A Kern County mother and daughter have been charged with bilking dozens of people out of more than $2.3 million in an alleged real estate scam.
Prosecutors say 69-year-old Alice Kantin and her 37-year-old daughter, Dawn Marie Kantin, entered into rent-to-own agreements with at least 32 people.
But, prosecutors say, the women didn't put the rent money toward the mortgage, and the homes went into foreclosure