{"id":384091,"date":"2026-07-02T20:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/384091\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:48:23","slug":"son-wife-sent-atlantic-beach-moms-home-near-foreclosure-stole-250k-with-identity-theft-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/384091\/","title":{"rendered":"Son, Wife Sent Atlantic Beach Mom\u2019s Home Near Foreclosure, Stole $250K With Identity Theft: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George and Eda Frenkel, of Atlantic Beach, took out a home loan on George\u2019s mother Ann\u2019s home in the town, then swiped $250,000 for themselves and sent the home spiraling toward foreclosure, the Nassau County District Attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis couple allegedly funneled money to themselves for years to support their lifestyle and left the woman\u2019s property on the brink of foreclosure,\u201d District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. \u201cIt\u2019s sad to see someone treat their elderly mother this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George, 65, and Eda, 51, first <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/01\/16\/long-island-housewife-remarries-while-raking-in-money-from-real-hubby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hit the headlines<\/a> in 2012. At the time, Eda was slammed for taking support payments from her first husband during divorce proceedings while being lavished with gifts from George, who became her second husband.<\/p>\n<p>George Frenkel operated a successful pillow business and has been involved in several legal cases, including a court defeat of Macy\u2019s in the early 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2021, the Frenkels took out a home equity loan on Ann Frenkel\u2019s home, investigators said. They applied online using her name, signed the paperwork electronically, and included a purported document giving George power of attorney over his mother, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The couple succeeded in obtaining a $500,000 home equity line of credit, then siphoned $250,000 to Eda Frenkel\u2019s personal account over the next four years, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>There is still a $250,000 balance on the loan, and Ann Frenkel\u2019s home remains at risk of foreclosure, prosecutors said. George and Eda Frenkel surrendered on Thursday and were arraigned on charges of second-degree grand larceny and first-degree identity theft. They were released on their own recognizance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e-click-here-follow-btn\" data-testid=\"bottom-paragraph\">\n            <a class=\"e-email-signup\" js-follow-button=\"\" data-testid=\"article-click-here-to-subscribe\">Click here<\/a><br \/>\n            to follow Daily Voice<\/p>\n<p>              Long Beach<\/p>\n<p>            and receive free news updates.\n          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George and Eda Frenkel, of Atlantic Beach, took out a home loan on George\u2019s mother Ann\u2019s home in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-384091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}