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The former president of a Miami condominium association was arrested after police said he embezzled more than $32,000 for his own benefit.

Ben Dvir, 47, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of grand larceny, Miami-Dade police officials said.

Dvir is the former president of the Blue Condominium Association at 601 Northeast 36th Street, police said.

Between December 2019 and February 2021, Dvir Tile directed Empire 9, a seller of the condominium, to write a commission check for $32,905.66 to Jadore Cosmetic, LLC, police said.

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The cosmetics company is owned by Dvir’s mother-in-law, where he is the authorized signatory on the business account, police said.

According to an arrest report, the association had purchased tiles from the company for use in common areas of the building.

Dvir would allegedly instruct the tile company to pay a markup of about 50% of the purchase price on invoices and have the commission for the difference in the markup transferred to the cosmetics company, the report said.

“Mr Dvir used the powers entrusted to him by the members of the association to embezzle their funds and divert them for his own use and benefit,” a police statement said.

Dvir was arrested and taken to the Miami-Dade Jail. Attorney information was not available.