I think I posted this on another thread, but it's relevant here, too.
Here's a story from This American Life about a guy in post-Katrina New Orleans pulling the same stunt. He taught himself some basic property law and used this knowledge to mess with people trying to buy the properties that he used to own [[and some he never owned) and were foreclosed on.
The police weren't interested until he forged a judge's signature on a restraining order.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/409/held-hostage?act=2
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