Article Courtesy of The Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine
Fernandez Rundle
Published November 1, 2016
Hammocks Community Association (HCA) employee Angie Rose
Lantigua and former employee Leslie Navarro have both been charged after an
investigation revealed that they had diverted $148,050.17 of HCA funds into
accounts that they personally controlled. Angie Rose Lantigua was employed
by HCA as the Accounts Receivable clerk between 2010 and late 2015. Leslie
Navarro was employed as the Accounts Payable Clerk by HCA between 2008 and
late 2015.
By creating a bank account utilizing the name “Hammocks Community
Association Properties, LLC”, Leslie Navarro was able to redirect HCA funds
($148,050.17) to an account over which she had sole control. The
investigation of this bank account revealed that $54, 500 was later
wire-transferred to Ms. Lantigua’s personal bank account.
Leslie Navarro has been charged with:
Angie Rose Lantigua has been charged with:
“Sadly, these two trusted employees of the Hammocks
Community Association have allegedly used that trust as a tool to enrich
themselves,” stated Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
“Homeowners who followed all the rules and paid their community fees should
not be victimized. The Miami Dade Police Department and my prosecutors are
committed to investigating and convicting those individuals who would use
Homeowners Association and Condominium Association funds as their own
personal wallets.”
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