Lucie Tondreau, former mayor of North Miami, of Haitian origin, elected in 2013, [born in La Vallée de Jacmel] and former host of Haitian radio, which had been suspended from duty after being arrested last May, accused of raud and embezzlement, was convicted unanimously by a jury, before a Federal court after a trial that began last December. After the verdict, she was immediately handcuffed and taken to jail.

Recall that according to the indictment https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/Lucie-Tondreau-Mortgage-Fraud.pdf Mrs. Tondreau, would have worked with Karl Oreste, 56, O.J. Odunna, 49, and Kelly Augustin, 57, in order to recruit and use false information to obtain loans on 20 properties between December 2005 and May 2008, during the housing bubble. In addition, the Government asserts that Mrs. Tondreau used some of the money to make payments on mortgages "falsely and fraudulently obtained" in order to maintain the loans, and to conceal and further the fraud. She would have also use some of the funds for his own personal use and benefit...

Mrs. Tondreau will know the length of the sentence March 20, 2015, she risks a maximum of 30 years in prison.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11197-haiti-justice-north-miami-mayor-suspended-from-duty.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11190-haiti-justice-arrest-warrant-against-lucie-tondreau-mayor-of-north-miami.html

S/ HaitiLibre