Ex-Wynwood BID exec charged with stealing $192K from property owners

A former interim executive director of the Wynwood Business Improvement District was charged with theft of more than $192,000 from the Miami arts district organization.   Florentino Antonio Diaz, 45, allegedly siphoned funds from Wynwood BID bank accounts to his personal accounts, concealing the diversion of the money by superimposing the names of vendors over his own name in bank statements sent to BID’s accountant, according to an arrest warrant by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.  Diaz was charged with 26 counts of third degree grand theft, one for each of the questionable wire transfers from the BID’s TD Bank account […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.