Now those charges didn't go anywhere, but I think the threat of criminal prosecution will most people.  

I didn’t realize I had to get a signature on the application (rookie mistake) on the application to do a credit report, so I just did a criminal report and an eviction report.

Come from a family of thieves or have a former criminal record yourself.2.

Does the past owner have a criminal record for violence, arson, etc.? 

Will the inspector or the courts eventually come after me and press criminal charges?

In our criminal system, you are innocent until proven guilty hence you really can't do anything until you have proof of it.

She was very afraid of moving to this neighborhood because there was a strong belief among Americans and Russian-speaking immigrants that this neighborhood was criminal, full of murderers, drug dealers, and thieves.

Id suggest filing criminal reports with the appropriate authorities asap.

Yes there are public companies that have charges brought against them but it is no where near the number of real estate syndicators and scam artists and most of the real estate scams never get prosecuted because they are so small.

Then I moved to a program primarily for young men with developmental disabilities but highly functional, like working at Home Depot and Fed Ex who had some criminal histories so had to be supervised, now I’m at a transitional housing facility.