Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James was recently criminally indicted on allegations of mortgage fraud, but a new revelation about the Virginia residence in question could spell even more trouble for James.

The individual who lives at that Virginia residence, James' grandniece, is an anti-cop criminal with a lengthy rap sheet who is a fugitive from justice in North Carolina, according to the New York Post.

In addition to James' plea of innocence resting on the word of a convicted felon who dodged accountability in at least one state, the top prosecutor in New York could potentially be accused of harboring a wanted fugitive.

More trouble for James

New York Attorney General James was indicted last week on felony charges of bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution, both of which could result in up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine, each, if convicted.

At the center of the criminal charges is a home in Norfolk, Virginia, that James purchased in 2020, ostensibly as a "second home" that she attested in signed documents that she would reside in -- despite living and working in New York -- and not as a rental investment property, which garnered her a favorable mortgage rate and likely saved her nearly $19,000 on the loan.

Except, James never lived in that Norfolk home, as it was instead occupied by her grandniece, Nakia Thompson, 36, along with Thompson's children.

Thompson is wanted in North Carolina

According to the Post, Thompson has a lengthy record of felony and misdemeanor arrests and convictions in both Virginia and North Carolina that date back more than a decade, which include charges for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest, among many other things.

In 2020, Thompson reportedly pleaded guilty in North Carolina to a pair of felony larceny charges and was sentenced to pay $2,020 in fees plus serve two years of probation, though she appears to have fled to Virginia with her children that same year to take up residence in the newly purchased home owned by James.

She was also seemingly still on probation from a 2011 case in which she was arrested for malicious conduct by a prisoner, assaulting a government official, and resisting arrest, though she pleaded those charges down to misdemeanors and only served 60 days of a suspended sentence in jail.

Nevertheless, according to a spokesperson for the North Carolina Department of Corrections, "Ms. Thompson is listed as an absconder for willfully avoiding supervision by her probation officer."

"She was sentenced to probation for misdemeanor convictions for assault and battery and trespassing. Due to the level of the offenses, the district attorney has designated this case non-extraditable," the spokesperson added. "She faces arrest if located in North Carolina, and possible activation by the court of the suspended sentence."

Was James harboring a fugitive?

According to a separate report from the New York Post, tax documents signed by James show that she did not live in the Virginia home and collected thousands of dollars in rent from the property, despite her signing mortgage documents to attest that the Virginia property was a "second home" that she would live in and not rent out to others.

Interestingly enough, Thompson reportedly told the grand jury that she lived rent-free in James' Virginia home, which contradicts James' tax documents, and calls into question the veracity of the no-rent claims of a wanted convicted felon.

If it can be further shown that James was aware of Thompson's record and that she was wanted for absconding from North Carolina to avoid the terms of her probation, James could also potentially be on the hook for harboring a fugitive from justice, for which she could be sentenced to serve one to five years in prison, in addition to any sentence for the mortgage fraud charges, if convicted.