Once the deposit was handed over, the woman allegedly cancelled the agreement abruptly and failed to return the deposit within a reasonable timeframe, leaving the victims in financial distress
SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of multiple rental fraud cases and will be charged in court today .
The suspect’s modus operandi involved luring potential victims to view the property, after which they expressed their intention to rent the room. Subsequently, the supposed landlord requested a deposit from the hopeful tenants to secure the rental agreement. Preliminary investigations by law enforcement revealed that the suspect had been involved in at least eight similar rental fraud cases, and the total sum of money fraudulently obtained amounted to more than $7,000.
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