MIAMI — The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t cause Miami resident Elisa Rivera to miss any paychecks as a civilian working as a Miami-Dade Police Department administrative officer. But that didn’t stop her from applying for COVID relief money or helping others do it for a fee.
Rivera has missed paychecks since Jan. 24, when she resigned from Miami-Dade PD. That was exactly one month before she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
“It saddens me to learn that one of our former civilian employees violated the core values of the Miami-Dade Police Department,” County Police Director Alfredo Ramirez III said in a statement. “We will fully cooperate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office with their investigation.”
