… Association. It is addressed to owners and residents, and expresses gratitude to everyone involved in making life in this pricey Florida high-rise so pleasant.
And, for the association president himself, so lucrative: He was just arrested for embezzling over $1.5 million from the place. Over many years. The same absenteeism that gave him a free hand (“He was able to pull off the schemes because many residents were absentee owners.”) will presumably leave this sweet thank you note in a prominent position on the building’s website for some time, a real advertisement for anyone thinking of buying (“May I speak to Mr Arzumanov?” “Hold for the Miami-Dade Jail.”).
Consult this for the many bogus businesses, intimidation of anyone who threatened his scheme, and Dead Mrs Bates strategy, that made it all work…
Dead Mrs Bates?
Arzumanov had rent payments being made out to his deceased mother, despite no building units being in her name.
Norman would understand.
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Update:
During his court appearance Wednesday morning, Arzumanov’s attorney, Sam Raymond, asked Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer to lower his bond.
“He’s not a flight risk, he’s a U.S. citizen.”
… Also present during Arzumanov’s court hearing was Assistant State Attorney Elvia Medina Marcus, who argued that he would be a flight risk.
“He has three passports from Georgia, Russia and the United States,” she said. “He has flown solo. He takes flight lessons. Part of the allegation is that he would charge airline fuel to the association using the association credit card.”
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LOL. You know, mes petites, this one’s a keeper. Stay tuned.
“I can say it’s a historical day. We’re very happy,” said a resident. “What I can tell you is that we were living a daily nightmare, being persecuted daily by the board that was absolutely corrupted.”
The local police chief apologizes:
“I do apologize for taking so long, but this was an intricate fraud case, where he took over not just the building, but all, everything going on around the building, every asset used in and around the building. It was a complete takeover. I’ve never seen anything like this in my entire career.”
A postmodern cautionary tale, Да? When the cat’s away, the Russian mafia’s at play. Money + Nobody Home = ‘money laundering, grand theft, racketeering, organized fraud and credit card fraud.’ As long as one prominent pomo status marker is having so much property/travel/business activity/divorce complication/ongoing bankruptcy proceedings/whatever that you’re never there, that there’s no there there, local in-place larcenists will … larcen.