On June 17, a U.S. District judge in Tampa, Florida, sentenced a man to prison for 19 year and seven months for his role in a drug trafficking ring. According to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney's office, the 39-year-old defendant was instrumental in organizing...
In most criminal cases, "I did not know about that law" is considered an unacceptable defense. That looks like it will change with the advent of new tax crime rules, however, which could soften penalties for taxpayers accused of tax evasion with secret offshore...
In the end, it was the outsized ego of a popular Miami Beach, Florida, doctor that determined his future in prison. On June 13, a federal judge sentenced a 54-year-old osteopathic physician to almost six years in prison for Medicare fraud and illegal prescription drug...
A Florida man is being held without bond after he was officially charged with federal crimes in connection with mortgage bailout funds. The defendant is accused of committing a variety of white collar crimes, including 33 counts of bribery, money laundering and wire...
Good recordkeeping may have been the undoing of a Polk County man recently sentenced to federal prison for fraud. On March 7, the 50-year-old Lakeland, Florida, man pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity...
Authorities say they have seized 16 kilograms of cocaine and a variety of other items in connection with a massive drug bust in Florida. Three defendants have been charged with federal offenses in connection with the drug crimes. The three men are facing federal drug...
In May the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that it had conducted a nation-wide sting of individuals who had defrauded the Medicare system to the tune of over $260 million dollars. Of the 90 people caught in the fraud operation, 50 of them are residents of Miami....
Objections to paying taxes go back to the Revolutionary War and before. In the modern era, those who have the financial ability to pay the taxes the government seeks but hide their money instead are subject to penalties. Those penalties may include very substantial...
On May 28, a federal jury seated in Miami, Florida, handed down a stiff penalty for tax evasion to an 87-year-old Florida man. The jurors decided that the defendant had intentionally failed to file documents with the Internal Revenue Service declaring his assets in a...
