Cops: HOA worker misspent $94,674
Police say Kristine Moore used association cash for personal items.
WEST PALM BEACH — The bookkeeper for a suburban West Palm Beach homeowners association has been arrested for allegedly using nearly $95,000 of the assoc iation’s money for personal expenses from a $2,138 diamond ring to an $804 purse.
Kristine K. Moore, 36, of West Palm Beach, was charged Dec. 29 with larceny and fraud in the disappearance of $94,674 from the master homeowners association of Cypress Lakes, a 1,000-home, 55-plus community off Haverhill Road, just north of Century Village. She was released on $20,000 bond the next day.
According to a police affidavit, in April 2014, the association’s property manager reviewed the association’s credit card bills and called police after discovering about $10,700 in charges for personal purchases between November 2013 and March 2014. A further review indicated much larger losses, not just from asso- Have a West Palm Beach news tip? Contact Staff Writer Tony Doris at tdoris@pbpost.com or call 561-820-4703.
ciation credit cards but in missing cash deposits that homeowners had made.
The dozens of credit card purchases included nearly $3,000 spent at electronics store Best Buy, $8,000 at Wal-Mart and Walmart. com, and thousands more from such places as Springhill Suites, Supercuts, Sprint Wireless, Publix, K Star Diamond & Jewelry and Victoria’s Secret. There was perfume, an engagement ring, air freshener, hotel bills from Hampton Inn and Best Western, a cellphone and 46 cellphone cases and a Louis Vuitton purse.
Merrill Gottlieb, president of the homeowners association,