{"id":567,"date":"2025-07-02T21:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoajusticenow.com\/home\/?p=567"},"modified":"2025-09-26T06:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T06:49:05","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-watchdog-7-supplemental-unauthorized-scope-2m-fines-dbpr-election-failures-live-meeting-videos-posted-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoajusticenow.com\/home\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-watchdog-7-supplemental-unauthorized-scope-2m-fines-dbpr-election-failures-live-meeting-videos-posted-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 Watchdog #7 Supplemental \u2013 Unauthorized Scope, $2M Fines, DBPR Election Failures & Live Meeting Videos Posted: July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posted: July 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Shawn Martin, MBA
Board Member | Compliance Professional | Protected Whistleblower<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcb0 Massive Fines Still Climbing \u2013 Detailed Breakdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As of June 30, 2025, fines tied to improper construction, unlicensed contractors, and ongoing code violations at Omega Villas have surged to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase<\/th>2025 Balance<\/th>2026 Projection<\/th>2027 Projection<\/th>Annualized Cost<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Phase 2<\/strong><\/td>$873,200<\/strong><\/td>$1,377,200<\/strong><\/td>$1,881,200<\/strong><\/td>~504,000+<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Phases 1, 3, 4 Combined<\/td>~$266,700<\/td>~$375,825<\/td>~$457,575<\/td>~$84,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Phase 2 shoulders more than 75% of the entire community\u2019s fines, despite documented violations across all phases since 2007.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Records from Sunbiz.org and HOA meeting minutes confirm this pattern ties back to Patty & Blaire (principal Board officers from 2006 to today) and Norma & Ken Akers (through 2016) \u2014 the same leadership blocks that guided decisions resulting in long-standing exposures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd0d Documented Unauthorized Scope \u2013 Provided to Legal Counsel
As submitted to Glantz Law and documented in Exhibits T & T2:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Furring strips were installed against solid masonry\/concrete walls, pushing windows out and triggering entirely new electrical, plumbing, and HVAC conflicts \u2014 despite no membership vote, no original contract language, and no engineering necessity.
\u2022 Original roof insulation was stripped without replacement, violating Florida Building Code and impacting long-term thermal & insurance compliance.
This led to massive project cost shifts that owners were never formally informed of or asked to approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2696\ufe0f Hollander\u2019s June 25 Legal Letter \u2013 Attempt to Justify Scope<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On June 25, 2025, Association attorney Rhonda Hollander issued a letter framing the furring strips, plywood additions, and lack of owner votes as inherent to the original NOA system. Based on the broader record, this appears intended to reassure lenders, insurers, and federal housing oversight already reviewing this project \u2014 a narrative clearly designed to preempt deeper scrutiny by:
\u2705 Lenders (Chase, LoanDepot, Banco Popular)
\u2705 Insurers underwriting the collateral
\u2705 Federal housing oversight bodies already copied on formal submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f DBPR Oversight Failure & Election Legitimacy Issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On June 30, 2025, the DBPR formally confirmed there is no record of any cancellation notice for the March 2025 election \u2014 despite the Board claiming it was administratively canceled.
This directly undermines the legal standing of this Board to approve major contracts, initiate foreclosure threats, or sign off on project scope changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea8 Expanded Oversight Involvement Noted in Case CIBCS1464865<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As of July 2, 2025, this matter is also under formal internal review by J.P. Morgan Chase, documented by Case CIBCS1464865. Notably, Chase has circulated this investigation across a wide array of oversight and regulatory bodies, signaling both the scale and seriousness of the issues documented at Omega Villas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcc2 Entities Now Formally Notified or Included in Case Circulation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Florida DBPR General Counsel & Licensing Divisions
\u2022 DBPR Inspector General
\u2022 Florida Attorney General\u2019s Civil Rights & Public Integrity Divisions
\u2022 Office of the Inspector General, Executive Office of the Governor (Florida)
\u2022 Florida State Attorney\u2019s Office, 17th Judicial Circuit (Broward)
\u2022 Florida House & Senate Members including Marie Woodson, Tina Polsky, Barbara Sharief, and Jason Pizzo
\u2022 DOJ Civil Rights Division & Public Integrity Section
\u2022 U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Southern District of Florida
\u2022 Florida Bar ACAP (Attorney oversight)
\u2022 Florida AG Press Office & City of Plantation Officials
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This direct circulation means that not only is the validity of Board governance and election processes under review, but also potential regulatory shielding by state and local agencies is now within the documented chain of oversight.
This matter is now actively documented across multiple financial institutions (Chase, Loan Depot), state regulatory and oversight agencies, legislative offices, and federal DOJ divisions \u2014 establishing an extensive multi-tier record of governance failures, election irregularities, and potential financial exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccc Copies of lender responses available for regulatory or legal oversight review upon request.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfe0 Foreclosure Governance Gaps Under FS 718<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even as this unfolds, the Board continues to pursue foreclosure processes without documented formal votes as required under Florida Statute 718.116 & 718.112, leaving these actions open to serious legal challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfa5 June 26 Construction Meeting Video Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Multiple new clips from the June 26, 2025 meeting now show:
\u2705 Board & contractors reviewing photos of the unauthorized furring strips, acknowledging their impact on forced window replacements.
\u2705 Engineers outlining how every unit\u2019s electrical outlets, plumbing lines, cable boxes, A\/C units, and meter panels must be disconnected, rerouted, or modified by additional trades before fa\u00e7ades can be finished \u2014 an enormous scope shift never properly documented.
\u2705 Disputes over unfinished patio ceilings, showing the base project itself is still incomplete.
\u2705 Discussions of unauthorized backyard access, reinforcing why many owners have refused entry.
\u2705 The CAM (Diana) on video acknowledging the Chase case \u2014 but only after Shawn Martin raised it on record. (Separately, Diana did respond directly to DBPR\u2019s 2025 election inquiry, not to Chase.)
\u2705 Patty leveraging the Plantation Police Department (COP PD) to suppress owner dissent, raising broader public safety concerns and highlighting misuse of municipal authority to protect Board interests.
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\ud83c\udfa5 All video evidence is now publicly archived at www.hoajusticenow.com for independent lender, insurance, state, federal, and media review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfe6 Where Institutional Oversight Stands Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Chase: Active under Case #CIBCS1428745
\u2022 LoanDepot: Confirmed investigation underway
\u2022 Banco Popular: Offered an opportunity to pilot owner protections, independent engineering audits, and procurement controls to stabilize what is increasingly a collapsed HOA governance structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea8 Owner Advisory<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Given these factors \u2014 from multi-million dollar fines, to documented unauthorized scope, to formal oversight failures and live video of intimidation:
Owners are strongly urged not to pay for additional windows, doors, drywall, or interior work until all bank, insurer, and federal reviews conclude.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcce Supporting Materials<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Hollander Letter<\/a> & NOA Attachment<\/a> (PDF)
\u2022 Glantz Law Letter<\/a> & your documented legal submission (PDF)
\u2022 Exhibits T <\/a>& T2<\/a> (scope deviations & contract gaps)
\u2022 Contractor emails through July 1 refusing further work approvals<\/a>
\u2022 DBPR oversight correspondence on the March 2025 election<\/a>
\u2022 Exhibit V \u2013 Citation History<\/a>
\u2022 Exhibit AA3 \u2013 Foreclosure Pattern<\/a>
\u2022 Exhibit L \u2013 DBPR & State Failures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd25 Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is no longer a neighborhood power struggle \u2014 it\u2019s a documented case file now distributed to Chase, LoanDepot, Banco Popular, DOJ risk divisions, state agencies, insurers, and the investigative press. This further solidifies the systemic dimension of these concerns, placing accountability at the highest levels of state and federal governance \u2014 as well as financial institutions tasked with protecting collateral and investor interests tied to Omega Villas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also permanently archived for future claims, forced loan modifications, or insurance clawbacks if this Board\u2019s mismanagement is ultimately formalized through lender or regulatory action. While this new compliance case chain does not yet formally include press recipients, prior Watchdog Emails and website publications have provided direct notice to national media including CNN, NBC, The Guardian, and local investigative reporters, securing an additional layer of public accountability.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copies of Chase and LoanDepot case communications are held on file and available for independent oversight agencies or press verification upon request.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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