Mar 15, 2010
A circuit court judge for the 11th Judicial Circuit heard a lengthy motion to suppress in a marijuana trafficking case. The defendant is charged with operating a marijuana grow house in an efficien...
Mar 11, 2010
The FBI with assistance of Italian law enforcement authorities arrested key figures allegedly connected with the Mafia. The arrests come as a result of the international crackdown on worldwide orga...
Mar 10, 2010
Reports indicate that a diver high-profile account will enter a guilty plea in federal court to fraud charges which allege that he embezzled in excess of $2.6 million. Lewis Freeman is accused to s...
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 ...
Mar 05, 2010
Two South Florida residents have been arrested and divally charged with operating a major student visa fraud ring. Government prosecutors have alleged that the two women defrauded the federal gover...
Mar 04, 2010
An embattled local commissioner remains mired in the state criminal justice system and things seem to be getting worse. Michelle-Spence Jones appeared in circuit court facing a new charge of briber...
Mar 02, 2010
A man accused of selling video games to a South American business with alleged terrorist ties appeared in court for his initial bond hearing. Khaled Sadafi of Doral, Florida, appeared before a U.S....
Mar 01, 2010
South Florida is finally recognizing that the drug trafficking trade in prescription medications is a serious problem. State officials are trying to implement policy changes that will more effectiv...
Feb 26, 2010
The head of the United States Department of Justice criminal division held a conference for criminal defense lawyers at which he explained the new tools the federal government was using to fight wh...
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 23, 2010
Scam artists and fraudsters used to be the prime suspects in one of today's most popular crimes. With the coming age of the credit card, identity theft cases are boasting heavy numbers. Identity th...
Feb 22, 2010
Manuel Noriega continues to fight his extradition to France. His attorneys have filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court in a last ditch effort to avoid being sent back to France to st...
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...
