Shady ex-HOA president pleads guilty in $11M Miami fraud scheme
Former Hammocks Community Association president Marglli Gallego and her husband, Jose Antonio Gonzalez, pleaded guilty to their roles in an $11 million fraud scheme that exploited the homeowners association. Gallego was sentenced to seven years in prison and seven years of probation, while Gonzalez received seven years of probation and must pay $50,000 in restitution. The couple also forfeited a $1.2 million home, and authorities described the operation as one of the largest HOA frauds in U.S. history.
- ▪Marglli Gallego pleaded guilty to racketeering and grand theft and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
- ▪Jose Antonio Gonzalez pleaded guilty to money laundering and was sentenced to seven years of probation with $50,000 in restitution.
- ▪The fraud scheme, which ran from 2017 to 2022, involved fake companies and drained $11 million from the Hammocks Community Association.
- ▪Eight people, including former board members and Gallego’s relatives, were arrested in connection with the fraud.
- ▪Documents tied to the fraud were found stashed in a spa in a vacant building in Tamarac, Broward County.
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US News Shady ex-HOA president pleads guilty in $11M Miami fraud scheme By Sonya Gugliara Published May 2, 2026, 1:21 p.m. ET A shady ex-homeowners association president and her husband — who authorities said ran their Miami homeowner’s association like “an organized crime syndicate” — confessed this week to their part in a massive $11 million fraud that drained money from the community’s fund. Marglli Gallego, the former leader of the Hammocks Community Association, and her husband, Jose Antonio Gonzalez, admitted Thursday in a Miami-Dade court to the years-long scheme that prosecutors say ripped off 18,000 people.
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