All that you need is a computer with an Internet connection to bet on just about any type of sport, throw a couple of bucks down on a horse, or even participate in a fully-functional online casino. Well, that was until late 2006 when Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling…
In one of the biggest schemes ever encountered by the United States Government relating to credit card fraud, with definitive losses to financial institutions and independent businesses of more than $200 million in phony charges, two men have pleaded guilty before two separate U.S. Magistrate Judges within a period of…
In the twenty-first century, social media has become a large part of many people’s lives. Websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others give its subscribers the ability to follow friends and family as well as politicians and celebrities to see what they’re up to and virtually become a part…
Kevin Madigan, 46, of Boca Raton, never expected to be under attack after he hurled a clay paving brick through the window of 73-year-old Charles Rieckman’s house in the course of his attempt to attain some of Mr. Rieckman’s cash or property which would assist in the funding of his…
As seems to be the case with major issues of our time, most topics seem to be classified politically by Republican vs. Democrat, Conservative vs. Liberal or a Right vs. Left wing philosophy. Where we get our information from is a key factor in what we tend to believe to…
Crimes relating to the Health Care Industry are one of the most costly issues that American taxpayers are forced to endure. The FBI has estimated that crimes of this nature cost taxpayers an average of $80 billion annually. Statistics show that as little as three percent of this money is…
A cocorrido is a type of Spanish folk music which is said to date back to the Mexican Revolution of 1910. These catchy melodic ballads originally told the stories of revolutionary fighters and their heroic acts and escapades. In recent years this genre of music has evolved, and the similar…
The family business was thriving. Between late 2009 and mid 2012 Flores Home Health, a Miami based health care agency billed and were paid roughly $8 million for the care and services they provided to their patients. Marina Sanchez Pajon, 29 and Miguel Jimenez, 43, a married couple from Dade…
The Matthew Shepard Act, in full named the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is an action of Congress that was passed in Oct. 2009 by a bipartisan Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The law boosts the 1969 federal hate-crime law concerning…
Surveillance video showed two men brandishing handguns, their heads covered by ski masks enter Renee’s Golden Touch jewelry store located at 6501 Taft Street in Hollywood this past Saturday, prompting two quick-thinking employees to flee through a back door but not before pressing an alarm that alerted authorities to the…