Plot thickens in Airbnb vacation rental horror story

Aug 2, 2011 - 04:40
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Plot thickens in Airbnb vacation rental horror story

A second Airbnb victim has come forward, telling TechCrunch's Michael Arrington that his Oakland apartment was rented three months ago by a drug addict with a stolen identity who \"did thousands of dollars of bizarre damage to my rented home and left it littered with meth pipes.\" In an e-mail last Thursday, Airbnb said that another account - that of San Francisco blogger \"EJ,\" who wrote about being vandalized by an Airbnb client in June - was \"our first major incident in over 2 million nights.\"

Also, the Santa Clara County sheriff's office and district attoey's office confirmed Monday that the suspect in the San Francisco Airbnb case, Faith Clifton, remains in jail in Santa Clara County. She has pleaded no contest to three felony counts involving stolen credit cards and possession of a forged driver's license, and sentencing is set for Aug. 5.

 

Read the whole story: usatoday.com

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