Aug 05, 2010
A South Florida man was arrested in Georgia on drug trafficking charges. More specifically, the defendant was charged with trafficking in ecstasy pills. Georgia law enforcement pulled over Wayne Hi...
Aug 03, 2010
With the rise in the number of burglary cases in Broward County, The Ft. Lauderdale police have turned to private crime labs to help solve some of the cases. The leaders in the police department cl...
Jul 29, 2010
Robert S., Mueller testified before Congress and indicated which crimes are now the focus of the FBI. Various internet crimes have become a concern. Cyber attacks from terrorists, according to the ...
Jul 27, 2010
A well-known lawyer and forensic accountant was sentenced to 8 ½ years in federal court on theft related charges. Lew Freeman, a former lawyer and accountant was accused of stealing millions of dol...
Jul 26, 2010
Four South Florida residents were found guilty by a jury on mortgage fraud charges. The mortgage fraud scheme resulted in losses to the former Wachovia Bank in excess of $800,000. Government prosec...
Jul 20, 2010
A Broward county man who spent time as a Boy Scout Volunteer was arrested by the Broward County Sheriff's Office for possession of child pornography. Possession of child pornography is not a crime ...
Jul 16, 2010
Federal law enforcement authorities charged 94 people with Medicare fraud. Those charged are accused of filing fraudulent claims with the publically funded healthcare program. Of the 94 people indi...
Jul 15, 2010
Despite the effort, man power, and millions of dollars being thrown at Medicare fraud, the federal government does not have an answer to the problem. South Florida and Miami Medicare fraud cases co...
Jul 14, 2010
A defendant is alleged to have attached illegal scanners to automated teller machines in order to steal account information and rip-off tens of thousands of dollars. Mihal Arnautu, a Romanian natio...
Jul 13, 2010
A jury convicted a former social worker's aide for the murder of his wife and the sexual battery of his step daughter in January 2005. Grady Nelson of Miami will face the death penalty for the firs...
Jul 08, 2010
Immigration officials are now linked to the booking data maintained by all Florida county jails. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") has achieved the ability to check the county jails for f...
Jul 05, 2010
Several current and former Broward County police officers and one FBI agent have all been charged in a mortgage fraud indictment. The criminal defense lawyer representing one of the officers stated...
Jun 30, 2010
The operations director for the National Insurance Crime Bureau says the epidemic of insurance fraud and staged accidents has taken the lead in Tampa, Florida. Staged accident cases arise when indi...
Jun 29, 2010
A college student was arrested on charges related to the robbery and sexual assault of three young women in the West Kendall area. Benjamin Marcus Raucher was charged with armed robbery with deadly...
