{"id":412462,"date":"2026-09-28T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412462\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:00:09","slug":"miami-dade-homeless-trust-says-citrus-health-employee-charged-in-alleged-theft-of-1-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412462\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade Homeless Trust says Citrus Health employee charged in alleged theft of $1.2 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Citrus Health Network employee has been arrested and charged with allegedly stealing more than $1.2 million in funds intended to assist households experiencing homelessness, according to the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Book, chairman of the Homeless Trust, said the organization identified irregularities in invoicing and subsequently worked with investigators to determine the extent of the alleged wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Citrus Health Network also conducted an internal investigation and has reimbursed the Homeless Trust more than $1.2 million, Book said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Homeless Trust is saddened and angered following the arrest of a rogue administrator at Citrus Health Network who seemingly used funding intended for households experiencing homelessness for his own enrichment,\u201d Book said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Book thanked State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, the Miami-Dade Inspector General and the Miami-Dade Sheriff&#8217;s Office for their work on the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He said the incident should not overshadow Citrus Health Network\u2019s work on behalf of Miami-Dade\u2019s Continuum of Care, while warning other providers against diverting public funds intended to support people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not identify the employee or provide details about the specific charges.<\/p>\n<p>The case remains an allegation, and the employee is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Citrus Health Network employee has been arrested and charged with allegedly stealing more than $1.2 million in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-412462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412462","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=412462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}