The Weekly Dirt: Hammocks fraud case drags into year four

The multimillion-dollar fraud case at the Hammocks, Florida’s second-largest homeowners’ association, is in its fourth year. Yet, a trial date remains elusive.  In 2022, five people were arrested over allegations that former board members hired bogus contractors and diverted payments, including to ex-board President Marglli Gallego and her husband, Jose Gonzalez, who allegedly led some of the fake vendors, court filings say. Three more people –– two of them Gallego relatives –– were later charged. Two of the ex-board members originally arrested have since switched to guilty pleas and cooperated with investigators.  The remaining six defendants maintain their not guilty […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.