Report: Former Mayor's false letter helped secure $102M in loans for developer
Former Plantation Mayor Lynn Stoner wrote an official letter with false information that helped a developer in the city secure $102 million in loans, according to new documents from the county’s inspector general.
Stoner in 2020 used the city’s letterhead to tell Strata Group, LLC’s lenders that the company had resolved $181,000 worth of city code enforcement fines, according to a 42-page preliminary report from the Broward County Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The OIG report adds further details to the four charges, including one felony charge, that Stoner is expected to be arraigned for Monday morning. She is expected to plead not guilty to charges that she falsified a record, engaged...
