> Sguros [the cop] claimed he spent at least $214,000 of his own money on the home.
If he spent so much, why not just buy his own house? The house in the article is nothing special to look at.
does a house cost below $214,000 now? I haven't heard the news that the market crashed.
A real estate website tells me the average in that city is $400K. But it does seem pretty dumb to spend that amount of money on improvements when you know damn well your ownership is fraudulent and may come back to bite you.