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NYC woman busted for allegedly stealing house from dead man with same name as her father — netted over $350K

By
Katherine Donlevy
Published Nov. 13, 2023, 9:12 p.m. ET

A Bronx woman was busted Monday for allegedly stealing a home from a dead man who had the same name as her deceased father before selling the property and splurging the funds on expensive jewelry and a car.

Mercedes Tiffany King, 35, was hit with a swath of charges for carrying out the wicked scheme that allegedly landed her more than $350,000.

“The defendant allegedly sold the property for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it was later discovered that she had no rights to the home,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark said in a statement announcing the indictment.

“She allegedly went on a shopping spree spending the money on a luxury car, home interior design, jewelry and art.”

King sunk her claws into the East 219th Street and Bronxwood Avenue home in Williamsbridge in April 2020, just over three years after her father, Edward King Jr., died and she had successfully petitioned to be the administrator of his estate, according to court documents.

The split-family home — located just two miles from the New York Botanical Garden and valued at $675,000 — belonged to the recently deceased Edward L. King, who had no relation to King or her deceased father.

Mercedes Tiffany King stole this home from a deceased man with the same name as her father.
Mercedes Tiffany King stole this home from a deceased man with the same name as her father. Google Maps

King allegedly claimed she was the heir to the property and sold it in February 2023 for $480,000 — $356,075.69 of which was wired directly to her bank account.

Using the funds, she treated herself to an uninhibited shopping spree that included a 2021 Audi Q8 for $50,000 and a $10,000 payment to her brother to be her driver, the filing states.

King is also accused of using the money to buy a $17,500 interior design job, $17,000 worth of luxury jewelry and $6,000 on artwork.

King then sold the property in a scheme that landed her $350,000.
King then sold the property in a scheme that landed her $350,000. Google Maps

After her attorney realized she had no rights to the home, King was asked to return the money, but she refused, according to prosecutors.

Her short-lived scheme was brought to an end on Nov. 9, when she was arrested for the theft.

King faces a litany of charges, including multiple degrees of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, forgery, scheming to defraud, offering a sale instrument for filing and falsifying business records.

Her bond was set at $300,000. She will be back in court Dec. 7.