Topic: rental scam

Serial con-artist Judith Douglas, 57, has been sentenced to more than six-and-a-half years in prison for scamming several potential tenants out of thousands of dollars in rent deposits on a single property. 

Prosecutors have called for a tough sentence for a serial con-woman who stole more than $50,000 from a string of victims in a rental scam that left them homeless and scrambling for cash.

A West Bay woman has been arrested after allegedly swindling individuals in a rental scam operated through a local advertising website.