Comprehensive NY Times story on last month’s bust:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/nyregion/airbnb-nyc-law.html
Inside the Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme
Multiple misleading identities, more than 100 host accounts and 18 corporations were created to run an illegal hotel business in Manhattan, according to a lawsuit filed by the city.