Miami, November 12, 2025 – Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announces the arrest of thirty-seven-year-old Yissely Herrouet, the former Club at Brickell Bay Condominium property manager, in an alleged “Ghost Employee” scheme that defrauded the condominium of over $140,000 during her employment from 2016 to 2023. The funds were allegedly paid out to individuals, some of whom were her relatives, for services that were never rendered or duplicative services that were already being performed by another contracted business entity.

“Thefts from condominium and homeowners’ associations continue to be a major priority of my Economic Crimes prosecutors, as too many of these property owners have been victimized by thefts,” said State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. “I have long advocated for and helped change Association laws, so property owners have transparency and accountability from their Associations. This arrest is the result of my ongoing focus to protect our homeowners.”

Herrouet was a Licensed Community Association Manager (LCAM) working at the Club at Brickell Bay Condominium (located at 1200 Brickell Bay Drive, Miami, Florida) as an employee of one of America’s largest property management companies. In Florida, an LCAM must complete a lengthy pre-licensing course, pass a state exam, and complete a background check that includes fingerprinting and character and fitness examinations.

Herrouet’s actions were brought to the State Attorney’s Office for review by her former employer, who conducted a forensic examination of the condominium’s finances through their legal counsel, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. They discovered that Herrouet falsified timesheets and signed new hire paperwork for individuals who did not work for her employer or the Association. Herrouet then billed the phantom work back to the Association, which paid the bill.

State Attorney’s Office investigators confirmed that the “ghost employees” hired did not work for the management company or the Association. Herrouet’s position also allowed her to select an outside vendor company owned by a family member to provide cleaning and janitorial services.