Our country is divided; with our politics reaching a level of intense polarization which most likely hasn’t been seen since the American Civil War. One day after the release of the Mueller report, that’s primary focus was to deliberate on Russia’s seemingly successful interference of the 2016 presidential election; and…
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Prominent Hillsboro Beach Attorney Convicted on Federal Securities Charges
After a two-week trial in federal court in the Southern District of Florida a well-known and highly respected South Florida attorney faces decades in prison after being convicted of multiple counts of federal crimes. James M. Schneider, who is 77 years old, is now awaiting sentencing for the crimes he…
Revisiting Prior Unresolved Case Articles, Part 3
Updating an article that was posted on this blog in mid-February, a North Lauderdale woman was sentenced to forty-one months in federal prison after the judge in the case determined that a tougher punishment for the crimes she committed was warranted. Normally, in cases such as these some type of…
North Lauderdale Woman Found Guilty of Stealing Government Funds
A North Lauderdale woman was jailed last month after a jury found her guilty of ninety counts of stealing federal funds. The jury deliberated for approximately thirty minutes before finding her guilty of all charges in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Her sentencing hearing is set for April 5, 2018 when…
South Florida Woman Facing Federal Bank Robbery Charges
It was the height of the Holiday shopping season last month, when a middle aged woman wearing sweat pants and a dark colored hat walked into a bank and simply handed a teller a note which read “This is a robbery. Smile & act naturally”. She also told the teller…
Miramar Men Report Home Invasion; Arrested for $100 Million ID Theft Fraud
Many people are arrested by police when suspicions are raised in cases when they’re pulled over for simple traffic stops. This also frequently happens when law enforcement is given access to people’s homes for indeterminate reasons, such as a 911 call for a domestic argument that wasn’t actually serious and…
South Floridian Residents Charged in Phishing Scams
Recently on my Website, I’ve been focusing on the topic of identity theft since tax season is fast approaching and the rise in these types of cases increases dramatically this time of year. Most people submit their tax information to the IRS before the April 15 deadline hoping to receive…
South Florida Couple Uses Creative Method to Steal Identities
Tax Season has begun, and potential identity thieves are making plans. After the New Year’s festivities end, up until the April 15 deadline (excluding extensions) people go through their records from the previous year and prepare to submit their completed income tax information to the IRS by themselves or through…
Five Broward County Residents Settle Insider Trading Charges with SEC
In early November, 2011, an unnamed board member of Pharmasset Inc., a New Jersey based pharmaceutical company that developed a drug named sofosbuvir, (brand name Sovaldi) which had promising results in the treatment of hepatitis C met with members of the company’s Boca Raton based legal team and longtime advisors…
South Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Importing Synthetic Drug
Although she may not be the mastermind of the operation, twenty-two year old Jaime Nicole Lewis, of Boca Raton has been charged with conspiring to import, possess and distribute several kilos of Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenon (Alpha-PVP), the main ingredient of an illegal synthetic drug manufactured in China. In street jargon, the drug…