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…
Federal authorities have charged the pastor of a Texas megachurch and a Louisiana financial planner with defrauding elderly investors out of more than $1 million. The two men were charged Friday with six counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering, as well as one count of conspiracy…
A federal jury found a 40-year-old Windermere man guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud and 4 counts of filing a false tax-related document. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count and up to 3 years’ imprisonment for each false document…
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 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…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Vero Beach, Florida couple, Richard and Susan Olive, for allegedly raising millions of dollars selling investments for a purported charitable organization while defrauding senior citizens and exaggerating the amount of contributions actually made to charity. The SEC complaint, filed in the Southern District…
Two ex-NFL football players and a former high school football star were arrested in an undercover operation set up by FBI agents Monday for allegedly cashing dozens of fraudulently obtained tax-refund checks and seeking a loan, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. FBI agents apparently set up a check-cashing store…
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…