{"id":376327,"date":"2026-08-20T07:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376327\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:26:09","slug":"mother-son-accused-of-embezzling-620000-from-miami-dade-business-to-fund-lavish-lifestyle-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376327\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother, son accused of embezzling $620,000 from Miami-Dade business to fund lavish lifestyle, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mother and son are accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/embezzlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">embezzling<\/a> at least $620,000 from a Medley company over a five-year period and using the money to fund a lavish lifestyle, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Rodriguez and her son, Miguel Antonio Perez, were arrested by Medley police Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, Rodriguez and Perez embezzled approximately $620,000 from Iron Container between 2020 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege the stolen funds were used to pay for luxury expenses, including yachts, high-end vehicles, a gym membership and a condominium in Brickell.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not tolerate individuals in positions of trust exploiting the public, the company&#8217;s employees and local businesses,&#8221; Medley Police public information officer Andres Oviedo said.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cbsmiami-miguel-perez-maria-rodriguez-1.jpg#.webp\" alt=\"cbsmiami-miguel-perez-maria-rodriguez-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Miguel Antonio Perez and Maria Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>                Miami-Dade Corrections<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Rodriguez was the president of Iron Container. A company employee confirmed to CBS News Miami that Rodriguez no longer works there but declined further comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Rodriguez hired her son as a security guard with an initial salary of $42,000. Investigators allege his salary was later increased to $114,000, despite working remotely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Medley Police Department wants to make clear, if you want to live a life of luxury, you live it clean,&#8221; Oviedo said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t embezzle from your company. You don&#8217;t steal from your company. You don&#8217;t steal from anybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released court documents with additional details about the pair&#8217;s alleged actions. Both suspects are expected to appear before a judge Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mother and son are accused of embezzling at least $620,000 from a Medley company over a five-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[265,94534,123,125,124,1064,807],"class_list":["post-376327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-crime","tag-embezzlement","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade","tag-south-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}