Disability fraud is not a very common form of crime. The system is very slow and the amount of benefits relatively low for the amount of effort someone would need to invest to perpetuate a successful fraud. That could include falsifying medical records, committing for...
Tampa Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer
Month: March 2018
Judge denies Florida woman’s request for lower bail
According to news sources, a Florida woman who was charged with selling drugs to people from the back window of her mobile home had her bail set at $46,000. The woman reportedly asked the judge for a lower bail, but the judge denied her request.The woman lived in a...
Florida raids lead to drug charges
Florida police carried out a number of arrests in West Volusia County on March 13, 2018, capturing 21 people wanted on drug charges. There are three warrants that remain outstanding. The arrests came as part of a 10-month investigation, Operation Heavyweight, into...
Over 20 people arrested on drug charges in Florida
A series of raids in Florida led to the arrest of over 20 people on March 13, 2018, after they were accused of a number of drug crimes related to the distribution of heroin and fentanyl in Volusia County. Police said that the raids, which they labeled Operation...
Woman facing drug charges in overdose death
On March 7, it was reported that a Florida woman was facing murder charges after she was accused of selling heroin that had been laced with fentanyl to a 31-year-old woman. The woman, aged 31, ended up overdosing and dying in October 2017.Polk County authorities who...
Alleged narcotics trafficking by employees leads to arrests
The nation's opiate epidemic is prevalent in Tampa, Florida, just as it is in other parts of the country. And with morphine-based painkillers more difficult to obtain, many of those addicted are switching to heroin and synthetic substances.A recent bust in a...
Man facing charges on 14 counts of child pornography
Florida authorities took a 40-year-old man into custody on Feb. 28 after he was suspected of downloading child pornography. He was being held in Orange County Jail without bond on 14 counts.Authorities reportedly learned during an undercover investigation that...
“No knowledge” defenses to security fraud in Florida
Security fraud is a simple crime, but the regulations and penalties can be extremely complex. It is important, therefore, to try and grasp all aspects if you have found yourself being accused of committing such a crime.In Florida, security fraud is taken very...
2 people in Florida charged with drug crimes
A 31-year-old woman attempted to hide under blankets when the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant on her home in Destin at 403 Azalea Drive. Also present during the search was a 65-year-old man. Law enforcement officers arrested them both after...