A massive manhunt is underway across the Treasure Coast after investigators revealed that a local property manager allegedly treated homeowner association bank accounts like a personal gold mine.
Alexandra Delacaridad Gonzalez, 46, is currently wanted by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office on a staggering list of charges after hundreds of thousands of dollars reportedly vanished from the communities she was hired to protect.
Gonzalez, a bookkeeper for Avant-Garde Property Management, is accused of running a sophisticated shell game.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division say she systematically cut checks to herself from HOA funds, then covered her tracks by manufacturing fake invoices and logging false entries into the companies’ ledgers. To keep the money flowing, she allegedly forged the signatures of authorized board members on dozens of documents.
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The paper trail finally caught up with her when the HOAs noticed discrepancies and alerted the authorities.
Subpoenaed records painted a picture of a lifestyle funded by the neighborhood: investigators say the stolen cash was blown on high-end shopping sprees, plastic surgery, and lavish vacations.
The fallout is significant. At this time, the Sheriff’s Office has identified the Whitemarsh Reserve Homeowners Association and The Dunes of Hutchinson Island as the primary victims.
Gonzalez faces a mountain of legal trouble, with warrants issued for two counts of fraud exceeding $50,000, two counts of grand theft, 61 counts of uttering false instruments, and 59 counts of embezzlement. A judge has set her total bond at a whopping $1,350,000.
While the handcuffs haven’t been slapped on just yet, detectives believe she is laying low in either the Miramar or Vero Beach area. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone who knows where she is—or any other HOAs who suspect their books don’t quite add up—to come forward immediately.
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