Landlord refuses to refund cash deposit

Prospective tenants should stay away from this property (# 8140 No. 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia) at all cost. The service provider is guilty of committing multiple frauds by running dozens of rental ads online including at VanSky by requesting the potential guests and tenants to send in cash deposits in thousands of dollars in advance with phony photos and addresses of properties without actually providing accommodation. In addition, those who had rented and vacated the premises from legitmated rental ads did not get their cash deposits refunded by the same service provider who is also a tenant himself, who rented the entire house and tried to rent out each individual bedroom as Airbnb.