
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