Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

embezzlement by condo association treasurer?

It's a bit embarrassing, but we're a bit stuck. We are a small

association with only 3 units and each of us is on the board.

Unfortunately, we entrusted one with being the treasurer and

he put all the bills in his actual name, not the HOA. We just

found out our balance was less than zero. He never paid the

insurance bills and we are now almost 3 years without

insurance (we just found out). The utilities were paid, but

again, we just found out we could not switch the bills to the

HOA association name. He has never paid any fees according

to the records.

We have tried multiple times to contact him to meet, he keeps

stalling. He is insisting that one specific person is at the

meetings because she is bilingual, but she is uncomfortable as

she feels threatened by the man. Her husband represents

their unit.

We've already had all our requests translated to Spanish yet

he still refuses to meet.

I've discussed this with some people who suggest a call to the

DA (they don't seem to ever answer the phone) or go to a

lawyer (may be prohibitively expensive, cost more than the

money owed).

we aren't sure how to move forward. Thanks in advance for

your time.

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