As the handcuffs snapped on, Joseph Makhani let out a guttural howl. Judge Michele Rodney had remanded the Great Neck landlord to Rikers to await sentencing after a Manhattan jury last month took just 90 minutes to find him guilty of three deed-theft-related felonies.  State prosecutors proved Makhani, 63, had executed “a meticulous, multi-year scheme” to steal 107 West 118th Street and 135 West 131st Street through cunning, court manipulation and deception using fake names, fake companies and fake addresses, often assisted by frontmen and attorneys willing to play along. But Makhani’s real estate business was not limited to those […]

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