Article: Subdivision in realty fraud case up for sale; Waukesha sheriff to auction off 14-lot development with lone home

The last Wisconsin land deal of building industry con-man Bob Brownell - a 14-lot subdivision on which a lone house stands - goes on the auction block April 9.

Black Oak Ridge, a Town of Waukesha development undertaken in the summer before Brownell's October 2004 indictment in a $20 million land and loan fraud, is being sold at a Waukesha County Sheriff's auction to pay off a $2.23 million loan default.

Brownell, a 1995 newcomer to the state, did a fast climb to the top at Waukesha-based Bielinski Brothers Builders Inc., where he helped the firm amass 4,000 acres of land while secretly embezzling funds for side deals. The former executive is now serving a 20-year sentence in a Minnesota ...

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