Overview
- The sheriff’s office issued a warrant Monday for Alexandra Delacaridad Gonzalez, setting a $1.35 million bond on fraud, grand theft, uttering false instruments, and embezzlement charges.
- Gonzalez, a bookkeeper for Avant-Garde Property Management, allegedly wrote checks to herself and hid them with fake invoices, altered ledgers, and forged signatures.
- Subpoenaed records show the money went to personal spending that included shopping, plastic surgery, and vacations, according to investigators.
- Sheriff John Budensiek said the withdrawals began around $2,000 several times a week and later grew to $5,000 increments before she was fired.
- Deputies identified Whitemarsh Reserve and The Dunes of Hutchinson Island as victims, and they believe Gonzalez may be in Miramar or Vero Beach as they ask for tips and reports of similar HOA irregularities.