A three-year investigation initiated by multiple law enforcement agencies has been paying off with the arrests of groups of individuals who have been accused of their involvement in insurance fraud schemes. These frauds were devised by the staging of automobile accidents. The investigation acquired its name in part because one…
JM2 Auto sales, in Apopka, Florida are known for their customer service and “lovely people”. If you visit their Website you’ll find rave reviews written in both English and Spanish saying so. One satisfied customer wrote: “Do not hesitate going to this place. They have the best customer service and…
Federal health care fraud charges that have been making headlines for almost six years have reached a resolution against four defendants indicted with various charges. Early last week, a federal jury delivered “mixed verdicts” regarding four former executives of WellCare Health Plans. WellCare Health Plans, Inc. is a publicly owned…
As reported in our previous blog post, the 25-plus year saga of convicted murderer William Van Poyck came to an end when his life was terminated last week by lethal injection enforced by a death warrant signed by Florida Governor Rick Scott in early May. As of the end of…
After spending more than 25 years on Florida’s death row, the story of William Van Poyck who was convicted in the death of prison guard Fred Griffis has come to an end. With the exhaustion of his final appeal and consequential execution this week, Van Poyck was pronounced dead at…
An 18-year-old honor student was charged with statutory rape, specifically two counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child after it was found she had sex with a 14-year old classmate. What puts this case a bit more in the spotlight than the standard case of its type is…
“Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.” – Arthur Conan Doyle Prosecutors didn’t suggest a motive for a New York City Detective being charged with Cyber-crimes but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and various other police sources said that it was done in order for him to grasp who was communicating…
As the controversial debate over immigration reform intensifies in the legislature, Cuban Immigration rights activists in South Florida say they have grown distressed over a separate bill filed by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX). Smith is the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and draftsman of laws that strengthened immigration…
A New York City woman pleaded guilty last week to fraud in a fundraising scheme, claiming to be the aunt of one of the children killed in the Newtown, Conn. Massacre last December. At the time of her arrest she was also charged with lying to FBI agents and potentially…
In 2007 the housing market in Florida was booming. Many individuals were buying properties, fixing them up and reselling them for quick profits. At the time some believed that housing values would only continue to rise. This practice known as flipping became one of the major factors causing the impending…