The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services arrested three people on Friday in connection with alleged illegal telemarketing operations in central Florida. According to the agency, an investigation into three companies following a series of consumer complaints revealed the businesses were operating illegally. The owners of the three telemarking…
A former 53-year-old information technology specialist for the Clay County School District was arrested Tuesday after deputies allege he stole $19,000 worth of equipment from several schools and then sold the items online. The Green Cove Springs man was arrested at his home Tuesday afternoon after detectives claim he stole…
A 63-year-old man was sentenced to six years in federal prison last week for bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The man pleaded guilty to the above charges on March 14, 2013. Court records indicate that the man was president and director of a realty company in southwest Florida.…
A 44-year-old Largo woman was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday for defrauding student financial aid and filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service. Additionally, the Court also ordered her to pay restitution to the IRS, in the amount of $110,971, and to the Federal Stafford…
A Jacksonville insurance salesman pleaded guilty to a 15-year scam in federal court Friday. Reports suggest that more than 50 people were bilked out of nearly $5 million. Prosecutors claim that the investments the man promised large returns on were actually a Ponzi scheme that he used to buy commercial…
A 56-year-old St. Petersburg property owner was recently indicted on charges that he failed to make tenants aware of the dangers of lead paint in their apartments, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa. The Tierra Verde man has been charged with four counts of failing to provide approved…
Five people working at clinics in Fort Myers and Port Charlotte were arrested after police concluded an investigation into alleged false personal injury claims at these facilities. The arrests included clinic owners, massage therapists and chiropractors who have been charged with patient brokering and solicitation in support of what police…
A woman accused of pretending to be a nurse and treating patients at a Lake County home healthcare facility has been arrested and charged with running an unlicensed assisted living facility. According to Lake County sheriff’s detectives, this is not the woman’s first run in with the law. Before she…
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…
News reports are claiming that Stuart Police Department arrested a Jupiter man on charges that he tried to extort $25,000 from his attorney. He is being held in Martin County Jail. The man, Michael Stuart Pomerantz, was arrested at the attorney’s office Friday, according to law enforcement. The police spokesperson…