The Coast Guard has been indispensable in the process of identifying suspicious vessels at sea. When they do, they can call for backup and pursue the situation. This has figured into many drug crime cases with ties to Florida, such as a recent one where authorities...
Financial crimes have become prevalent in Florida, with both federal authorities and state officials doing their best to uncover them. Their efforts have met with substantial success in recent years, as collaboration between state and federal levels has resulted in...
Authorities in Florida continue to actively pursue financial crimes of all kinds. They are being helped in many ways by federal agencies. The collaboration between state and federal officials often yields more information and more successful investigations than...
According to published reports, identity theft has grown increasingly prevalent in states across the country. Florida in particular has seen many instances, leading local authorities to increase their efforts to prevent it. Those efforts have included increased...
With millions of dollars in real estate transactions on a regular basis, Florida and neighboring southern states have long faced financial crimes related to the buying and selling of homes. Authorities actively pursue every possible avenue to anticipate and preclude...
A new year has begun, but in the field of health care, some familiar challenges remain. One is the ever-present specter of Medicare fraud, which continues to be a significant problem in Florida. In one key case, a high-profile doctor has agreed to pay a $400,000...
A health fraud conspiracy in South Florida entered its next stage, as the alleged ringleader entered a guilty plea this past Tuesday in a Miami federal court. The case involves an approximated $20 million in Medicare fraud, and the woman at the center of it faces a...
Florida has seen its share of financial malfeasance in recent years. State authorities are working in concert with federal officials to address the problem, often with substantial success. Even so, there are periodically high-profile cases, like the alleged tax crime...
A search for a fugitive recently reached ended after authorities searched throughout Florida and Georgia for him. The man, accused of the white collar crime of embezzlement in both states, eluded capture for over a year. He was booked into jail by the Sheriff's Office...
Florida continues to pursue financial crime cases, as the state has seen its share of them over the years. Local authorities have increasingly collaborated with federal agencies in an effort to stem the tide. In a recent case, 10 residents of Florida were charged with...
