A loophole got him a free New York hotel stay for five years Then he claimed to own the building wdbo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wdbo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law. “I said, ‘Oh, I thought you were doing something for Valentine’s Day to spice up the relationship until I saw the female officers,’” Barreto recalled telling his boyfriend. Barreto's indictment on fraud and criminal contempt charges is just the latest chapter in the yearslong legal saga that began when he and his boyfriend paid about $200 to rent one of the more than 1,000 rooms in the towering Art Deco structure built in 1930.
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