White Collar Crimes

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a Miami business owner will have to repay the federal government $45 million and serve 80 months in jail for her role in a fraudulent Medicare billing scheme. The 59-year-old woman entered a guilty plea and was sentenced in...

A Florida woman has been charged with insurance fraud after an investigation determined she knowingly listed an unqualified individual as a dependent on insurance forms. The Walton County Sheriff's Office and Florida Department of Financial Services Bureau of...

The owner of a Florida pharmacy pleaded guilty on Nov. 6 to federal conspiracy charges for his role in a health care fraud scheme. He will be sentenced at a later date. The 45-year-old defendant, who is the president and owner of A to Z Pharmacy in Port Richey,...

On Oct. 24, the owner of two companies that were hired to work for a Florida non-profit organization was indicted on wire fraud charges. The companies, which were based in Los Angeles, were reportedly hired to do marketing for the non-profit.Under state law, marketers...

The owner and operator of a Florida investment firm received a sentence of five years in federal prison on October 17 on fraud charges. Federal prosecutors claim the man was involved in a conspiracy with others to defraud investors, which allowed them to accumulate...

A former employee of Amazon is being charged with illegal insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission . Financial analysts in the Tampa area should pay close attention to the case and the legal issues of disclosing nonpublic information to third parties....

On Sept. 5, a Florida man who has been wanted for years for allegedly stealing credit card information was taken into custody. The man, age 34, was recognized by a store employee as he was shopping at a Deltona Wal-Mart located near the State Road 415 and Howland...

A former member of the Florida House of Representatives faces significant time behind bars after being found guilty of wire fraud related to his violations of campaign finance laws. Dwayne Taylor was elected in 2008 and spent eight years in Tallahassee before stepping...

A Florida physician who was charged with health care fraud has been sentenced to a year in prison. The 60-year-old physician must also pay more than $1 million in restitution and $1,134,000 in fines. The court mandated that more than $1 million must be forfeited to...

Florida investors may be interested to learn that federal authorities have indicted seven people for using insider trading tips to make more than $5 million in profit. The charges were announced on Aug. 23. According to authorities, a 32-year-old Bank of America...