Over the last few years, rates of mortgage fraud at both big and smaller banks and mortgage companies in Canada has been increasing. Standard & Poor's, a trusted financial services company that analyzes markets, bonds and stocks, has called attention to signs of...
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Month: February 2018
Florida man accused of selling fentanyl after DEA raid
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI served search warrants on four commercial locations in Pinellas County. The sheriff's office confirmed that the law enforcement raids resulted in the arrest of one man charged with trafficking fentanyl, a...
Florida bill aims to relax drug trafficking laws
Florida has some of the harshest drug trafficking laws in the country. These laws were passed in the 1970s and 1980s to combat the activities of major drug cartels, but they have been criticized in recent years for sending first-time offenders to prison for decades...
911 call leads to drug charges for Florida man
Police in Florida say that a 22-year-old man was under the influence of narcotics when he called 911 to report a home invasion on the evening of Feb. 12. Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to the 11:00 p.m. call found no evidence to suggest that...
Florida man charged with dealing heroin, fentanyl out of home
On Feb. 9, a 47-year-old Florida man was arrested for allegedly dealing heroin and fentanyl from his Hollywood home. He now faces multiple drug charges.According to authorities, Hollywood Police Department detectives discovered the defendant was selling drugs while...
Drug charges levied against South Florida woman
A woman is facing charges of drug trafficking and possession after she was arrested in February. She is accused of combining large amounts of heroin with the extremely potent opioid fentanyl. Fentanyl has been linked to the deadly wave of overdoses that has swept the...
Tax evasion is a serious crime with serious consequences
Tax evasion and tax fraud are two of the more serious types of white collar crimes. While you may assume you're doing nothing more than bending the rules, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may not feel the same way.Title 26 U.S.C. Section 7201 of the Internal Revenue...
Feds plan to seize Tallahassee home of alleged drug dealer
Paperwork filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida by the Drug Enforcement Administration indicates the federal government's desire to seize the home of a man accused of drug dealing. The home, located on Baum Road, is owned by a...