Brickell condo manager accused of stealing $142K — putting family, friends on payroll
A former Brickell condominium manager has been arrested and charged with organizing an elaborate scheme to defraud her employer out of more than $140,000 by employing friends and family in phantom and redundant jobs, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
State Attorney’s Office investigators say 37-year-old Yissely Herrouet put friends and relatives, including her mother, an aunt and a cousin, on the payroll for jobs that were never completed or already being done by other contractors.
“Thefts from condominium and homeowners’ associations continue to be a major priority of my Economic Crimes prosecutors, as too many of these property owners have been victimized by thefts,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement. “I have long advocated for and helped change Association laws, so property owners have transparency and accountability from their Associations. This arrest is the result of my ongoing focus to protect our homeowners.”
The alleged crimes happened between 2016 and 2023 when Herrouet was condominium property manager at The Club at Brickell Bay, according to her arrest warrant.
The company that manages the condominium association, FirstServices Residential Florida, Inc., which the State Attorney’s Office said is one of the largest property management companies in the state, hired a forensic accounting firm to investigate Herrouet after receiving reports from residents and employees of alleged misappropriation of funds, per the warrant.
The advisory firm, Fiske, found Herrouet placed five people on FirstServices’ payroll and fabricated handwritten timesheets on their behalf. She billed the condo association for the bogus work, according to the warrant.
One of the companies she placed on the payroll was Sunshine Cleaning Services, which is owned by her mother. She falsely claimed the company was performing janitorial services at the property, according to the warrant.
Auditors turned their findings over to the State Attorney’s Office in April, Herrouet’s warrant states.
In all, Herrouet fraudulently paid her friends and relatives $142,370 in association funds, State Attorney’s Office investigators say.
When asked by the Herald if charges are pending against the people who received payment, a State Attorney’s Office spokesperson responded by email: “This is an open case and the investigation continues.”
Information on Herrouet’s legal representation was not immediately available.
As of Wednesday, she was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a bond of $45,000 on charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, offenses against computer users and false entries in books of business entities — two first-degree felonies, and second- and third-degree felonies respectively.
This story was originally published November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM.
