Unpaid Dues, Fines, Foreclosures, Bankruptcy + Embezzlement

• Former Seminole County HOA manager accused of stealing $437K from HOA

• American Property MGMT Services indicted in federal court

• “It can have a relapse”: Judge cautions against quick end to Hammocks receivership

• Inside the battle for the Hammocks HOA’s future leadership

• South Florida HOA bookkeeper spent dues on hotels, bras, gynecologist visits, cops say

• Oldsmar woman accused of using $25K in HOA funds to pay her own bills

• Hammocks receiver says “insider” HOA vendors aided alleged fraud scheme

• Hammocks settles suit against attorneys accused of allowing alleged $3M fraud

• New arrest made in $2 million fraud scheme at Florida’s largest HOA, Miami-Dade authorities say

• Florida Court Affirms Foreclosure Judgment for HOA

• Hammocks settling suit against ex-HOA attorneys for $300K

• My HOA put me through hell – they threatened to take my home for a debt I didn’t owe, but I got my revenge

• 'TOXIC SITUATION' I’m a lawyer – the biggest problem with HOAs will always be ‘rampant’ if normal people remain in total control

• Homeowners without full roof insurance coverage face liens for Ian damage repairs

• Hammocks wins $2M settlement in suit claiming ex HOA leaders allowed massive fraud

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

• Florida retiree loses her home after falling for foreclosure rescue pitch

• Do Assessments Require Board Action – YES

• Florida’s largest HOA is unraveling the mess caused by its ex board. It’s costing millions

• Audits at Boynton Beach HOA question its finances; board president awarded contracts

• Owner of property management company accused of stealing nearly $600K from Seminole County HOA

• Criminal investigation at EmeraldBay condo into reported “misappropriation of funds”

• Hammocks receiver sues former HOA leaders over allowing alleged $3M fraud

• Commissioner Gonzalez brings relief to property owners in The Hammocks

• Hammocks HOA receiver shares information every homeowner should know

• After arrests and 300% fee hikes, Florida’s largest homeowners association gets new board

• Another South Florida HOA Under Court-Appointed Receivership as More Fraud Claims Come to Light

• After the arrests: What’s next for Hammocks HOA?

• Miami-Dade advocates want legislators to pass laws going after corrupt associations

• Is America’s worst homeowners’ association in Miami? It’s starting to look that way

• “Living under a terror situation”: Alleged Hammocks fraud tops $3M

• Florida homeowners got swindled by brokers who paid them a paltry sum in cash upfront for the rights to sell their properties for 40 years, attorney general says

• Hammocks Association receiver discloses findings to Miami-Dade circuit judge

• It’s too easy to steal from vulnerable Florida homeowners. Lawmakers can fix HOA laws

• Criminal probe into board of Florida’s largest HOA widens as prosecutors seize records

• Is fraud occurring in your HOA? Red flags to watch for and how to file a complaint

• ‘You guys are brave’: Judge places Hammocks Community Association in receivership

• Former, Current Hammocks HOA Board Members Arrested for Theft, Racketeering

• President of Oakland Forest Homeowner Association arrested, charged with grand theft

• In Florida, Even A Seemingly Small Unpaid Assessment Can Lead To HOA Foreclosure

• Hundreds of fraud complaints went ignored. Two demoted in Miami-6ade prosecutor’s office

• Florida woman stole $228K from HOAs, spent some money on Bucs tickets: deputies

• Is your HOA broke because of alleged fraud, embezzlement by APMS? Here's what to do to find out more

• Florida Woman Arrested For Stealing $34,000 From The HOA She Worked At

• Former president accused of stealing from HOA

• Defrauded HOAs See Bank Accounts – 23 Were Closed

• Is your HOA broke because of alleged fraud, embezzlement by APMS?

• Judge’s Decision Disappoints Fla. Condo Owners

• Woman accused of stealing $13,000+ from Key Largo RV park

• HOA suing Jacksonville military family for $20,000 in attorney fees over $3.87 lien

• Hammocks Community Association President Accused Of Diverting Over $100K For Personal Use

• Woman admits to spending thousands of HOA funds to pay her own bills, police say

• Police: HOA president stole thousands of dollars from community to buy stamps, lawn equipment

• Another community raises similar allegations of theft against former Turnberry Reserve property manager

• Turnberry Reserve whistleblower reflects on year of turmoil, changes

• HOA president accused of using community funds to bail out boyfriend

• Navy couple fights to save home from HOA lawsuit

• 'More power than a bank': HOA uses loophole to foreclose on Beulah dad's home, lawyer says

• $400K reportedly embezzled from PCB Condominium

• Jacksonville HOA manager arrested on charges of grand theft

• Woman charged with defrauding Boca HOA of $82,000

• Will WPB man lose townhouse for refusing association’s $25 late fee?

• State Attorney: Bryceville woman guilty of stealing $1.5 million from homeowner associations

• Jupiter top cop settles lawsuit over $1,600 in unpaid HOA fees

• Action 9 investigates HOA debt collectors

• Riverview family wins foreclosure battle with HOA

• Ex-Boynton Beach HOA treasurer admits to embezzling over $50,000

• Lawsuit filed against Jupiter police chief for not paying HOA fees

• Editorial: Laws that get homeowners booted over fees need changing

• Riverview couple may get reprieve from foreclosure over $150 association fee

• Homeowners’ association treasurer gets 3 years for stealing $122,779

• Riverview family's loss in court shows how HOA lawyers pile on fees

• Family forced from home over $150 HOA fee

• Riverview family faces losing home of 12 years over $150 association payment

• Missed $150 HOA payment has family fighting for home

• Mother, son plead guilty to stealing nearly $123,000 from Lakeland homeowners' association

• HOA worker illegally spent $94,000 on hotels, ring, purses, more

• 'Super nice guy' accused of HOA fraud

• Former Lantana HOA president accused of stealing more than $300,000

• PBSO employee and husband accused of fraud, grand theft from HOA

• Mother, disabled children fear they will be forced from their home

• Tampa's controversial LM Funding America cuts staff, salaries as business slows

• Disabled combat veteran, family forced from home

• Ex-official who stole from Tamarac homeowners association gets prison sentence

• Riverview homeowners say HOA taking homes

• Homeowners: From $150 HOA fee to foreclosure

• Boynton Beach man accused of robbing HOA of $51,000

• Woman suspected of defrauding homeowners association

• Missing a simple HOA fee could lead to losing your home

• Sheriff: Mother, son stole $122,000 from HOA

• High Springs woman gets 10 years for embezzlement

• Mother, son arrested for stealing from HOA in Polk

• Former HOA president accused of defrauding neighbors

• HOA attorney fees a homeowner's nightmare

• Ex--HOA pres. arrested in Polk County

• Active duty sailor loses home to unpaid HOA fees

• Confusion continues over Orlando HOA question

• Residents in Orlando community fear losing homes in HOA battle

• Ex-HOA official Vicki Yancey, wife of BHS coach, arrested on larceny

• Poinciana HOA leaders meet to discuss president’s future, mishandled funds

• Unpaid fees cost local man his home

• State investigation leads to Fort Lauderdale condo president's arrest

• Condo president accused of using community funds for personal items

• Police investigation launched into homeowners' association treasurer

• Tamarac HOA president charged with forging checks

• Ex-Tamarac association president stole more than $180,000, authorities say 

• Former HOA President Arrested for Grand Theft

• Did elderly Naples couple lose home over 10 cents?

• Black Bear developers arrested for $1.5M theft

• 'Boomerang buyers' purchase new homes after foreclosures

• Woman accused in theft of Sunrise homeowners association funds

• Two years later, Lake Worth zombie foreclosure lives on

• Homeowner gets caught in wrongful foreclosure

• HOA TREASURER ARRESTED FOR FRAUD, THEFT

• Condo president gambles away community's money, police say

• More Homeowners Associations Victimized (VIDEO)

• ASSOCIATIONS TAKE TITLE TO PROPERTY AFTER FORECLOSURE?

• Homeowner evicted due to past due homeowners association fees

• Homeowner may lose home to delinquent HOA fees

• Conflict questions arise about law firms representing HOAs, banks

• Treasurer steals $90,000 from local homeowners association

• Ex-HOA treasurer accused of theft

• Woman accused of stealing thousands from HOA

• Former deputy accused of stealing thousands from HOA

• Foreclosed over $250: A local family's nightmare

• Florida carries burden of 30 percent of nation's shadow inventory

• Homeowner challenges HOA in court

• Another renter evicted by homeowners' association

• Has a Pasco County HOA gone too far?

• Canceled foreclosure sales saddle neighbors, HOAs with expenses

• Tampa cleans unkempt yards when homeowners, banks don't

• Readers offer to help Korean War veteran facing foreclosure

• Homeowners association pursues extreme option -- foreclosure -- against Korean War veteran

• Boca Raton family could lose home for forgetting to pay HOA assessment

• HOA Forecloses on Jacksonville Beach Home For Unpaid Dues

• Grandmother nearly loses condo to foreclosure after $4.70 fee balloons to nearly $3,000

• Palm Beach County's surplus of empty homes creates unexpected market

• Woman says homeowners association wrong for selling home

• Brandon couple caught in HOA foreclosure

• Experts: Pinellas lawyer takes foreclosure fight to ethical edge

• Sen. Fasano wants to close loophole on homeowners associations foreclosures

• Real estate investors beat the banks to profit on foreclosures

• Foreclosure fees haunt homeowner associations

• Collection fees bury homeowners late on association dues

• HOA foreclosures climbing as associations seek 'revenge' on delinquent homeowners

• Homeowner associations often on outside looking in on foreclosure cases

• Disputed foreclosure ruling could bog down courts

• Homeowner associations step up foreclosure filings

• OUTRAGEOUS LATE CHARGES INCREASE NUMBER OF FORECLOSURES

• Number of vacant homes increases in Pasco County

• Invalidated foreclosure sales ruling could ripple

• Housing Pain Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor in Florida 

• The Foreclosure Mess: Florida Judges Can Do Better

• Preventing theft by property managers is tough

• Woman accused of stealing $2 million from Palm Beach condos

• Trapped in foreclosure maze, homeowners say banks went after the wrong people

• CLOSURE IN BOCA RIO EMBEZZLEMENT CASE

• Cracking down on board theft

• Man Says HOA Seized His Home Through Foreclosure

• MORTGAGE TERMINATOR? OR MORE LIABILITY FOR ASSOCIATIONS/OWNERS?

• UNPAID DUES AND FORECLOSURES -- AND NO END IN SIGHT!

• Economy Challenges Homeowner and Condo Associations

• Man's home sold out from under him in foreclosure mistake

• Former Largo woman gets eight years in $1 million embezzlement scheme

• Florida’s High-Speed Answer to a Foreclosure Mess

• Florida renters could be forced to pay for deadbeat unit owners

• Homeowner fights foreclosure in lawsuit claiming documents are fraudulent

• Homeowners association battle threatens homes

• Manatee HOAs wielding power of foreclosure

• PREACHING ONE THING, BUT LIVING BY ANOTHER?

• Pinellas properties management worker pleads no contest to felony grand theft charge

• New rule says banks must prove ownership before foreclosing

• Former condo manager accused of fraud

• Associations using reverse foreclosure to get fees from banks

• Felon treasurer no help for community's woes

• Property manager's new home is prison

• Desperate condo, homeowner groups given new way to grab overdue fees

• Sailwind Condo Assn. loses money to embezzler

• Pinellas County homeowner, condo groups haunted by theft case

• Woman pleads guilty to embezzlement of $856K

• Bank of America forecloses on house that couple had paid cash for

• Foreclosures hit Brevard condos, associations hard

• Miami judge grants reverse foreclosure

• Largo woman had help stealing from homeowner groups, lawyer asserts

• Homeowners groups feel economy's pain, too

• Florida leads U.S. in foreclosures

• HOA Threatens Foreclosure Over Fees (VIDEO)

• ANOTHER EMBEZZLER BEING PROSECUTED?

• Agent accused of real estate fraud at center of bizarre condo foreclosure

• Leisureville bookkeeper makes off with $8,000, audit finds

• Embezzler gets 10 years in prison, 20 years probation

• Landlord's financial problems has family facing eviction

• Are banks skewing the real estate market?

• Boynton Beach police charge former HOA president with stealing $166,646 from condo ass.

• Buxton Properties' grand deficit sends condo, homeowner associations scrambling

• Lenders' latest foreclosure strategy: waiting

• Legacy Park HOA Files for Bankruptcy

• Foreclosed homes: Forsaken and now frightening

• Davenport Subdivision Legacy Park Files Chapter 11

• Foreclosures in Wellington among highest in county

• Ruling Clears Way For Condo Assoc. Fee Collections (Video)

• Banks Leery of Lending in Some Communities

• Neglected foreclosures leave a mess for neighbors

• Home foreclosures: South Florida foreclosures still surging

• Woman accused of bilking association of $484,196

• Housing fallout: Couple denied access to community where they live

• Lawyer has strategy to fight foreclosures, and shares it

• Condo association accounts plundered (VIDEO)

• FORECLOSURES AND HOW THEY AFFECT HOMEOWNERS 

• Foreclosing Isn't Just For Lenders These Days

• HOAs cry foul over foreclosures

• Homeowners face foreclosure for bushes, fees (News Video)

• Police: St. Pete Condo Complex Manager Bilked Association

• FORECLOSURES IN HOAs: GOOD BUSINESS?

• HOA Lawyer In Risky Business

• Homeowner's fees leading to foreclosures (VIDEO)

• FORECLOSURES IN HOAs: THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD?

• Neighbors Kick Family Out Of Home

• Almost homeless over $100

• Homeowners Trash Foreclosed House After Channel 9 Shows Up

• Economic struggles impacting HOAs (VIDEO)

• ASSOCIATION ATTORNEYS ASK LEGISLATORS FOR HELP -- AGAINST INCREASING FORECLOSURES

• Foreclosures force homeowners associations to skimp

• HOA General Manager Admits To Stealing Money -- Ventura Country Club HOA, Orlando 

• Orange County subdivisions are facing Bankruptcy! (VIDEO REPORT)

• Homeowner's Associations Raising Fees Due To Foreclosures (VIDEO)

• Fee threatens foreclosure of 74 homes in Stonebridge Landings

• Entire Neighborhood Faces Foreclosure Over Association Fees (VIDEO)

• Association treasurer charged with theft

• Manager gets 3 years probation for fraud

• Glynn woman admits fraud -- Manager embezzles funds

• Homes can be lost over missed payment

• Home, sour home -- Miami Gardens

• FORECLOSE ON YOUR NEIGHBORS! BEAT BANKS TO THE PUNCH!

• Foreclosures put added burden on association-run communities

• 'Mistake' costs family its home at The Springs

• Judge rejects proposed settlement in condo collection lawsuit

• Riverview woman nearly loses house over paperwork error 

• Lauderhill law firm to settle lawsuit over foreclosure threats for $250,000

• Law firm to settle class-action suit over lien filings (Katzman & Korr )

• When a Home Isn't Safe -- Foreclosure in Florida

• Lawmakers Should Set Rules To Protect Consumers

• FORECLOSURE -- Small debt can spiral into loss of home

• Liens filed for cable TV debts -- Weston

• Bill comes, house may go while he's deployed -- Villages of Lake St. Charles

• Judge broadens class-action suit against law firm - FDCPA violation

• Bookkeeper pleads guilty to grand theft at Boca firm

• HOA Foreclosures - FOX 29, Palm Beach County

• Boca accountant arrested in theft of $185,000 from homeowner groups, Boca Raton

• HOA Foreclosure in Palm Beach County - MELEAR POD, Boynton Beach

• Woman's property foreclosed over $63.50 fee - Kingsland Country POA - Ocala

• HOAs accused of using abusive debt-collection tactics - Landings on Cypress Greens HOA

• Carrollwood Couple regains home lost at auction - Tampa

• HOA punishes homeowners by revoking use of gate guard - North Lake Maintenance Ass.

• Former board member owes $ 7,000.00 in legal fees - Plantation of Carrollwood

• Boardmember charged with Grand Theft - Melwood Oaks HOA, Bradenton

• Homeowners in legal bind over maintenance fees - Huntington Maintenance Association