Fraud Spotlight #1: Synthetic Identity Fraud Hits Multifamily—Lessons from a Federal Indictment

How a federal indictment in Massachusetts exposes the fastest-growing identity scheme in rental housing — and what it tells operators about the next thousand applications in their pipeline. Fraud is not a one-off problem anymore. It is a pipeline. And on February 19, 2026, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts gave the multifamily […]