COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Franklin County family nearly lost a vacant property to title fraud after someone tried to sell it without their knowledge.
Title fraud involves someone trying to illegally transfer ownership of a property. County officials said cases are becoming more common and can take years to resolve once a fraudulent transfer goes through.
Buffie Patterson helps monitor her parents’ properties. She said her parents were used to getting calls from people asking to buy them, but one call came from a title company about a sale they never agreed…
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