It is almost certain that fraudsters made the contract, and have no assets.
I bet there is no way for the owners to recoup the damages.
Meanwhile, everyone else pays for the misconduct, including the two minors who lost their lives.
My son-in-law works for AirBNB and says they have a TON of insurance to cover these things.
I stayed in an AirBNB recently in the Bay Area and the “people” who were there the week before broke down the door b/c they’d been locked out (instead of calling the host to let them in). Major damage to door, estimate $1,000 to fix - I suspect far higher from what I’d seen.
I think criminal action should be taken against people who do this - but if they’re the “right” color, nothing will happen to them except perhaps a ban from AirBNB. Big deal, they’ll just move on to another relative to use the service.