Charlottetown Police investigating reports of rental fraud

Charlottetown police say they are investigating five separate reports of rental fraud related to an apartment hosting short-term rentals.
One woman says she paid a 23-hundred dollar deposit on the one-bedroom apartment after meeting with a man claiming to be the property
manager — but the man disappeared as the move-in date approached.
The woman says she later discovered that the apartment was a short-term rental, and the man who had said he owned it was just staying there for the night.
Police say there are three similar investigations being done by the R-C-M-P in Stratford and two others in the Moncton area, but no charges have been laid.