CCFJ.NET:  HOA worker illegally spent $94,000 on hotels, ring, purses, more

Article Courtesy of The Palm Beach Post

By Tony Doris

Published January 6, 2017

WEST PALM BEACH — The bookkeeper for a suburban West Palm Beach homeowners association has been arrested for allegedly using nearly $95,000 of the association’s money for personal expenses from a $2,138 diamond ring to an $804 purse.

According to a police affidavit, in April 2014, the association’s property manager reviewed the association’s credit card bills and called police after discovering about $10,700 in charges for personal purchases between November 2013 and March 2014. A further review indicated much larger losses, not just from association credit cards but in missing cash deposits that homeowners had made.