How the Manhattan DA’s rental scam crackdowns could spell opportunity for agents
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is cracking down on rental scammers — and the timing could be an opportunity for rental agents. Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 35-year-old man with identity theft and other crimes after he allegedly duped a would-be subletter out of rent money. The case comes after the DA recently charged two other men in similar schemes. In the latest indictment, prosecutors claim Anthony Pittman stole a woman’s identity and forged documents to rent a luxury apartment in Murray Hill, only to sublet it to another tenant. The unit at the center of the case is a […]
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