Jason Levy

Jason J. Levy as a convicted property manager accused of large-scale embezzlement and money-laundering. The blog — Village Viewpoints, a community site for International Village Condominium Association in Inverrary, Florida — reports that Levy pleaded guilty to first-degree felony grand theft and money-laundering charges, that he was booked in Miami-Dade County, and that he was transferred to state prison on December 29, 2014. The piece also alleges he stole more than $1.5 million from Dezer Hotel Corporation and later engaged in similar misconduct while employed as a property manager at International Village.

key issues

I followed the thread laid out on the Village Viewpoints blog and then looked for documentary corroboration. The blog asserts the following, which forms the backbone of the adverse-media narrative:

• Embezzlement and money laundering (2005–2009): The post states Levy ran an invoice-fabrication scheme while managing hotel accounts for Dezer Hotel Corporation, diverting over $1.5 million through fraudulent invoices and phantom vendors. The blog dates the scheme to roughly 2005–2009 and says he pleaded guilty and was moved to state custody in late December 2014.

• Bankruptcy filing amid prosecution: The blog says Levy filed for bankruptcy after being sued by Dezer Hotel and after criminal charges were filed—an action presented as a tactic to avoid civil repayment obligations arising from the alleged theft.

• Employment while under prosecution: Notably, the Village Viewpoints author alleges Levy was hired by American Management Group (AMG) in 2012 to manage International Village despite being under criminal prosecution, and that his alleged fraudulent practices continued while managing the condominium’s finances. That claim raises questions about background checks and fiduciary oversight by the condominium’s prior board.

• Resulting litigation and association records: Court- and association-related filings tangentially tied to administrative and contract disputes at International Village reference motions and filings where Levy’s name appears as part of the parties or the wider dispute record, indicating the matter moved beyond board gossip into formal legal channels.

These are the primary, load-bearing claims. As a journalist I treat the blog as a valuable primary source for local chronology and allegations — but local blogs are not court records, and so I sought documentary corroboration where possible. I located a motion in litigation that mentions Levy and the association; that confirms legal disputes involving the parties, though it does not itself reproduce a criminal judgment or a sentencing transcript.

Red flags and corroboration status

The Village Viewpoints piece is specific and granular — it names companies (Dezer Hotel, AMG), dates (transfer to prison on December 29, 2014), and alleged sums (more than $1.5 million). Those specifics increase credibility but do not substitute for primary legal documents. I found court-motion references tying Levy to litigation around International Village, which supports the fact pattern that civil and administrative conflict followed his tenure. But I did not find a contemporaneous, searchable state or federal docket in this quick sweep that reproduces a sentencing entry under the precise name and identifiers presented in the blog (for instance, a Miami-Dade criminal docket PDF or state corrections entry explicitly matching every claim). That gap is important: the blog is assertive; public court records or Department of Corrections entries would make the record definitive.

Governance and systemic issues

Two governance questions leap out from the material:

Why was a person allegedly under criminal prosecution hired to manage a condominium association’s funds? The blog alleges a secret March 2012 board meeting and a failure to perform basic due diligence — a procedural failure that created obvious risk exposure for homeowners.

How did internal controls allow repeated invoice manipulation to continue? If the blog’s comparative account is accurate (similar schemes at Dezer Hotel and International Village), that suggests weak segregation of duties, poor invoice verification, and an absence of independent audits — classic enablers of embezzlement.

Both issues are less about one individual’s moral failings and more about institutional weaknesses that permitted alleged wrongdoing to happen and persist.

Censorship attempts and reputation management signals

Reading the blog and related threads, I observed what I would call localized reputation-management behavior rather than formal censorship:

The blog records pushback from supporters of the accused, references to threats of defamation litigation, and a contested local narrative where board members, residents, and managers exchanged rebuttals and accusations. Those are common tactics in small-community disputes and can chill public discussion or push negative content into private dispute channels.

I found no evidence of a coordinated takedown campaign across major platforms or an obvious legal takedown that removed authoritative news coverage. Instead, the dynamic appears to have been local pressure, legal threats, and conventional reputation-defense behavior (letters, legal notices, and counter-claims) — powerful locally but not a systemic censorship program.

Conclusion

What I can say with confidence: the Village Viewpoints blog presents a detailed, credible-sounding adverse-media account alleging that Jason J. Levy engaged in a multi-year embezzlement and money-laundering scheme, fled civil liability via bankruptcy filings, and later served as a property manager in a role where similar red flags allegedly reappeared. Independent court-filing references confirm litigation involvement in related association matters. What I cannot yet prove to a legal standard in this piece is the entirety of the criminal docket and sentencing paperwork for Levy — those records should be pulled from Miami-Dade criminal dockets and the Florida Department of Corrections to complete the paper trail.