SFPD Arrests Diana Peng at Sea Cliff Home Tied to Alleged Deed-Fraud Scheme
Police arrested Diana Peng, 42, Friday while serving a warrant at 250 32nd Ave. She faces fraud, firearm, narcotics and animal-care allegations; seven dogs were seized.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Colorful Victorian houses on a sunny street in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. Photo: Nicolas Lannuzel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
San Francisco police arrested Diana Peng, 42, on Friday while serving a search warrant at a Sea Cliff home that has been at the center of an alleged deed-fraud dispute.
The San Francisco Standard and the San Francisco Chronicle both reported that officers served the warrant about 7:30 a.m. at 250 32nd Ave. Peng was booked on suspicion of fraud, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, narcotics offenses, driving without a license and improper care of animals. Animal Care and Control took seven dogs from the property.
Why it matters: City Attorney David Chiu sued Peng and Brandon Aadee in September, alleging they recorded eight deeds — at least five fraudulently notarized — to claim the roughly $4.4 million house. A temporary restraining order bars them from selling it. The Standard said a tax-auction notice posted Friday lists a Dec. 22 sale date for unpaid taxes of about $345,000.
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