White Collar Crimes

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...

In late July, a federal court in Miami handed a 54-month prison sentence to a 19-year old man convicted of defrauding individuals, banks, credit card companies, and the state unemployment insurance fund. According to court records, he used a complex system of identity...

A state health care administrator is accused of taking bribes to assist in a Medicare fraud scheme. A nursing home owner allegedly orchestrated a $1 billion health fraud. The 66-year-old administrator made just over $31,000 annually at her job, where she oversaw...