22-055 ***UPDATE – Additional Charges Added*** Detectives Arrest Tarpon Springs Woman for Scheme to Defraud
Theft Arrest
Update as of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2023
On September 5, 2023, Detectives assigned to the Economic Crimes Unit arrested Jamie Fonville on thirteen additional charges of Scheme to Defraud.
Fonville was arrested on June 24, 2022, for three counts of Scheme to Defraud after depositing approximately $228,300.83 into her personal bank account while employed with First Choice Association Management as the accounting manager.
Since Fonville’s arrest in June, thirteen additional victims came forward with a total loss of $526,433.61. A combined loss of all cases is approximately $754,734.44.
Fonville was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.
Below is Fonville’s booking photo
END OF UPDATE
ORIGINAL RELEASE:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Investigative Operations Bureau
-Economic Crimes Unit
Jamie Fonville (Suspect – Arrested)
DOB: 12/08/1975
Address: 1862 Wood Owl Street, Tarpon Springs
Charge: Three counts of Felony Scheme to Defraud
PINELLAS COUNTY – Detectives assigned to the Economic Crimes Unit have arrested 46-year-old Jamie Fonville for three counts of Scheme to Defraud. Fonville was employed with First Choice Association Management as the accounting manager, where she was responsible for managing the bank accounts and issuing checks on behalf of the association for fifty-eight different home owner associations.
Detectives were made aware of possible fraudulent activity in February of 2022 from an account overseen by First Choice Association Management.
Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned Fonville manufactured fraudulent checks using the account information from three different home owner associations. Fonville then deposited the checks into her own personal bank account.
Detectives say Fonville used the money for personal expenditures such as food, groceries, daily living expenses and Tampa Bay Buccaneers game tickets. Fonville also paid her personal credit card bills with the money.
According to Detectives the total financial loss amongst all reported victims is estimated to be $228,300.83.
Fonville was arrested on June 24, 2022 and charged with three counts of Felony Scheme to Defraud. She was transported to Pinellas County Jail.
Detectives believe there are additional unreported victims, if you have any information regarding this case or may have been a victim, please contact Corporal Kyle Cruise with the Economic Crimes Unit at (727) 582-5711.
The investigation continues.
