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Offline thackney

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Airbnb tried to hide a crime in one of its accommodations by paying 7 million dollars
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/374919
June 17, 2021

...After ringing in the new year, the young woman left her friends at the bar and returned to the apartment alone, without imagining that someone was waiting inside. The stranger stepped out of the shadows, threatened her with a kitchen knife, pushed her onto the bed and sexually abused her.

Although the streets were full of people, fear paralyzed the girl and she could not scream. In the end, the attacker fled with her phone, but she managed to contact her friends with an iPad and they went to find a police officer.

An hour later, when the agents were in the apartment, the criminal made the mistake of returning and leaning out the door, which allowed him to be caught. In his backpack they found three incriminating items: a knife, an earring from the woman and a set of keys to the property.

That morning, the victim received a call from Nick Shapiro, who had been a crisis manager at Airbnb for two weeks. He notified platform officials, including Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, of the incident.

At the same time, an elite security team from the company relocated the victim to a hotel, took her mother from Australia to New York with everything paid, as well as the expenses back to her hometown, in addition to offering to cover health and counseling costs.

A week later, Airbnb sent a staff member to court to see if the company was mentioned during the legal proceedings, but they did not. Neither did the local media report on the case, which until now has come to light....
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Not the first unsavory story we've heard about crimes committed against Airbnb customers, sad to say. I've never utilized that company, vrbo or other similar services, but it's clear one must be on guard at all times.
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