FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida real estate investor is facing two felony charges after authorities said he stole a senior dementia patient’s condominium and moved him into a “dilapidated” mobile home while he sold the property. Investigators said the disabled 75-year-old didn’t get a dime from the deal.
Broward County Property Appraiser Marty Kiar announced the arrest of Igor Shlafman, 54, of Parkland, in a Facebook post on Tuesday. He said the crimes had been initially reported to the Florida Department of Children and Families.
According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report, the victim was found to be living in unsanitary conditions at his Hollywood condo and was diagnosed with a significant cognitive impairment in April 2024. Authorities said the senior had several other mental and physical health conditions as well.
That June, investigators said the victim signed a quit claim deed for his unit, inherited from his parents four decades ago, to Shlafman’s company, ID Investors, LLC. Deputies said he “lacked the capacity” to do so knowingly.
According to the BSO report, the deed specified that the victim “would be permitted to remain at the property for the rest of his life, provided he kept the unit clean.”
However, deputies said that the victim ended up being relocated to a mobile home in Dania Beach owned by an associate of Shlafman’s, identified in the report as Zach Miednik.
Authorities said Shlafman sold the condominium for $180,000 and the victim didn’t get any of the net proceeds.
Deputies said when they went to talk to the victim, they found that his trailer was in a “deplorable” state, inside and out.
Investigators said the man answered the door “wearing only a shirt and a blanket wrapped around his body” and when he let them in, they found the trailer “littered with dirt and debris.”
“The dining room table contained uneaten food and the kitchen countertops were covered in food debris. The stove appeared inoperable, with three missing burners,” BSO Detective Joseph Sommovigo wrote. “The refrigerator was empty, with what appeared to be frozen insects lining its interior walls. The pantry contained no food. One of the two bedrooms was completely empty. The other contained tangled sheets on the floor, a box spring, and a separate mattress, which appeared to have fecal stains.
Authorities said the man showed signs of cognitive impairment and “could not initially recall how he ended up at the mobile home.”
When shown the quit claim deed and his signature, deputies said he told them, “I don’t remember signing this document.”
“It doesn’t even look like my signature,” he said, the report states.
Authorities said he identified Shlafman as the mobile home’s owner, saying, “He brought me here,” but denied making any deal with him. Deputies said he identified Miednik as working for Shlafman, saying that Miednik “speaks to him daily and brings him food.”
“When I visited the property, there was no food in the pantry, and some of the appliances appeared to be either not working or in poor condition,” Sommovigo noted.
Shlafman, born in the former Soviet Union, is now facing charges of elderly exploitation and unlawfully filing false documents. He was no longer listed in Broward jail records as of Tuesday.
While Miednik doesn’t show up in Broward court or jail records, the report states that he “conspired” with Shlafman and it indicates that he set to be charged as well.
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