A Buncombe County attorney sentenced to prison after prosecutors say he helped orchestrate a real estate fraud scheme that stripped a victim of their home.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — The courtroom got real quiet this week after a former attorney learned he won’t be filing paperwork anytime soon — unless it’s from a prison cell.
Robert P. Tucker II, 63, has been sentenced to 48 to 70 months in prison after being convicted in what state officials described as a calculated real estate fraud scheme that cost a homeowner their property.
THE PAPER TRAIL THAT WENT TOO FAR
According to the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Tucker was convicted of:
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Felony obtaining property by false pretenses
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Conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses
Authorities say Tucker worked alongside two others — Ilesanmi Olaseni Adaramola and Lisa Roberts-Allen — in a scheme that allegedly involved filing false documents in property and court records.
Prosecutors say those filings weren’t clerical mistakes. They were strategic — and the end result was a homeowner losing the family house.
One of the alleged victims previously worked for the sheriff’s office, according to officials.
“NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW” — EVEN IF YOU PASSED THE BAR
Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall didn’t mince words, stating that Tucker “took terrible advantage of a homeowner” and participated in what officials described as a sophisticated effort to cheat the victim out of their home.
And he learned that his law degree didn’t come with immunity.
The case was prosecuted by the Secretary of State’s office at the request of the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office.
CO-DEFENDANTS STILL FIGHTING
On February 20, 2026, Adaramola’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the charges under a selective prosecution argument. The motion claims others involved in the same real estate transactions were not charged and alleges that Adaramola’s race and lack of political campaign donations may have influenced the prosecution decision.
That motion is still pending.
For Tucker, the sentence means roughly four to six years behind bars — a dramatic fall for someone once called a lawyer.
