Since July, I've been blogging about Vijay Taneja, the Bollywood producer and local real estate titan turned convict serving time for conspiracy in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
Why so many posts? Well, so many auctions! Such a sprawling portfolio of real estate.
In the last year, auctioneer Tranzon Fox has sold Taneja- owned properties in [...]

This week—well, really for the last couple weeks—I've been writing about Vijay Taneja, Bollywood producer, local mortgage broker, and generator of a flimsy house of cards, which ultimately collapsed last year.  Taneja is currently serving out a seven year prison sentence for charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme.
Thus far, I've written about Taneja's [...]

This mansion is in Potomac: This mansion is in Fairfax:
This story will appear in this week's print edition of the Washington City Paper. I've been blogging about Vijay Taneja since mid August. See these posts for more information on his Bollywood business background and his two nearly identical mansions.
Past the circular foyer, [...]

This house is in Potomac:

This house is in Fairfax:

This morning, Tranzon Fox auctioned off a sprawling, white Potomac mansion, up on a hill, looking out toward Congressional Parkway.  The house was the third home formerly owned by Bollywood entrepreneur/mortgage scam perpetrator Vijay K. Taneja to be purchased through Tranzon in the last year.
This spring, Taneja's ocean-side [...]