WEST PALM BEACH (AP) – Authorities say a South Florida man and former police officer used bogus paperwork to illegally evict people from foreclosed homes and then rented out the homes, netting him as much as $6,000 a month in rent.

Carl Heflin is charged with organized scheme to defraud, committing a criminal process under color of law, burglary and grand theft.

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Heflin used bogus warrant deeds and a junk legal justification he called “adverse possession” to seize and plunder around 30 houses.

If the house was locked, authorities said Heflin would break the windows, change the locks and rent it out.

Kathryn Gadoury says she came home one day to find her front door off its hinges and Heflin bolting a new one in its place.