A former Ohio man, allegedly embarked on a real estate scam clearing $10 million in two years. The Pakistan native is a resident of Dublin, Ohio, but appeared to have been spending most of his time in South Florida living the life of a Miami dude -- spending money...
A well-known rapper who makes his home in both Miami Beach, Florida, and Tenafly, New Jersey, is facing jail time for tax evasion. Rapper "Fat Joe" (Joseph Cartegena) pleaded guilty this past December to tax crimes involving his failure to pay taxes on over $1 million...
Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling was convicted in 2006 for making false statements to investors. He received one of longest sentences in U.S. history for a white collar crime. His 24-year sentence was reduced this week by a federal judge after he reached...
The Mortgage Fraud Index tracks the total number of local, state and federal prosecutions for mortgage fraud nationwide. The numbers for the first quarter of 2013 are in. The first quarter saw a 16 percent increase in mortgage fraud cases from the final quarter of...
A TV entrepreneur was denied bail by federal judge in Miami this week. The man stands accused of Medicare fraud for his role as titleholder of Trust Care Health Services. The company has been charged collectively for obtaining some $223 million in Medicare payments...
State and federal prosecutors are devoting increasing attention to people accused of tax fraud and identity theft. Florida officials have prosecuted several people charged with stealing the identities of multiple individuals and using those identities to file...
Over more than 16 years, an informant paid by the Justice Department helped the DEA in at least 280 drug cases. Starting in 1984, the man participated in investigations in 31 U.S. cities that led to hundreds of arrests and sent many people to prison. His work was...
The past two years have seen a tremendous surge in the number of providers and suppliers who have been banned from billing Medicare for services rendered. The number coincides with a sharp increase in the legal actions taken against doctors and medical suppliers in...
