Page 1 of 22 AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF ARREST WARRANTS ...

submitted by the defendant. As a result of this alarming information witness # 1 convinces thedefendant to come into his office in Aventura, Florida in attempt to resolve these issues. Thedefendant agrees to meet with the victim’s attorney and discuss the issues now pending regardingthe sale of the Presidential Golf View Condominiums.Witness #1 does meet with the defendant on November 5, 2007, at his law offices. The defendantadvised witness # 1 that he had in fact forged the warranty deeds in question but did not considerthese actions criminal as he was simply getting a “jumpstart on the financing. The defendantstated that he was eventually going to buy the entire amount of condominiums. Mr. Bozdin wasable to obtain a notarized statement from the defendant admitting to these invalid deeds, Exhibit#13. In addition this affiant submitted a photo lineup consisting of the defendant’s picture withfive additional black and white photographs. Upon reviewing the photo lineup witness # 1 wasable to positively identify the defendant as the party that admitted to the forged warranty deedsas well as the provided sworn statement. Victim/Witness Affidavit signed by witness # 1.Exhibit #14On December 18, 2007, this affiant met with Mr. John Sutton at his South Miami Law Offices.Mr. Sutton hereinafter referred to witness # 2 is legally blind and is assisted by Mr. AdrianAcosta his employee. Mr. Sutton also represents the victim in her criminal complaint against thedefendant. Mr. Sutton indicates that he and his assistant met with the defendant Johnson Cuffyand his sister Lillia Cuffy on Saturday December 8, 2007, at his law office located at 7721 SW62 Ave in South Miami, Florida. Witness # 2 provided a recorded sworn statement in which thedefendants Johnson Cuffy and his sister Lillia Cuffy admitted knowledge of these forgedwarranty deeds. Exhibit #15 Witness # 2 and his assistant advised that Lillia Cuffy and thedefendant Johnson Cuffy admitted to these deeds being forged and that they would be corrected.Lillia Cuffy advised that she would have these deeds for these properties corrected and returnednotarized. Per witness # 2 he confronted Ms. Cuffy regarding the fraudulent lines of credit aswell as the mortgages that were seated based on these deeds. Ms. Cuffy indicated a significantamount of firsthand knowledge concerning these properties, forged deeds and subsequentfinancial transactions regarding them.Upon concluding my sworn statement with witness # 2 I obtained a signed victim/witnessaffidavit from Mr. Acosta. Mr. Acosta was able to positively identify both the defendant and hissister from separate photo line ups. Exhibit #16. It should be noted that prior to the December8th meeting commencing Mr. Acosta had the defendant and his sister submit their driver’slicenses for identification purposes. Both of their licenses were subsequently photo copied.As a result of the defendant’s Johnson & Lillia Cuffy’s action, eleven of the victim’s real estateproperties were fraudulently impacted by mortgages and home equity lines of credit as theft fromthe lending institutions as indicated in the information.These real estate loan closings were conducted by the below listed financial institutions withtheir stated HELOC or mortgage amounts.On Thursday 07/03/08, your affiant obtained a sworn statement from Diane Hildebrand who wasthe notary on the multiple warranty deeds that reflected her name and stamp. Exhibit #17 Ms.Hildebrand reviewed each notarized signature and document. Upon review of these ninePage 7 of 22