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The first stack of guilty pleas is only the beginning.

When Darwish Jamil Chahbar faces sentencing on April 15, it’s expected that along with the fraud-related charges from London and Woodstock for which he entered guilty pleas on Friday, there will be other charges read to him from Kirkland Lake and Oshawa.

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Chahbar, 38, has been linked to an apartment rental scam that surfaced last fall when several people warned others on social media about losing deposits on the same Byron apartment at the corner of Commissioners and Boler roads.

Chahbar pleaded guilty to 23 charges dating back to a year ago, many for fraud less than $5,000.

The charges earlier last year focused on an online scam where payments were made, but goods were never delivered.

Seven of the counts date from between September to mid-October when would-be renters paid a deposit on the apartment but met with excuses for why they could not move in. Seven other charges were for possession of proceeds of property related to the rental scam.