Man turned houses into HMOs without telling owners and used AI to try dupe inspectors

Mindaugas Palaima, a landlord in Bradford, used an AI-generated image to falsely claim he had installed smoke alarms in one of his unauthorized Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) to deceive council officers. When officers visited the property the following day, they found no alarms were present, confirming the image was manipulated. Palaima was found guilty in his absence of multiple offences, including running unlicensed HMOs and failing to maintain fire safety, and was ordered to pay over £11,218 in fines and costs.

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