“They fear Awais”: Here’s how investigators say a $6M condo associations fraud unfolded over five years
In his step-daughter’s phone, Juan Jose Awais was saved simply as “The Boss.” That was exactly the role he played in a more than $5.8 million fraud that targeted five condo associations across Miami-Dade County, investigators say. Through his property management company, Sunshine Management Services, and an inner circle of his loyalists, including people he grew up with in Cuba, Awais puppeteered the scheme, according to an arrest warrant. At three of the complexes — Mira Villas, Los Suenos and Samari Lake East — Sunshine was the legitimate property manager, but where it overstepped is having its representatives steer repair […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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