According to the Highlands Today, Sebring City Councilman Dan Andrews was arrested on Monday, November 24 at his home in Sebring. Mr. Andrews is the former President of the Sebring Chamber of Commerce, whom left that organization under a cloud of accusations.
On April 22, the chamber executive board terminated Andrews after if was discovered he had mismanaged the finances of the organization. When dismissed Mr. Andrews wrote a check for more than $9,000 to repay the chamber for items he had purchased using a corporate credit card.
The booking report from the Highlands County Sheriff's Office shows that Mr. Andrews has been charged with embezzle make false entry in corporate books (Florida Statute 817.15.), Larceny theft of $300 or more but less than $5000 (Florida Statute 812.014.2c1), and fraud-swindle obtain property under $20,000 (Florida Statute 817.034.4a3)
The Florida Statues read as follows:
817.15 Making false entries, etc., on books of corporation.--Any officer, agent, clerk or servant of a corporation who makes a false entry in the books thereof, with intent to defraud, and any person whose duty it is to make in such books a record or entry of the transfer of stock, or of the issuing and canceling of certificates thereof, or of the amount of stock issued by such corporation, who omits to make a true record or entry thereof, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. History.--s. 47, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2467; GS 3326; RGS 5164; CGL 7267; s. 850, ch. 71-136.
Statute 812.014.2c1 - c) It is grand theft of the third degree and a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the property stolen is: 1. Valued at $300 or more, but less than $5,000.
817.034 Florida Communications Fraud Act.-- (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.-- (a) The Legislature recognizes that schemes to defraud have proliferated in the United States in recent years and that many operators of schemes to defraud use communications technology to solicit victims and thereby conceal their identities and overcome a victim's normal resistance to sales pressure by delivering a personalized sales message. (a) Any person who engages in a scheme to defraud and obtains property thereby is guilty of organized fraud, punishable as follows: 3. If the amount of property obtained has an aggregate value of less than $20,000, the violator is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
If convicted, Mr. Andrews is facing a maximum sentence of 5 years per charge, and a maximum fine of $5,000 per charge. Mr. Andrews was released from custody on a $3,000 bond on November 24.
We will continue to update this story as it develops.
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