Woman said she’d help people get homes after being evicted, but she was really taking their money

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Clayton County woman has been arrested for stealing nearly $60,000 from customers she promised to help get new homes.

Investigators say Angela Hasan ran a business she called Hasan 2nd Chance where she promised to seal eviction records and help her customers find a rental home, which she didn’t do.

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They say Hasan would meet her customers on the courthouse steps and convince them to give her money to wipe out rent previous landlords said they owed and secure them a new home.

Overall, she took more than $59,000 from her customers and never put any of them in a new home.

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She was found and arrested in Fayetteville and is now being held in Clayton County Jail.

“Let this be a reminder, folks: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a statement.

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