{"id":372904,"date":"2025-11-12T02:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372904\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T02:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:24:18","slug":"realtor-helps-scottsdale-police-catch-deed-fraud-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372904\/","title":{"rendered":"Realtor helps Scottsdale Police catch deed fraud suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arizona Arizona women accused of deed fraud involving home<\/a> <\/p>\n

A Phoenix area real estate investor was approached to buy a home in Scottsdale, but he noticed some red flags on the deed. Now, two women are accused of committing deed fraud. FOX 10’s Kenzie Beach reports.<\/p>\n

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.<\/strong> – A home in the Phoenix area was listed for sale without the owner even knowing, but a real estate investor quickly caught on to the scheme, and got police involved before the suspects could get away with the money.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Two women, identified as Rachael Cossette and Lezlie Greer, allegedly had codes to a lockbox after the locks on the door were changed, and were giving potential buyers access to a home they didn\u2019t even own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We have a limited window because in the next 48 hours, these people are expecting a large six-figure check and deposit from me,” said John Rowan, a real estate investor and licensed realtor.<\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

Rowan was approached to buy the home, but when it got down to the paperwork, he noticed immediate red flags on the deed: it seemed the whole thing had been filled out by the same person.<\/p>\n

“The sort of key letters in his area of script matched the main letters in the notary script, and that should never be the case,” Rowan said.<\/p>\n

Cossette had codes for the lockbox and access to the home, but when Rowan tried to verify ownership, the fake sellers couldn\u2019t answer his questions.<\/p>\n

“For one, this was a $10 transfer on a house in Scottsdale that\u2019s worth significantly more than that, so that was another strange event,” Rowan said. “The names didn\u2019t match with the inherited person. So I asked, \u2018how were you related to this person?\u2019 And they avoided that. They would never answer that question.”<\/p>\n

Rowan tracked down the real homeowner while maintaining contact with the fraudulent sellers, bringing the whole case to Scottsdale Police.<\/p>\n

“I have never seen and been a part of something that was so obvious,” Rowan said. “And for me, not letting this go was important because I felt like we could stop it.”<\/p>\n

The suspects wanted $400,000 cash within 48 hours. Rowan accepted the offer, and with Scottsdale police detectives surrounding the building, Cossette and Greer were arrested.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

Cossette and Greer are accused of carrying out a fraud scheme, with investigators alleging that the two targeted an elderly Scottsdale man who has owned the home for 30 years.<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a scheme that typically targets seniors and snowbirds whose homes are paid off.<\/p>\n

“These title fraud people target homes that are paid off and potentially unoccupied,” Rowan said.<\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/p>\n

Many Arizona counties have a free system where they can sign up for notifications that alert you any time a document is recorded regarding your property:<\/p>\n

Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Scottsdale<\/a>Housing<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona women accused of deed fraud involving home A Phoenix area real estate investor was approached to buy…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":372905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,7065,1588,50,1589,7600,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-372904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-housing","13":"tag-maricopa-county","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-scottsdale","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115534355840295815","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}