By Michelle Regalado
A Brooklyn was charged with stealing $2.3 million from a Great Neck real estate company, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Wednesday.
Mayer Goldberger
Mayer Goldberger, 50, of Sunset Park, secured a short-term loan from BRT Realty Trust in the above amount last year using a fraudulent title issued by a title company that Goldberger invented, according to the district attorney. The allegedly fraudulent report included an allegedly fraudulent mortgage issued by another company created by Goldberger, Rice said. Goldberger also created a false title insurance policy using the signature of a dead person, Rice added.
The $2.3 million loan was wired into Goldberger’s accounts but the loan went into default when the principal was supposed to be repaid, Rice said. Authorities are still unsure as to how Goldberger spent the loan.
“Bad mortgages, fraudulent loans, and real estate fraud leave honest businesses holding the bag,” Rice said in a statement. “Bogus loans like these make it that much harder for honest homebuyers to do business at a fair price.”
Goldberger was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of a forged instrument and scheme to defraud. He faces up to 25 years in prison, if convicted. Goldberg’s attorney, Robert McDonald, of Mineola, could not be reached for comment.
