I'm guessing he had a fraudulent bank account opened in the owners name with the address as the house and then stole the bank mail as the bank mail would have a

I'm guessing he had a fraudulent bank account opened in the owners name with the address as the house and then stole the bank mail as the bank mail would have apparently worked as verification as the original person for the sale according to this [0]. This story is scant though and needs more details. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29074464 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29074464