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patrickod on July 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult les...

I don't see what users would have to gain in not going to the police and reporting these crimes. Unless he's implying airbnb is buying their silence

watchandwait on July 27, 2011 [–]

A victim host might be violating the terms of the lease by subletting their apartment, or could be violating local zoning or hotel permitting laws.

pavel_lishin on July 27, 2011 | [–]

And how much is their lease that paying the penalty is worth having their entire apartment trashed, their identity stolen, etc., etc?

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