NYC Woman Busted For Clipping $50K In Upfront Rent Deposits From Low Income Residents Seeking Help In Obtaining Affordable Section 8 Rentals, Say Cops

In New York City, the New York Post reports:

• A slick-talking woman posing as a real-estate agent conned about $50,000 from low-income residents looking for affordable housing in Manhattan and The Bronx, cops said [Wednesday]. Josie Almonte, 32, a blond-haired beauty with a sophisticated look, would approach her victims promising to help them expedite their applications for Section 8 housing, sources said. She would ask them for a rent deposit up front to put down on an apartment, then never file their application and keep the money, the sources said. She was busted Monday.

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