A Brooklyn man has filed a lawsuit against his estranged wife, Sarah Weber, and her children, Carina Groskopa and Kevin Henriksen, accusing them of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that deprived him of nearly $2 million.
The complaint was filed on December 16, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The case stems from a property transaction gone wrong. According to the complaint, Patrick Weber purchased a house at 54 Copeces Lane in East Hampton, New York, on September 28, 2016. He used $400,000 from an inheritance as a down payment and financed the rest with a mortgage exceeding $500,000.
Sarah Weber was listed as a co-buyer on the purchase agreement. However, financial difficulties led Weber to fall behind on mortgage payments. Carina Groskopa and Kevin Henriksen offered to buy the property, which Weber believed was an effort to avoid foreclosure.
However, Weber alleges that the sale was part of a fraudulent scheme. The house was sold just eight months later for $3 million to Amir Dehdashti, without Weber’s knowledge that his estranged wife had conspired with her children to benefit from the sale.
According to the complaint, Carina and Kevin made payments to Sarah Weber from the proceeds of the sale.
Weber claims the fraud resulted in a loss of over $1.96 million. He accuses all three defendants of participating in the scheme to deprive him of his rightful share of the property's proceeds.
Weber is seeking compensatory damages of $1.96 million, plus attorney fees and costs. He also demands punitive damages for the alleged theft under New York's larceny laws.
Representing Weber is attorney Stewart D. Roll from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. The case is being heard under Case ID 24-cv-8559.