Quality Rentals Company

City prosecutors have extracted a no-contest plea and $10,000 restitution from the operator of two Burbank home-finding services that were accused of ripping off dozens of customers. Under the plea agreement with Camelia Ossanian, a former official of Quality Rentals and Universal Properties, authorities said, the money will be paid to aggrieved customers who said they were tricked out of $150 apiece.

Two operators of a San Fernando Valley rental listing business were sentenced to jail and probation Tuesday after pleading no contest to charges of advertising properties that were already occupied or poorly maintained, authorities said. Vickie Lee Cardoza, 40, of Glendale, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft and one count of running a prepaid rental service without a license, said Mark Lambert, the deputy city attorney who prosecuted the case.

Scores of angry renters have filed lawsuits and complaints with law enforcement agencies against home-finding businesses in Van Nuys, Burbank and Glendale, accusing them of lying about their services and refund policies. One of the firms, Valley Management in Van Nuys, operated more than a year without a required state license, then disappeared in mid-October after promising refunds, customers told The Times. "They're just a dirty little business," complained Diane J.

In a continuing crackdown on consumer fraud, city prosecutors filed criminal charges Monday against the operators of two San Fernando Valley rental listing services. Four people were charged with 18 misdemeanor counts of grand theft and a series of other business code violations in connection with two companies they operated, Global Management in Sherman Oaks and Quality Rentals in Burbank.

In a continuing crackdown on consumer fraud, city prosecutors filed criminal charges Monday against the operators of two San Fernando Valley rental listing services. Four people were charged with 18 misdemeanor counts of grand theft and a series of other business code violations in connection with two companies they operated, Global Management in Sherman Oaks and Quality Rentals in Burbank.

Two operators of a San Fernando Valley rental listing business were sentenced to jail and probation Tuesday after pleading no contest to charges of advertising properties that were already occupied or poorly maintained, authorities said. Vickie Lee Cardoza, 40, of Glendale, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft and one count of running a prepaid rental service without a license, said Mark Lambert, the deputy city attorney who prosecuted the case.

City prosecutors have extracted a no-contest plea and $10,000 restitution from the operator of two Burbank home-finding services that were accused of ripping off dozens of customers. Under the plea agreement with Camelia Ossanian, a former official of Quality Rentals and Universal Properties, authorities said, the money will be paid to aggrieved customers who said they were tricked out of $150 apiece.

Scores of angry renters have filed lawsuits and complaints with law enforcement agencies against home-finding businesses in Van Nuys, Burbank and Glendale, accusing them of lying about their services and refund policies. One of the firms, Valley Management in Van Nuys, operated more than a year without a required state license, then disappeared in mid-October after promising refunds, customers told The Times. "They're just a dirty little business," complained Diane J.