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Ritesh Agarwal didn’t hack the system. He exploited it — and built a brand on the corpses of trust, ethics, and truth. OYO didn’t scale. It spread like a virus — killing hotel owner trust, eroding customer experience, and misleading the world with inflated metrics. Here’s what they won’t say on startup stages: – Thousands of hotel partners were listed without consent – Revenue sharing promises were broken overnight – Payments were delayed for months or never paid – Hotel ratings were manipulated – Fake bookings were generated to inflate growth numbers – Customers were scammed with non-existent rooms and fake listings – Employees were crushed in a toxic, churn-and-burn culture All while Ritesh smiled on magazine covers, sold a dream to VCs, and got hailed as the "next big thing." But behind the curtains? It was a high-speed, investor-fueled scam that only knew one thing: Growth at any cost — even if it meant burning people, trust, and truth.
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