Notorious Boston ‘professional tenants’ face 50-plus charges in rental fraud case — after allegedly running a 20-year scam, swindling dozens of local landlords out of $100K

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Russell and Linda Callahan have bounced around from rental to rental over the past two decades. But it’s not because they keep switching jobs or moving for work, it’s because they could only get away with not paying rent for so long at each place.

As NBC 10 Boston reported, the couple was recently indicted in Worcester Superior Court on 28 criminal counts for allegedly scamming landlords over the last 20 years. Not only did they fail to pay rent, but they also lied and forged documents to get approved for the properties they moved into…

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