A former U.S. postal worker was sentenced to 120 days in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. The 45-year-old was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. According to court documents, the former U.S. Postal carrier provided…
Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among 50 charged in a nationwide college entrance exam scandal, according to court documents filed Tuesday in Boston. Several NCAA D-1 college coaches, company CEOs and one college administrator have also been implicated in the scandal utilizing 200 FBI agents, dubbed “Operation Varsity…
An affordable housing contractor accused of stealing millions of dollars in kickbacks to four Miami-based developers pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing federal government subsidies intended to help the poor. The 57-year-old owner of a South Florida based construction company, faces between two and three years in prison at his sentencing…
Two fired Broward Sheriff’s deputies surrendered at the federal courthouse Monday where they faced charges alleging they abused their power as law enforcement agents in order to assist Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein and his allies. Prosecutors filed federal conspiracy charges against a former 48-year-old lieutenant from Boca Raton and a…
On Friday, a federal judge sentenced a south Florida doctor to more than six years in prison for her involvement in writing prescriptions for thousands of painkillers to addicts and drug dealers. She was convicted of money laundering. In July of 2013 a jury acquitted the 43-year-old woman and a…
A 70-year-old Middleburg woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to hire an undercover detective to kill her daughter-in-law. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, she told the detective that he could take the expensive jewelry from her body when the job was done. The sheriff’s office claims the woman…
Add another attorney to the collateral damage of Scott Rothstein’s $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme. The Sun Sentinel is reporting that a Palm Beach County lawyer and former counsel to Kim Rothstein received a three-year prison sentence for plotting to help her conceal more than $1 million in jewelry she hid…
A 46-year-old Tallahassee doctor was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his involvement in a prescription pill trafficking operation. The man was also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine and investigative and prosecutorial costs. According to the Florida Office of the Attorney General, the illegal operation was to…
A former Florida resident was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison on Thursday for mail fraud in connection with a $30 million Ponzi scheme. His original charges also included wire fraud and conspiracy, crimes that often get charged in conjunction with mail fraud cases. The…