EXHIBIT 23.1



                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report dated March 18, 2003 with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of HBOA Holdings, Inc. included in this Annual Report on From 10-KSB
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, into the Company's previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 21, 2000 (Registration No.
333-52424) and the Company's Post-Effective No. 1 to its Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed on December 14, 2000 (Registration No. 333-50076).

/s/ Berkovits, Lago & Company, LLP

Plantation Florida
March 31, 2003