A former Brickell condominium manager has been arrested and charged with organizing an elaborate scheme to defraud her employer out of more than $140,000 by employing friends and family in phantom and redundant jobs, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
State Attorney’s Office investigators say 37-year-old Yissely Herrouet put friends and relatives, including her mother, an aunt and a cousin, on the payroll for jobs that were never completed or already being done by other contractors.
“Thefts from condominium and homeowners’ associations continue to be a major priority of my Economic Crimes prosecutors, as too many of these property owners have been victimized by thefts,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement. “I have long advocated for and helped change Association laws, so property owners have transparency and accountability from their Associations. This arrest is the result of my ongoing focus to protect our homeowners.”…