June 24, 2016 Staff Report
Two real estate agents who worked for a sketchy Woodside firm have been charged with fraud and grand larceny after allegedly bilking prospective tenants out of their security deposits, agent fees and rental payments on unavailable apartments.
The two real estate agents, who face a slew of charges, are not the first to be arrested in the Woodside real estate scam based out of 47-20 48th Avenue. Rosita Tsiklauri, the owner of the now-defunct enterprise, was charged in May of duping prospective tenants out of $77,000.
This time Victor Oaxaca, 43, of Woodside, and Roger Garcia, 44, of Flushing, who worked out of the 48th Avenue office for the firms Fast Solutions Realty and Supreme Realty, have been charged for allegedly taking a total of more than $65,000 in security deposits, agent fees and rental payments from prospective tenants, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.
The defendants focused on taking advantage of the Queens Latino Community, according to the district attorney’s office. They allegedly duped 20 prospective tenants over a one-year period between 2014 and 2015, where they took their funds but never made the apartments available. They did not return their clients’ deposits.
In at least three instances in which prospective tenants were provided with a refund, the checks bounced or the account was frozen.
“Sadly, this case represents an all too common scenario in which allegedly greedy realtors are accused of taking advantage of Queens County’s tight housing market to rob unsuspecting individuals of substantial amounts of their hard-earned savings,” said Richard A. Brown, the Queens District Attorney, in a statement.
To date, the district attorney’s investigation into the Woodside firm has resulted in three arrests.
Oaxaca was arraigned yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him with third- and fourth-degree grand larceny, second-degree criminal possession of stolen property, first-degree scheme to defraud, petit larceny and issuing a bad check. Oaxaca, who faces up to fifteen years in prison if convicted, was released under supervision and ordered to return to court on July 12, 2016.
Garica was also arraigned yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him with third-degree grand larceny, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, first-degree scheme to defraud and issuing a bad check. Garcia, who faces up to seven years in prison if convicted, was released on his own recognizance and ordered to return to court also on July 12, 2016.
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Yeah we need more if the Irish and Germans into America
Oaxaca and Garcia are part of this scum the neighborhood can hardly flush away given the sad state of our infrastructure. Their friends are running a meth lab on the South of Queens Boulevard and the explosion could happen anytime. At least there are no speed bumps to slow the firetrucks down but little kids may be run over.
Hahahaha great story. Si heez takki mine monies and he no Hava dee place .what I do now. Heez a berry stuppy mans.
The tacos they had for dinner will not settle well in central booking where there are no stalls or toilet paper. I pray for their diarrhea and Toys for Tots. I love all of you so much. Amen.
Half the residents on the southside of the neighborhood are illegal so im glad they got robbed
I hope they’d never have the audacity to look you in the eye, or worse yet, not yield you the sidewalk when you pass! My goodness, I think you’d better take a nap. Thinking too much about immigrants will surely give you the vapors. Ask your house girl to fetch you some water.
No mo mexibrits
too bad these guys didnt set up shop in London where apparantly they are now googling in large numbers “What is th EU? Oaxaca and Garcia couldve made a killing!
“I voted to leave the EU but I didnt think my gote would matter!” Stupid Brit
Good for brexit
Nice guys, wonder what there Status is.
Would you please go after the big developers? They are the real theives!
in a sketchy neighborhood, never give guys named oaxaca and garcia your life savings, this goes without saying, no?
what an @ss you are. Don’t judge people by their name!
Oh that sucks. Well that’s what happens. Lol. Well. Trump i.e. right. Why don’t we stop the moodloons and spanis from crossing the borders. Then just have mostly euros come here.
Repeal the 1965 Hart immgration law
That’s why America is going down the tubes