Miami –November 5, 2026 – Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County Inspector General Felix Jimenez and Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz announce that the continuing criminal investigation into the activities of Thomas Jardon, a former executive with the Citrus Health Network until his September 23rd arrest, has uncovered evidence of an alleged no-show employee scam leading to the filing of additional criminal charges.

This scheme consisted of three (3) steps. First, Jardon hired employees into his department who received paychecks from Citrus but did not actually perform any work for Citrus to earn those proceeds. Second, Jardon both entered and approved the hours for these employees in the Citrus electronic payroll system. Third, Jardon and his co-conspirators received kickbacks of a portion of the salaries being paid to these no-show employees. This alleged scheme resulted in significant losses to the taxpayer-funded Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust because Citrus, per its standard operating procedures, often sought reimbursement from the Homeless Trust for the salaries paid to these employees.

This alleged scam appears to have cost Citrus and the Homeless Trust in excess of $400,000, in addition to the monies for which he was previously charged.

“Have no doubt about it, my prosecutors, the Miami-Dade County Inspector General and the Miami-Dade Sheriff will not tolerate the kind of activities and actions allegedly undertaken by Thomas Jardon,” said State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. “As a corruption and crime fighting team in Miami-Dade, each member of this coordinated working group has an important role to play in our local effort to keep our government corruption free.”

“These additional charges demonstrate the Office of the Inspector General’s continued commitment to work alongside our law enforcement partners to uncover the extent of this fraudulent scheme in an effort to recover public funds,” said Inspector General Felix Jimenez.

“Our community deserves to know that public funds are being used for their intended purpose,” said Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz. “Taking money meant to help people in need for personal gain is something we will never tolerate. These additional charges reflect our continued commitment to uncovering fraud and working alongside the State Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Inspector General to hold those responsible accountable.”