It took 90 minutes for Daily News to
'steal' the Empire State Building
BY WILLIAM SHERMAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
In one of the biggest heists in American history, the Daily News "stole" the $2 billion Empire State Building.
And it wasn't that hard.
The News swiped the 102-story Art Deco skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus documents, making a fake notary stamp and filing paperwork with the city to transfer the deed to the property.
Some of the information was laughable: Original "King Kong" star Fay Wray is listed as a witness and the notary shared a name with bank robber Willie Sutton.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-12-02/news/17913050_1_empire-state-building-deed-fraud-cases