The owner is doing exactly the right thing here: turn the media loose & Airbnb will hopefully cover her losses. The scammer - Maksym Pashanin - is essentially

The owner is doing exactly the right thing here: turn the media loose & Airbnb will hopefully cover her losses. The scammer - Maksym Pashanin - is essentially trading what was left of his reputation for just a few thousand bucks. Heroin's a hell of a drug. Edit: added scammer's name in case he uses some bullshit right to be forgotten on other articles.