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Article Courtesy of The Naples
Daily News
Published March 27, 2009
A North Naples woman was arrested Wednesday, after
she stole nearly $100,000 from Southwest Florida home and condominium
associations while she was managing their accounts.
According to investigators with the Collier County
Sheriff’s Office’s Economic Crimes Unit, Amy M. Copeland, 39, stole
$95,330.46 while she was employed as an account manager for Integrated
Property Management, 3435 10th St. N., Suite 201, Naples. The company,
also known as IPM, manages approximately 130 home and condo association
accounts, investigators said.
Reports said the company discovered in December 2008
that Copeland was making fraudulent bank transfers from association
accounts into her personal account, investigators said.
Further investigation by the Sheriff’s economic
crimes investigators found that from Sept. 2005, to Dec. 2008, there had
been 63 electronic transfers of funds debited from the operating accounts
of 22 home and condo associations and credited to Copeland’s personal
bank account.
Investigators said all of the transfers were
conducted without the knowledge or authority of IPM officials or the
associations’ board of directors.
Copeland, 860 Meadowland Drive, Unit F, North
Naples, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging her with 21 counts of
grand theft. She is also facing charges of aggravated white collar crime,
offenses against computer users and petty theft.
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