[1] In 2010, she was arrested on charges of defrauding Haitian immigrants out of 1.8 million dollars in a Ponzi scheme, in order to purchase a permanent location for the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, which her daughter ran.

[3] Durante studied at the Tuskegee Institute and later obtained a master's degree in public health from Penn State.

[4] In 1977, she showed a Palm Beach mansion to Dick Gregory, which led some of the city's white residents to claim blockbusting.

[7] The director and assistant subsequently sued the Durante and the rest of the Center's board for reinstatement, alleging violations of the Florida Sunshine Law.

[9] In the March 1978 election, Durante ran as one of five candidates for three seats the Delray Beach city commission.

[14] In 1981 Durante's work remodeling a former kindergarten in Delray Beach was opposed by neighbors who feared she would provide housing to Haitians.

[17] On May 26, 2010, the Police Department of the City of Delray Beach arrested Durante on fraud charges carrying a sentence of up to 90 years in prison.

Montgomery and Durante insisted they had evidence that would prove investors knew what they were getting into, but "[i]t was mainly lack of contrary information from the defense side" that led to the conviction, Lyon said.