Pinellas accounting manager stole over $700,000 from HOAs, deputies say

Article Courtesy of  News Channel 8

By Rachel Tucker

Published September 9, 2023

  

ST. PETERSBURG — A Tarpon Springs woman is back behind bars after she was accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from homeowners associations in the Tampa Bay area.

Jamie Fonville, 47, was arrested in June 2022 after she was accused of stealing over $228,000 from three HOAs while working as an accounting manager at First Choice Association Management. Her job duties included managing bank accounts for 58 organizations and issuing checks on their behalf, according to a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

On Tuesday, she was arrested by the sheriff’s office again after she was accused of pocketing over $521,000 in checks and credit card payments from 13 organizations, bringing the total alleged loss to over $750,000.

Most of the new charges against Fonville are for crimes that occurred before her June 2022 arrest, but a PCSO arrest report noted that she allegedly made at least two additional fraudulent payments less than two months later.

Here are the new charges against Fonville, including the alleged victims and total loss, according to PCSO:

  1. Scheme to defraud (less than $20,000) – Sept. 2022
    Wood Condo IV – $5,754.57

  2. Scheme to defraud ($20,000-$50,00) – Aug. 2021
    Braeloch Village HOA – $21,160

  3. Scheme to defraud (less than $20,000) – July 2022
    Country Club #1 – $10,278.66

  4. Scheme to defraud ($20,000-$50,000) – Dec. 2019
    Highlands of Pasco County HOA – $49,453.92

  5. Scheme to defraud ($20,000-$50,000) – Aug. 2021
    Cordova Greens IV HOA – $35,549.26

  6. Scheme to defraud (less than $20,000) – July 2021
    Morningside East #1 HOA – $2,734.21

  7. Scheme to defraud ($50,000 or more) – Sept. 2019
    The Landings HOA – $63,338.52

  8. Scheme to defraud ($50,000 or more) – July 2021
    Pointe Tarpons – $50,194.44

  9. Scheme to defraud (less than $20,000) – Nov. 2021
    Bays End HOA – $4,000

  10. Scheme to defraud ($50,000 or more) – Feb. 2021
    Port Bellair #2 HOA – $126,578.16

  11. Scheme to defraud ($50,000 or more) – July 2021
    Millpond Estates #5 – $130,806.06

  12. Scheme to defraud (less than $20,000) – June 2021
    Cobbs Landing HOA – $4,197

  13. Scheme to defraud ($20,000-$50,000) – Nov. 2021
    The Bently at Cobbs Landing HOA – $22,388.81

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Fonville used the money to pay for food and other living expenses. In a June 2022 news release, the sheriff’s office alleged she also used the money to pay off credit card debt and buy Tampa Bay Buccaneers tickets.


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