The former president of a Miami-Dade condo association was arrested for allegedly stealing over $15,000 of the association’s money to pay for personal expenses, authorities said.
The former president of a Miami-Dade condo association was arrested for allegedly stealing over $15,000 of the association's money to pay for personal expenses, authorities said.
Roberto Montalvo Jr., 64, was arrested Wednesday on a grand theft conspiracy charge, records showed.
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WATCH HEREAccording to an arrest report, Montalvo had been the president of the HOA board at the Ro Mont South Condominium on Northeast 2nd Avenue.
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Montalvo allegedly asked a plumber who was doing work for the association to do plumbing work in his sister's unit and paid for it with $3,150 of association funds, the report said.
"He approached a plumber in regards to doing work at his sister's condominium and where the plumber was charging just over $3,000 and he used the association funds to pay for his sister's repairs," Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Sgt. Carlos Luffi said.
He also asked the plumber to cash association checks totaling $12,400 and give him the cash back, the report said.
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"Mr. Montalvo used the power entrusted to him by the members of the association to embezzle their hard-earned funds and divert them for his own use and benefit," the report said.
Police said the new board president was the person who reported the alleged crimes.
Montalvo was arrested by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office and booked into jail, and was expected to appear in bond court later Wednesday. Attorney information wasn't available.
"The average person just trying to make a living, here's the homeowners association funds expected for the protection of the community, that's why you're entrusted with them. And then now someone is misusing their power and stealing, basically," Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said.
