Better still: sublease but don’t pay the landlord! I know someone in New York who tried to buy their neighbor’s apartment. The deal fell through because the ten

Better still: sublease but don’t pay the landlord! I know someone in New York who tried to buy their neighbor’s apartment. The deal fell through because the tenant was nearly a year behind on a rent and couldn’t be evicted. Except the tenant didn’t live there anymore. They subleased the apartment and pocketed the cash instead of paying the owner. Obviously this is fraud and maybe this person could be prosecuted for it, maybe, but it seems like the kind of thing that just slips through the yawning cracks.