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Ex-HOA president admits fleecing Miami residents in $11 million fraud scheme

The Independent·Andrea Cavallier·about 1 month ago
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A former homeowners association president and her husband have admitted to stealing “upwards of $11 million” from thousands of residents in a Miami community. Marglli Gallego, 44, pleaded guilty to racketeering and grand theft charges for siphoning millions from the monthly maintenance fees of one of Florida ’s largest homeowners associations. Her husband, Jose Antonio Gonzalez, 49, also pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering Thursday. Gallego, who led the Hammocks Community Association, was described as the mastermind behind the sprawling scheme. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle described it as “one of the largest homeowner association frauds in U.S. history” - which swindled more than 18,000 residents out of “upwards of $11 million,” CBS News reported. Gallego was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by seven years of probation in a Miami-Dade courtroom.…

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