US man misuses law to stay at New York hotel free for 5 years. Then he claimed to own the building
World | Feb 16, 2024, 12:43 PM ISTBarreto’s indictment on fraud and criminal contempt charges is just the latest chapter in the years-long legal saga that began when he and his boyfriend paid about $200 to rent one of the more than 1,000 rooms in the towering Art Deco structure built in 1930.