Allegations of predatory lending, forged documentation, falsified mortgage info and missing records have dogged Rep. Gregory Meeks’ private lender for years, The Post has learned.
State officials have investigated Queens real-estate broker Edul Ahmad — who loaned Meeks $40,000 in 2007 — five times since 2006, referring two of those probes to the Queens District Attorney’s Office for review, according to state Department of State records obtained by The Post.
In one case, a woman claimed Ahmad’s Century 21 Realty persuaded her to buy a $714,000 home she could not afford.
The woman, whose annual income was only $30,000, was told to get co-applicants for a loan through Ace Mortgage Inc., which is also owned by Ahmad, according to state records.
When she told Ahmad she could not afford a $5,000-a-month mortgage, he simply told her to come back in six months and refinance it, state records show.
But the refinance was declined and she lost her home to foreclosure.
Another probe by the state Banking Department and Department of State in 2007 turned up homebuyers who said they were given mortgages for more than they could afford and that their names were forged on documents.
A Queens DA spokeswoman says the office could find no record of the cases.
Steven Kartagener, Ahmad’s lawyer, said the state investigations were only allegations.
Ahmad faces a civil suit from two Bangladeshi brothers who earlier this month accused him of predatory lending and real-estate fraud.
Ahmad’s ties to Meeks were revealed last month when the congressman disclosed for the first time that he had taken out a personal loan from Ahmad.
Meeks, who is under federal probe for his role in a Queens charity, repaid the loan in June with 12.5 percent interest — after the FBI questioned Ahmad about it.