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Tracking attorneys involved in deed theft cases

1:19:57

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Council Member Brewer inquires about tracking attorneys involved in deed theft cases and how this information is used.

  • The Department of Finance has a system to flag individuals who are frequently involved in suspicious transactions
  • When fraud is suspected, cases are referred to the Sheriff's office for investigation
  • If necessary, cases are then forwarded to the District Attorney's office for further action
Gale A. Brewer
1:19:57
And, also, the attorneys who are involved in this, they have a license.
1:20:01
Yeah.
1:20:02
What's do you have any set like, when you're
Colette McCain-Jacques
1:20:04
One thing we are keeping track of, so we when we know that, a person does this often, it it flags we have a flag for that in our system.
Gale A. Brewer
1:20:14
And that counts at the bar association or how do we handle that?
1:20:17
Like, goes to the DA also?
Colette McCain-Jacques
1:20:18
Well, once it gets investigated and the sheriff look at looks at it and they say it do it needs to go to the DA's office, then they will look at all of that.
1:20:28
We would be we wouldn't look at Okay.
Gale A. Brewer
1:20:30
And then finally, I'm big supporter of the sheriff, but he is busy with my smoke shops.
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