I Came Home to Find My $850,000 House Sold With a Forged Signature

Duty, fully loaded. Twenty-eight thousand to a jeweler for a three-carat diamond ring. Fifteen thousand to a travel agency for four first-class tickets to Cabo and an oceanfront villa.

Here was Derek’s investment portfolio: depreciating metal, a shiny rock, and a vacation he hoped would make four people believe he was somebody.

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