05.19.2025

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Landlord goes full detective: After getting scammed by a deadbeat tenant, local real estate chief uncovers an identity fraud scheme

Much energy in our blue state is directed at reining in bad landlords, from counterproductive rent control proposals to efforts to seal eviction records.

And yes, like there are bad nurses, cops, teachers, and bankers, there are bad landlords.

But when it comes to combating professional deadbeat tenants?

Not so much, as Oleg Uritsky, head of local real estate firm Helge Capital, has found.