How Thieves Stole a Toronto Condo in ‘Total Title Fraud’, Selling It for $970,000

How Thieves Stole a Toronto Condo in ‘Total Title Fraud’, Selling It for $970,000
The sign on the Aura condominium building is shown in Toronto on Jan. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
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The professional photographs posted on a property tour website last year show Moffy Yu’s condo in downtown Toronto, a light-filled two-bedroom home with floor-to-ceiling windows framing sweeping views from the tallest residential tower in Canada.

Documents provided by Yu show the home was listed for $978,000 last May 11, then sold for $970,000 nine days later, near the height of the pandemic property boom. Ontario land title documents show ownership was transferred for that sum on June 15 to a new buyer who took out a mortgage with the Bank of Montreal.