The former property manager at a
Brickell condominium is facing charges in a "ghost employee" scheme that
bilked the condo out of over $140,000, authorities said.
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Yissely Herrouet, 37,
is facing charges of grand theft, organized scheme to
defraud, offenses against computer users and false entries
in books of a business entity, the Miami-Dade State
Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
The alleged scheme was carried out while Herrouet was the
property manager of the Club at Brickell Bay condominium
from 2016 to 2023, authorities said.
Herrouet, an employee of one of America's largest property
management companies, is accused of paying paying people,
including some relatives, for services that were never
provided or for duplicate services that were already being
performed, officials said.
Her former employer had performed a
forensic examination that found Herrouet falsified
timesheets and signed new hire paperwork for people who
didn't work for her company or the condo association, then
billed the phantom work back to the association, authorities
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Prosecutors said that
through her position, she was also allowed to select an
outside vendor owned by a family member to provide cleaning
and janitorial services.
"Thefts from condominium and homeowners’ associations
continue to be a major priority of my Economic Crimes
prosecutors, as too many of these property owners have been
victimized by thefts," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine
Fernandez Rundle said in a statement. "I have long advocated
for and helped change Association laws, so property owners
have transparency and accountability from their
Associations. This arrest is the result of my ongoing focus
to protect our homeowners."
