Haiti – Justice : Arrest warrant from Lucie Tondreau, Mayor of North Miami
20/05/2014 11:30:09

Monday, federal brokers from the FBI presented at the home of Lucie Tondreau, Mayor of North Miami Haitian, to execute an arrest warrant issued in link with an alleged mortgage loan fraud. In the indictment produced ​​public, Lucie Tondreau and numerous others are accused of defrauding lenders for an amount of $8 million to acquire as a result of straw buyers, 20 houses in South Miami in 2006.

Mayor of North Miami, Lucie Tondreau, [born in La Vallée de Jacmel] and former host on Haitian radio, has been accused of possessing utilised a radio method as a recruitment tool in a home loan fraud scheme. Activities prior to her election as mayor.

Nevertheless, the FBI could not commence to her arrest Monday, Mayor remaining in Las Vegas as she has verified in its Fb web site “Shopping for North Miami at the Recon Convention”.

In accordance to, Me Ben Kuehne attorney of Mrs. Tondreau, the latter was informed by his relatives of the intervention of FBI to arrest her at his home. “I would have preferred to surrender her voluntarily. That is what I’m operating on now,” declared his law firm.

Take note that this is not the initial issues scenarios all over the mayor. Recall that in November 2013, the general public relations agency of Mrs. Tondreau in North Miami, was raided by police as component of an investigation into absentee ballot fraud.

Recall that Lucie Tondreau was elected mayor of North Miami (55.70% of votes) thanks to the solidarity of the Haitian community in Florida.

SL/ HaitiLibre