A Beverly Hills businesswoman who allegedly tried to grift Los Angelenos out of hundreds of millions of dollars has been evicted by cops.
Rita Ortiz is accused of going on a campaign of terror across the city by filing dozens of legal claims totaling$570 million against homeowners.
She is said to have sent 35 liens – a form of legal hold against a property by unpaid laborers – against her victims, meaning they could not sell.
ButLos Angeles sheriff’s deputieson Wednesday could be seen kicking Ortiz out of a home in Westwood in a dramatic raid that left her screaming in the street.
Footage showed her rummaging in the trunk of her white Mercedes for paperwork after cops locked her out of the Glendon Avenue address.
She claimed she had not been given a notice of the action and insisted she had to be allowed to retrieve her personal belongings.
But one deputy stood firm, saying: “I am not going to let you in. You are out.” Ortiz had also filed seven liens against the three-bedroom property she was removed from,ABC7 reported.
Last week one of the homeowners stung by Ortiz spoke out, revealing she had suddenly discovered a secret bill for over $100 million.
Marjorie Josaphat said consulting firm Ortiz Consulting LLC tried to claim the staggering sum over her property on Benedict Canyon Drive for various work undertaken over the last 10 years.
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