A Florida property manager and bookkeeper is accused of pulling money out of homeowners association accounts by writing checks to herself, then covering her tracks with forged signatures and made-up paperwork. Investigators in Martin County say the stolen funds went toward personal spending, including plastic surgery and vacations, before the suspect fled and later turned herself in on a long list of felony charges.
The allegations were detailed by CBS12 in the source post, which describes an investigation into Alexandra Delacaridad Gonzalez, who worked for Avant-Garde Property Management. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says the scheme involved multiple associations over an extended period of time.
How investigators say the checks were disguised as routine HOA business
According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, Gonzalez allegedly had access to HOA accounts while managing financial records for multiple associations. Investigators say she used that access to write checks to herself and then made the withdrawals look legitimate by manipulating the paperwork.
The Sheriff’s Office says the alleged cover-up included fictitious invoices, falsified ledger entries, and forged signatures of authorized account holders. In plain language: the allegations aren’t just that money went missing, but that the records were allegedly engineered to make it harder for boards and residents to spot the theft until it had already snowballed.
The charges add up fast: 124 felony counts and a $1.35 million bond
Authorities obtained a warrant Monday for Gonzalez, describing her as a former property management bookkeeper. The Sheriff’s Office listed a heavy slate of charges: two counts of fraud exceeding $50,000, two counts of grand theft, 61 counts of uttering false instruments, and 59 counts of embezzlement. That’s 124 charges in all, with bond set at $1.35 million…