Law firm secretary is accused of forging judge's signature to delay eviction
A secretary at a Syracuse, New York, law firm has been charged with forging a judge’s signature on a legal document in an attempt to delay eviction from her home.
Patricia Nesci, 50, of Cicero, New York, was charged after deputies became suspicious and contacted the judge whose name was listed on the paperwork, Syracuse.com reports. She is charged with forgery, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing.
Syracuse.com cites these allegations by Sheriff’s Detective Jon Seeber: When deputies arrived at Nesci’s home for the eviction, Nesci’s husband said the officers should contact his wife at her law firm and she would take care of it.
After being contacted, Nesci faxed the deputies an order to show cause asking the deputies to show up in court to justify the eviction. Deputies noted “inconsistencies,” in the paperwork, Seeber said, and contacted the judge whose signature was on the document. The judge said he wasn’t presiding in an eviction case involving Nesci.
Nesci no longer works at the law firm, which wasn’t identified by Seeber.
