Acting on a hunch, Miami attorneys tracked down an out-of-town notary public to uncover a real estate scam involving brisk deed transfers, claims of a forged signature and multiple mortgages based on fraudulent documents.

Ryan and Bruce Lamchick of the Lamchick Law Group teamed with Miami attorney Gary Gostel to represent Colombian private equity lender Alfredo Jidy in a suit that would stretch over seven years, morph into two cases and lead to an appeal in the Third District Court of Appeal as three lenders fought for priority.