Thank you for finding the relevant allegations. They certainly do sound more damning, though that's to be excepted if you take the prosecution at face value.

This part jumps out:

> the landlord’s regional manager

Why would the owner of a property have a regional manager? That makes it sound like they're deliberately conflating local property managers with actual landlords. I suppose if the actual landlords are passive REIT investors, then there's still a possibility of actual collusion.