{"id":460669,"date":"2026-09-11T16:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460669\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:04:30","slug":"squatters-take-over-4m-san-francisco-mansion-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460669\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatters take over $4M San Francisco mansion: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A $4 million San Francisco mansion has become ground zero for what neighbors and officials say is wild squatter takeover<\/a> \u2014 with the bizarre saga unfolding for over a year while the city failed to act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The home on 32nd Avenue in the Sea Cliff neighborhood, one of the most elite, affluent, and visually stunning neighborhoods the City by the Bay has to offer, has apparently become a revolving door of unfamiliar faces, with neighbors reporting unwelcome activity at all hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go to bed nervous. I wake up nervous,\u201d one neighbor told ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really has been a 24-hour surveillance that\u2019s going on,\u201d another neighbor said. \u201cPeople are at a breaking point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A $4 million San Francisco mansion on 32nd Avenue in the Sea Cliff neighborhood has allegedly become ground zero for a squatter takeover. KGO<\/p>\n

An alleged squatter-occupied $4 million home is seen in San Francisco\u2019s Sea Cliff neighborhood. The city attorney filed a lawsuit this week after neighbors complained the city failed to take action over the past year. KGO<\/p>\n

An apparent squatter or associate seen in surveillance footage. KGO<\/p>\n

Surveillance footage allegedly captured a man stealing a neighbor\u2019s scooter with a U-Haul truck since the alleged squatters moved in. KGO<\/p>\n

And the midnight madness isn\u2019t just talk.<\/p>\n

Neighbors say surveillance footage captured unknown people at around 4 a.m. loading suitcases into a car, another claims her scooter was also stolen. The neighborhood is so panicked they\u2019ve organized into a WhatsApp group named \u201cwatch 250\u201d to fight back and collect surveillance footage.<\/p>\n

Luxury vehicles have also been spotted outside the property, with some appearing to have no license plates. Apparent break-ins, theft, sketchy characters and a major flooding incident have plagued the incredibly well-to-do neighborhood where Robin Williams once lived since around May 2025. Though the house has set empty since 2019. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening inside the house remains a mystery, but the how the squatters came to be there is a crazy story involving a convicted fraudster, allegedly dodgy property deeds and an absent wealthy Chinese owner, reports the San Francisco Standard<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Property records show the deed bounced between two people, convicted fraudster Brandon Aadee and a felon named Diana Peng, at least seven times over the past year, including four times since July. Each now claims the other person is not the legitimate owner. Aaadee even tried to sell off the home, but failed when the realtor smelled a rat.<\/p>\n

Neighbors say they have watched the saga unfold for a year while the city failed to act. KGO<\/p>\n

The $4 million mansion on 32nd Avenue in the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco. KGO<\/p>\n

Aadee\u2019s criminal past stunned neighbors when they found out the accused squatter\u2019s name and began looking him up online. He was federally charged in 2008 with stealing more than $48,000 in Hurricane Katrina relief, though he wasn\u2019t a New Orleans resident or a victim. FEMA paid him out over $34,000 and the Red Cross covered $13,000 for his hotel stays.<\/p>\n

He was also charged with credit card fraud, after lifting a Visa from an envelope in an SF apartment hallway and running up more than $11,000 over six months, much of it at Aladdin Bail Bonds locations in Marin and San Mateo, the Standard reported. <\/p>\n

Aadee pleaded guilty to both federal charges in 2009 and was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison, roughly $60,000 in liens, before being in and out of custody on probation violations through 2012.<\/p>\n

In September last year, San Mateo County charged him with five felonies, including identity theft and possession of a forged driver\u2019s license, over an alleged August incident. The arrest warrant is still active.<\/p>\n

Peng is no stranger to a courtroom either. She was convicted of felony perjury in San Mateo County in March 2008 and sentenced to three years\u2019 probation and 90 days in jail. In 2012, facing five felonies including forgery and using another person\u2019s ID, she pleaded to identity theft and commercial burglary and served seven months. <\/p>\n

Three years later, charged with four more counts, including forging a driver\u2019s license, she was sentenced to two years.<\/p>\n

Neighbors say the property appeared to have been abandoned by its owner in 2020. But over the past year, a group of roughly a dozen people began showing up at the house, with some apparently moving in.<\/p>\n

Newly appointed San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew speaks during a news conference outside of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in San Francisco. Getty Images<\/p>\n

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Cops have appeared to be powerless to remove the alleged squatters. KGO<\/p>\n

\u201cThen one day the front door of the house was broken down\u2026\u201d a neighbor told ABC. \u201cThen a deed was recorded in an individual\u2019s name and that started this whole process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peng and Aadee both used allegedly forged documents to fool police on several occasions when they were detained trying to gain access to the home.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Police Department said the District Attorney\u2019s Office is investigating the case.<\/p>\n

And now, after neighbors say they complained to the city over the past year and a damaged water main outside the disputed mansion caused huge flooding, the City Attorney\u2019s Office has finally gone to court.<\/p>\n

The office filed a lawsuit against both alleged squatters, accusing them of an \u201cunlawful scheme to obtain ownership of a property located at 250 32nd Avenue\u2026 through the recording of forged deeds with the San Francisco Assessor\u2019s office that were fraudulently notarized.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABC attempts to interview unknown individuals leaving the disputed home. KGO<\/p>\n

Neighbor\u2019s surveillance footage catches alleged squatters outside the home. KGO<\/p>\n

\u201cDefendants are effectively trying to steal a house and sell it to make millions in profit. That is fraud, and they are trying to profit off that crime,\u201d City Attorney David Chiu said when announcing the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

The alleged deed scheme has also raised concerns about notaries being caught up in fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tragic,\u201d Bill Anderson, vice president of Government Affairs of the National Notary Association, told ABC, adding that the notary becomes a victim in these alleged deed frauds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re finding at the National Notary Association\u2026 12% of our $100,000 insurance claims since 2023, those have been seal fraud cases,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

The property belongs to Wei Wang, an absentee Chinese owner, according to what investigators say is the legitimate deed. Wang has apparently been struggling to enter the US to secure the property and is years behind on taxes for it.<\/p>\n

San Francisco\u2019s Board of Supervisors was asked on Tuesday by the city\u2019s tax collector to auction off the home as it is more than five years behind on property taxes \u2014 the opening bid would start at a relatively cheap $500,000, but if someone, anyone, pays off the more than $324,000 taxes, then the auction gets canned. The board also has to approve the auction, leaving stressed-out neighbors in limbo for now.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, California\u2019s soft-on-crime laws<\/a> prevent police from immediately removing trespassers, leaving homeowners trapped in lengthy court processes.<\/p>\n

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