One woman has been able to live in Silicon Valley's most expensive areas rent-free for the past decade- and now, she's been convicted for it.Santa Clara County officials said Rebecca Violette, also known as "Rebekah Violette," scammed local landlords into renting their homes to her by writing bad checks for the first and last months' rent and then subsequently refusing to pay rent when caught.
"Violette was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.But it's not the first time she has done this.Officials said the 62-year-old has a history of pulling the same scam and has served several stints in prison for it.Even though she was previously sentenced to jail for doing the same thing back in 2014, according to the Mercury News, that didn't stop the Menlo Park woman from fooling a few more unsuspecting landlords.