(They got away with their “elaborate scam” for 10 years, apparently).
March 04 2021, 08:23 AM By Abby Neufeld
A Toronto couple is facing charges after allegedly participating in a decade-long scam at eight different rental units. According to Toronto Police Services, the couple would pay first and last month’s rent upon moving in, but then stop rent and utility payments altogether.
When taken to the Landlord Tenant Tribunal for early eviction, TPS alleges that “the man and woman would then provide a number of fictitious excuses including loss of employment in order to prolong the eviction.”
Once the eviction process was completed, the couple still owed payments to the landlord, but would “continue to seek out another rental property, repeating the same pattern,” police say. Both individuals are facing seven counts of Fraud over $5,000 and two counts of False Pretense….
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