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Fugitive 'Serial Scam Artist' Landlord Still Ruining Lives, Tenants Say

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Published Mar 23, 2017

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Karen Johnson, who says she was a victim of a years-long tenant harassment and sabotage scam by East New York landlord Yaniv Erez, in her new apartment in the Bronx.

 

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Published Mar 23, 2017

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