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Turo CEO: Attackers had clean records, so background checks wouldn’t have stopped them


Two individuals rented cars from Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, and used them to perform acts of violence earlier this week. First, a military

Then, an active-duty Green Beret rented a Tesla Cybertruck, parked it in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, and allegedly blew it up. Over the years, some bad actors have managed to slip through the cracks, embroiling Turo in controversy after cars on its platform have been found to be used for human and drug trafficking. Previously, she covered social media for Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more.

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