A postal clerk in Florida allegedly stole mail and passport applications in what federal prosecutors are calling an identity theft scheme. The 30-year-old Ruskin woman was arrested Monday, according to court records. Last week, a federal grand jury in Tampa charged the woman with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit…
Two city officials in Jacksonville, Florida have been convicted of fraud and money laundering. Federal court records show that jurors in Jacksonville found 39-year-old Katrina Brown and 57-year-old Reginald Brown guilty Wednesday on multiple charges. The former Jacksonville City Council members are scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 27. The government…
The Justice Department announced charges against 24 people across the U.S., including doctors accused of writing bogus prescriptions for unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces. Others charged included owners of call centers, telemedicine firms and medical equipment companies. The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said the alleged…
Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents arrested the city of Port Richey’s acting mayor Terrence Hagan Rowe, 64, on Wednesday charging him with obstruction of justice, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice, and use of a two-way communications device to facilitate the commission of a crime. According to the agency,…
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…
Authorities have arrested a Jacksonville elementary school principal accused of trying to defraud his insurance carrier in the wake of Hurricane Irma. According to a statement provided through a spokesperson, Duval County Public Schools has assigned the man to an off-campus role until the district’s investigation is complete. The man…
Nearly two dozen men are accused of massive construction fraud, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. They were arrested last week as part of an undercover sting, and now authorities are warning the public about protecting themselves against unlicensed contractors. The nine-day undercover sting was designed to catch unlicensed…
A Clearwater doctor has pleaded guilty to one count of health-care fraud and has agreed to surrender her DEA registration number, her Florida medical license and to a permanent exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to the justice department. The 66-year-old woman violated a Florida law that requires doctors…
A former Jacksonville Jaguars player faces insurance fraud charges linked to dental treatment authorities said he never received. Marlon McCree is accused of filing nearly $78,000 in bogus insurance claims, according to reports. McCree allegedly received $31,000 in reimbursements as a result. McCree, 41, turned himself into the Nassau County…
A Columbus doctor has been indicted as part of the nation’s largest health-care fraud enforcement action by the federal government, according to reports. The 44-year-old Columbus podiatrist was indicted on June 19 in the Southern District of Florida and charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States…