AVENTURA, Fla. — Two brothers from Aventura are accused of running a fraudulent investment scheme that swindled at least four victims out of nearly $1 million, using the money to fund an extravagant South Florida lifestyle, police said.
According to the Aventura Police Department, Hugo Leonel Amaya, 44, and Enmanuel Armando Amaya, 48, were arrested Thursday on three felony charges. The brothers, born in New York, lived together in a luxury high-rise on Williams Island.
Police said the first victim was a worker employed on the property who reported the fraud after the brothers approached him on Oct. 19, 2023, offering an opportunity to “make extra money” by investing in real estate they claimed to be buying and selling…