Airbnb host fined £100,000 for letting council flatAn Airbnb host who rented out his central London council flat to tourists has been fined £100,000 and evicted.
Council tenant Toby Harman, 37, created the fake identity "Lara" on Airbnb to rent out his studio apartment.
The flat, in Victoria, had been advertised since 2013 and received more than 300 reviews, Westminster City Council said.
Anti-fraud software had found Harman's first name in reviews and connected the listing to him.
Harman's bank statements showed he had been receiving payments from Airbnb for a number of years.
He had been taken to court and, after a failed appeal, evicted and ordered to pay £100,974 in unlawful profits, the Times reported.
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