New York City's Empire State Building, Fay Wray, Willie Sutton, and a Whacking Great Loophole

"Political Science: What Being Neat or Messy Says about Political Leanings"
New York Daily News (December 2, 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...."

Good news: The Daily News didn't publish all details of how it got past New York City's remarkably trusting property-transfer system.

Bad news: Some unscrupulous people have scammed the city and some of its citizens already.

What impressed me was how the city clerk didn't pick up some of the huge clues the paper's agent gave:

• Nelots Properties LLC received the property
• William Sutton was the Notary Public involved
• Fay Wray signed as a witness
  (Granted,the 'signature' is a trifle hard to read)

What's so odd about "Nelots"? Try spelling it backwards.