FALLOUT

One aspect of the fallout from the news of the Jason Levy conviction is the unfortunate tone taken by John Labriola, and the other Board members.

Any possible unethical or criminal activity by Jason Levy is of primary concern to the Membership and also to AMG.  Jason was their employee.  In fact, they have more to lose than just money if Jason did anything wrong while he worked here.

The critical question is whether or not Jason got any Association money he shouldn’t have.  There are at least two audits of our accounts during the time that Jason was our manager.  One by the Association, and one by AMG, which AMG acknowledged in a letter to the Board of Directors dated January 26th. 

It was important that this letter be made available to the Membership, but when the Board was asked to share this letter with the Unit Owners Mr. Labriola dismissed it out of hand taking an adversarial ‘us vs. them’ stance.  (Frances Mesirow sent it to many unit owners in her letter dated January 30th.  Another copy is attached below.)

Why is Mr. Labriola creating this “They did this to us!”, “They are the bad guys.”, “We must protect our selves!” position?

Why must everyone he disagrees with be treated with such vindictiveness and disrespect?  

Why can’t Mr. Labriola handle this, and other situations, professionally, forthrightly, without malice . . . . . you know, like a respectable adult?

As you will see in the letter below Jonathan Louis, CEO of AMG, is taking an appropriate, professional response to this situation.  It’s reasonable to expect our Association to respond at least as competently and respectfully.  Unfortunately, John Labriola and the Board are choosing to make AMG the enemy.  This is foolish and counter productive.  

Mr. Labriola’s actions are already costing the Association tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees for his litigations.  We deserve better than this childish and costly behavior by an elected Director.

Respectfully,

Concerned International Village Unit Owners

January 26, 2015 Board of Directors

INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, INC.

3700 Inverrary Drive Lauderhill, Florida 33319

AMERICAN MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC

9050 Pines Boulevard • Suite 480 Pembroke Pines • Florida 33024

Tel: 954.458.5557 Fax: 954.458.5056

www.amgorg.com

Sent via Email, USPS Regular & Certified RR Mail #: 7013 1710 0002 1706 4246

REGARDING: JASON LEVY

Dear Directors:

American Management Group (“AMG”) was made aware that our former employee, CAM Manager of International Village (the “Association”) and AMG’s VP Operations – Jason Levy, is incarcerated. Apparently his incarceration took place recently for an incident that happened in 2007/2008.

This letter is to clear up questions that may be lingering:

1. 1. Mr. Levy has not been associated with AMG since November 2014.
2. 2. We hired Mr. Levy in 2012
3. 3. Mr. Levy had his Real Estate and CAM license which requires fingerprinting and an FBI background check, and renewed it in the licensing year ending 2012, 2014 and most recently 2016.
4. 4. We are auditing all community files that Mr. Levy had access to in order to ensure that there were no issues and that everything was above board.

We are truly disappointed with this news, and although to‐date we have not found any malfeasance or misfeasance, our first priority is to ensure that the Association financial management entrusted to us is protected; and, that any possible malfeasance or misfeasance is neutralized. Should you be aware of any discrepancies, no matter how small, please notify me immediately as we have placed our carrier on notice regarding this incident. It is also vital that the Associations Crime Policy Carrier (who protects Association Funds) is placed on notice; and, should it be necessary, we will file a claim against AMG’s Fidelity Bond ($2,000,000) and Professional Liability Carrier ($1,000,000) to ensure coverage of the claim(s).

Please also let me know as soon as possible if you would like a face‐to‐face meeting in order to discuss any issues arising from this situation.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Louis, CMCA, AMS, PCAM Chief Executive Officer

Cc. Erik Levin, Chief Operating Officer Prior Board of Directors