Hearing a news story about a drug bust is not terribly unusual. However, it is somewhat strange to hear of a drug arrest involving Easter eggs. Such a drug trafficking arrest recently happened to a Florida man.The arrest involved a man from Miami. Last Thursday, the...
Month: December 2010
Offshore Account Case In Florida Results In Guilty Plea
We have discussed in the past how the IRS has begun to develop new methods to detect offshore bank accounts used by taxpayers. A recent federal case brought in Miami demonstrates a couple of potential new tactics the U.S. government may be using to pursue offshore...
Florida Man Sentenced In Medicare Fraud Case
We have mentioned in the past how health care fraud investigations can result in more than one person being charged for an alleged crime. Sometimes, investigations of health care fraud schemes can grow quite large, leading to many arrests and charges. For instance,...
Bloody Nose Leads To Florida Couple Being Arrested For Fraud
Law enforcement uses a wide variety of sources and tools in pursuing individuals accused of crimes. Thus, information which leads to an arrest can sometimes come from an unusual series of events. This can be seen in a recent white collar crimes case, where a bloody...
Miami Man Faces Charges In Connection To Health Care Fraud
Health care fraud prosecutions can involve much more than one set of charges brought against one person or company. Authorities often won't just pursue charges against those believed to be the main perpetrators of a fraud, but also against others connected to the...
Florida Man Arrested For Real Estate Fraud
There has recently been a lot of attention given to mortgage and real estate fraud in Florida. Stories of alleged fraud appear regularly in both the national and Florida media. An example of such a story is the recent arrest of a Florida man for real estate fraud.The...
Jail Sentence For Tax Evasion Begins For Snipes
Today, the actor Wesley Snipes will begin his prison sentence for tax evasion. His case brings up some interesting issues regarding justice and the media. Snipes was tried in a court in Florida for several charges of tax evasion. He was accused of failing to report...
Founder of Online Company Charged With Fraud
As authorities put a greater focus on pursuing fraud cases, they will start to look to new places to find potential prosecutions. One such place is the internet. Prosecutors have begun to look more closely at internet companies as potential sources of fraud schemes....
DEA Uses Its Emergency Power to Ban Synthetic Marijuana
The DEA has many tools available to it in its investigations of suspected drug crimes. Last week, the DEA demonstrated one of its more powerful tools, its emergency power. It used this power to place a temporary ban on a product called synthetic marijuana. Due to this...
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