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A SSOCIATION
CRIME IS ON THE RISE?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 23, 2015
We certainly
blogged in the past about Board members and managers getting
arrested for stealing association funds. I’m on record as
previously saying that I didn’t think this area was more prone
to arrests than say lawyers, doctors or politicians. I may have
been wrong.
I don’t know
what’s going on, but just in the past few weeks, Board members
and managers were arrested in Dade County for stealing items out
of a unit, a Board member in Broward was arrested for getting
paid by the association as a community association manager
despite the fact he doesn’t have a license, and another HOA
Board member in Polk County confessed to taking association
monies to pay his mortgage.
What in the
world is going on?
Why now? Is it
because these cases seem to finally be getting the press they
deserve? Has the problem always existed as bad as it is now?
Was I wrong and the
problem of disappearing money is more prevalent in community
associations than anywhere else? Does the DBPR or FDLE need a
Division devoted to investigation of community association
crimes? What’s the best way to put a stop to all of this?
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About
HOA & Condo Blog
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Eric
Glazer graduated from the University of Miami School of
Law in 1992 after receiving a B.A. from NYU. He has
practiced community
association
law for more than 2
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decades
and is the owner of Glazer and Associates, P.A. a seven eight
attorney law firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and
Naples.
The
firm also has satellite offices in Tampa and Fort Myers.
Since 2009, Eric has been the host of Condo Craze and
HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show on 850 WFTL.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
He
is the first attorney in the State of Florida that designed a
course that certifies condominium residents as eligible to serve
on a condominium Board of Directors and has now certified more
than 8,000 Floridians all across the state. He is certified as a
Circuit Court Mediator by The Florida Supreme Court and has
mediated dozens of disputes between associations and unit
owners. Eric also devotes significant time to advancing
legislation in the best interest of Florida community
association members.
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