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Serhat's new neighbors in West Hollywood definitely had no idea he was wanted by the turkish police.
In 2014, Sarhat bought a 1920s bungalow encircled by bushy green hedges.
He moved into the three bedroom house with his new american husband, Anderson.
They paid $1.2 million for it.
The following April, Sarhat threw a party.
He opened the house's sky blue door and festooned the yard with lights.
Among those invited was someone he'd just met from the neighborhood.
This man, who asked not to be named, remembers being surprised by the invitation from his charming, super fit neighbor.
At the party, Sarhat came over and suggested they pose for a photo together.
Around the same time, Serhat reached out to a wealthy turkish investor.
According to Robert the Hindenburg researcher, Sirhat told this investor that he had an amazing real estate opportunity in LA.
He said, give me $930,000, I'm gonna buy this house and I'm gonna flip it for you.
It was the house of his guest from the party.
Sarah had escrow papers, bills of sale, all in the name of the unsuspecting man he'd taken a photo with.
The theory from the person I spoke with is so that Sarhat could get his fingerprints and could get pictures with this gentleman, and it would aid him in being able to steal his identity.
The whole scam seems kind of preposterous, but it worked.
He basically sold a house to an overseas investor that he didn't even own in the first place.
So he just picked a random house on a street that he lived on, like two houses down from him, and he went to this overseas investor and he said, I'm gonna flip it for you.
The turkish man fell for it.
He agreed to buy the house that wasn't even for sale.