Actually, I didn't know Denton County was one of the first. He did seem aware of the problem and concerned. I think he may be aware of other cases involving identity theft from the county site. I really didn't question him so much as answer his questions. He did say the theft of the signature was related to the case but the mention of a possible theft of social security number and driver's license involved another aspect of the case altogether. I'm not sure what he meant by this but it may be a stolen identity may have been used by the criminal to represent himself as Carlos Ramirez.

I sent him information on the similar cases in Florida as well as links and information where he could find the victims signatures being sold online. This is the first case I have found where the authorities are admitting a signature was stolen as opposed to referring to the signature as a forgery. Forgery is totally unecessary when you can clip and past a victims signature and a notaries authentication.

One of the things I found interesting in this case was the coincidental correlation to the Florida case. The victim's husband had already moved to Florida and may have purchased property there. In both cases all that was needed was the notary seal and a handy online signature. Even the names of the suspects were similar. In Florida one of the suspects is Carlos Mendez and in Denton the seller was Carlos Ramierz. This is probably just a coincidence but it is curious.