MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 28-year-old convicted felon faced 15 new felony charges on Thursday after prosecutors filed four fraud cases in Miami-Dade County court, records show.
In one case, Adrian Echevarria impersonated a property owner to defraud a private lender of about $300,000, according to Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office records.
In the other three cases, Echevarria stands accused of defrauding a landlord, a landscaper, and a painter, according to M-DSO deputies’ arrest reports.
Echevarria committed the alleged crimes while he was on probation until 2031 after similar convictions in Broward and Lee counties, records show.
Deputies arrested Echevarria shortly after 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at the Florida Department of Corrections’ probation and parole services office, records show.
Corrections booked Echevarria shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
PRIVATE LENDER FRAUD
Deputies accused Echevarria of contacting Normandy Title in Coral Gables while impersonating the owner of a vacant lot to secure a $200,000 mortgage on the property on Jan. 5 and a $100,000 mortgage on Jan. 14, according to a deputy’s arrest report.
Echevarria faced three charges in the case: First-degree grand theft with conspiracy, organized fraud, and mortgage fraud.
LANDLORD FRAUD
On March 17, 2024, to live in a house at 518 SW 88 Place East in a gated community in Miami-Dade’s Fontainebleau neighborhood, Echevarria gave the owner about $56,074 in worthless checks over time, according to deputies’ arrest report.
Echevarria faced six charges in the case: Organized scheme to defraud, theft, and four counts of issuing a worthless check.
LANDSCAPER FRAUD
On March 25, 2024, a landscaper agreed to do $14,000 in work at that house, completed the work, and Echevarria gave him a fraudulent check for $8,000, according to a deputy’s arrest report.
Echevarria faced three charges in the case: Third-degree grand theft, organized fraud, and issuing a worthless check.
PAINTER FRAUD
On March 26, 2024, a painter agreed to do work at the same house, completed the work, and Echevarria handed him a fraudulent check for $15,725, according to a deputy’s arrest report.
Echevarria “asked the victim if he could give him $500 in cash, and he would pay him with a check because he could not go to the bank and needed the cash,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Echevarria faced three charges in the case: Organized fraud, theft, and issuing a worthless check.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Carmen Cabarga was set to preside over the four pending cases.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.
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