Operators of Rental Listing Firms Charged With Grand Theft
In a continuing crackdown on consumer fraud, city prosecutors filed criminal charges Monday against the operators of two San Fernando Valley rental listing services.
Four people were charged with 18 misdemeanor counts of grand theft and a series of other business code violations in connection with two companies they operated, Global Management in Sherman Oaks and Quality Rentals in Burbank.
The defendants are Vickie Lee Cardoza, 40, and her brother, Matthew Allen Cardoza, 30, both of Glendale; Gregory Mark Schwartz, 21, of La Canada Flintridge, and Johnny Noel Rojas, 25, of Los Angeles.
Over the last nine months, prosecutors in Los Angeles and Burbank have brought charges against 11 people involved in five rental listing companies that allegedly cheated customers by lying about their services and refund policies.
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