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DESTIN — Investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said there may be additional victims connected to a scam involving a Destin man who posed as a real estate agent and rented out vacant homes without the owners’ knowledge.
William Richard Slattery III, 40, is charged with multiple counts of racketeering and posing as an unlicensed real estate broker.
Slattery was allegedly working under the name SGI Services and leased out vacant or abandoned homes on Quail Lake Boulevard, Harborwind Court and Cypress Street.
In some cases, the homeowners, who knew nothing of the rentals, were filing for bankruptcy and the homes were in foreclosure.
Investigator Jim Hoisington said there may be additional victims in the area. Anyone with information is asked to contact Hoisington at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, 609-2094.
