Malden apartment manager scammed would-be renters out of over $35,000, DA says

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Malden apartment manager scammed would-be renters out of over $35,000, DA says

The former property manager of an apartment complex in Malden, Massachusetts, scammed 17 prospective tenants out of thousands of dollars by taking deposits for apartments he never rented, officials said Friday. Kenneth Riel was arrested on larceny and corporate bookkeeping fraud charges, which he faced in Malden District Court Thursday, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Malden police. The 50-year-old from Winthrop, accuse…

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MALDEN — A Winthrop man faces multiple larceny charges for allegedly stealing over $35,000 in down payments and security deposits from individuals seeking to rent apartments in Malden, authorities said Tuesday. Kenneth Riel, 50, was arrested and charged with eleven counts of larceny over $1,200, six counts of larceny and one count of false entries or omissions in corporate books, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Malden Ch…

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The former property manager of an apartment complex in Malden, Massachusetts, swindled 17 potential tenants for thousands of dollars by taking deposits for apartments he never rented, authorities said on Friday. Kenneth Riel was arrested on charges of theft and corporate accounting fraud, which he faced in the Malden District Court on Thursday, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Malden Police. Winthrop’s 50-year-old man, a…