Fascinating few days of embezzlement news. Two ‘ladies’ in Sevierville, Tennessee, were indicted for embezzling from the Shagbark Homeowners Association. It’s alleged they used the HOA credit card to run up tens of thousands of dollars which will now have to be paid by the homeowners. Their police mug shots make them look a little worried.
For the record: Alice K. Ball and Judy M. Hixon.
But the wilder news is from Ventura County, California. Two big HOA embezzlement suspects were arrested there.
Kristin Davis and Melissa Hoff ran the Paradigm Management Group. They were charged with a nearly one million dollar embezzlement from the Big Sky Homeowners Association. When they were caught and fired by an HOA, they allegedly changed the name of their company and did it all over again!
But wait. It gets better.
Turns out these two ladies managed fifty other Homeowners Associations all over Ventura County and Orange County… and many of them are also missing money. At this point, who knows how much dough is involved!
Ontario is working towards changing our Condo Act. You can follow links to the government site by checking my Tweets at
@condomadness13
The proposal calls for an arms-length provincial Condo Office to help owners with condo issues.
Not perfect but may be a model for some states.