Mar 17, 2010
A statewide investigation culminated in nineteen arrests for insurance fraud relating to staged automobile accidents. Arrests were made in Fort Myers, Orlando, Pensacola, Tampa and Miami, Florida. ...
Mar 08, 2010
A South Florida couple was indicted again in federal court for allegedly stealing medical records and selling them to local personal injury attorneys. In the first indictment, Reuben Rodriguez and ...
Feb 25, 2010
Miami, the epicenter for mortgage fraud in the United States is playing host to mortgage-fraud summit meetings being provided by the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. President Barrack Obama ...
Feb 24, 2010
An attorney/forensic accountant who formerly ran a well-known accounting firm entered a not guilty plea in federal court. Lewis Freeman attended his bond hearing, where U.S. Federal Court Magistrat...
Feb 19, 2010
The federal agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a report showing that suspicious activity related to mortgage fraud climbed 7.5% in the third quarter of 2009. The report...
Feb 15, 2010
In an unusual case, prosecutors requested that a criminal attorney as part of an investigation wear a wire in an attempt to catch another lawyer allegedly involved in fraud. The defense lawyer repr...
Feb 11, 2010
The federal government continues to prosecute and punish anyone caught up in Miami Medicare fraud. This time the feds arrested and prosecuted a Miami-Dade County woman for allegedly running a clini...
Feb 10, 2010
Two former Allen Stanford employees currently on trial in a Miami federal court lost their first attempt to have the charges dismissed during trial. The Miami criminal attorneys representing Thomas...
Feb 03, 2010
Ten Miami-Dade residents were formally charged in a massive Miami mortgage fraud scheme. The defendants are alleged to have defrauded various lenders to the tune of $24 million. The hardest hit ban...
Jan 29, 2010
A Justice Department released a report earlier this week explaining that the number of people being arrested and charged for Medicare fraud has barely increased over the past two years. Despite the...
Jan 26, 2010
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 12:00am PST
A $1.2 billion "Ponzi Scheme" created and operated by a Ft. Lauderdale lawyer has caused significant incomes for all types of South Florida lawyers. Hundreds of ...
Jan 19, 2010
Posted on Jan 19, 2010 12:00am PST
The federal government appears to be ready, willing and able to leave no stone unturned in an effort to stamp out Medicare fraud. A South Florida resident wanted...
Jan 13, 2010
A South Florida resident appeared in federal court and entered a guilty plea in a Medicare fraud case. Ingrid Mazorra plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud. The indictmen...
Jan 11, 2010
In Tampa, Florida, ex-FOREX trader, Beau Diamond, now armed with a new legal team entered a not guilty plea to charges surrounding a $38 million "Ponzi" scheme. Diamond had been previously represen...
