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Re:Airbnb host ordered to pay £100k of unlawful profits afte... by dustinmoris on Monday July 29, 2019 @08:52AM (#20554048)
> "Anti-fraud software had found Harman's first name in reviews and connected the listing to him."

Pretty interesting to me...

> "It's illegal for council tenants to sublet their homes and we carry out tenancy checks, as well as monitoring short-term letting websites for any potential illegal sublets."

Also pretty interesting to me... it's nice to see that the councils in London are using their own technological advances to fight illegal activity like this!

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Re:Airbnb host ordered to pay £100k of unlawful profits afte... by iratewizard on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:25AM (#20554333)
And it's lucky that they've now paid off a tenth of the cost of developing the software.
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