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September 2012
09/14/12	Rothstein Attorney Sentenced on Conspiracy to Violate Federal Election Campaign Act and other Fraud Charges
09/14/12	Homestead Man Indicted in BP Claims Fund Fraud Scheme
09/13/12	Jury Convicts Miami Man of December 2010 Murder of Postal Worker in Identity Theft Scheme
09/12/12	South Florida Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison in Drug Diversion Scheme
09/12/12	Port St. Lucie Middle School Teacher Sentenced to Life Imprisonment on Charges of Internet Enticement of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography
09/11/12	South Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
09/11/12	Trio Charged in Connection with Armed Robbery Plot against Vero Beach Licensed Firearms Dealer
09/10/12	North Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Refund Scheme Using Stolen Personal Identification Information
09/07/12	Port St. Lucie Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Computer Hacking
09/06/12	Five Individuals Charged in Plot to Conceal and Dispose of Assets in Connection with Rothstein Case
09/06/12	Police Officer Sentenced in Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana
09/05/12	Identity Thief Sentenced on Tax Fraud Charges
09/05/12	Police Officer Arrested for Deprivation of Civil Rights
09/05/12	Five Charged in $20 Million Fraudulent Investment Scheme
August 2012
08/30/12	Plantation Man Pleads Guilty to Voter-Fraud and Firearms-Related False Statements Charges
08/29/12	California Man Convicted of Traveling to the Dominican Republic and Sexually Abusing Minor Boys
08/29/12	Miami Man Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice and False Statements for Certifying Ships Safe for Sea
08/29/12	President of Miami Medical Clinic Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges
08/29/12	Homestead Husband and Wife Sentenced in Case Involving Fraud in Connection with Disaster Relief Fund
08/24/12	Keys Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy To Illegal Ly Harvest Spiny Lobsters
08/24/12	St. Lucie County Man Charged Federally with Internet Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography
08/24/12	Two Home Health Care Nurses Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Health Care Fraud
08/23/12	Six Defendants Arrested and Charged in Unemployment Compensation Benefits Scheme
08/23/12	Culinary Specialties, Inc., Walter Schoepf, and Karl Degiacomi Plead Guilty to Falsely Labeling Shrimp
08/22/12	Guatemalan Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
08/21/12	Lake County Woman Sentenced on Bank Fraud Conspiracy Charges
08/21/12	Florida Assisted Living Facility Owner Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme
08/21/12	Three Defendants Pled Guilty in Multi-Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme at Jade Apartment Complex in Miami
08/20/12	Two Keys Residents Sentenced for Illegal Harvest of Spiny Lobsters
08/16/12	Man Pleads Guilty to Arson of Okeechobee City Convenience Store
08/16/12	Virginia Gardens Man Charged with Dealing in Firearms Without a License
08/14/12	Owner of Miami Home Health Company Pleads Guilty in $60 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
08/14/12	Miami-Area Patient Broker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
08/10/12	Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited from Mexico on Cocaine Conspiracy Charges
08/10/12	Operators of Uninspected Slaughter House Arrested and Charged for Food Safety and Humane Slaughter Violations
08/10/12	Former Tribal Council Member Sentenced for Tax Fraud
08/09/12	Four Charged in Precious Metals Investment Scheme
08/09/12	Federal Court Shuts Down Florida Tax Return Preparers
08/09/12	Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited From Colombia on Cocaine Importation Charges
08/07/12	Fort Pierce Financial Manager and Six Other St. Lucie County Residents Charged in Mail Fraud Embezzlement Scheme
08/06/12	Former Miami Beach Lead Code Compliance Officer Pleads Guilty to Extortion Conspiracy involving a South Beach Nightclub`
08/03/12	Royal Palm Beach Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Tax Fraud Involving First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
08/03/12	Two Bahamian Men Plead Guilty to Alien Smuggling
08/02/12	Two Individuals Convicted in Florida in Foreclosure Rescue Scheme
08/02/12	Miami Home Health Care Agency Owner Pleads Guilty In $42 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
July 2012
07/31/12	Miami Resident and Mexican National Indicted for Transportation and Possession of Stolen Henri Matisse Painting
07/31/12	Palm Beach Man Sentenced for Defrauding Timeshare Owners
07/30/12	Citrus Quarantine Violators Sentenced By Court
07/27/12	Three Florida Men Sentenced to Federal Prison on Charges of Arson, Insurance Fraud and Mortgage Fraud
07/27/12	“Red Handed” Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years Imprisonment
07/26/12	South Florida Joint Federal/State Synthetic Marijuana Round Up Nets a Dozen Arrests
07/25/12	Task Force on Children Exposted to Violence Briefs Congress
07/25/12	Former UBS Client Sentenced to Federal Prison for Failing to Report $4 Million in Swiss Bank Accounts
07/24/12	U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations for Sexual Assault of Three Women
07/23/12	Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison on Charges of Stolen Identity and Tax Refund Fraud
07/20/12	Two Doctors Charged with Oxycodone-Related Deaths Resulting from Broward and Palm Beach Counties Pill Mill Operation
07/20/12	Operators of Check Cashing Store Sentenced for Their Role in Treasury Check and Tax Refund Scheme
07/20/12	Former Florida State Senator Sentenced for Tax Evasion
07/19/12	Miami Police Sergeant Indicted for Civil Rights Violations and Obstruction of Justice
07/19/12	Two Arrested and Charged with Possession of Stolen Henri Matisse Painting
07/13/12	Orange County Man Sentenced for Forcible Assault of a Federal Officer
07/12/12	Three Miami-Dade Residents Charged in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Using Stolen Identities of Foreign Nationals
07/12/12	Three Defendants Plead Guilty to Theft of Government Funds
07/12/12	Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Wells Fargo Resulting in More Than $175 Million in Relief for Homeowners to Resolve Fair Lending Claims
07/12/12	Broward Woman Sentenced for Role in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving U.S. Marine Victims
07/02/12	Asheville, North Carolina, Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating In $63 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
07/02/12	Florida Man Convicted in Child Pornography Case
07/02/12	Miami Resident Indicted On Narcotics, Weapons, Unauthorized Access Devices, And Identity Theft Charges
June 2012
06/29/12	Sebastian Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
06/29/12	Davie Pill Mill Owner Sentenced in Operation Snake Oil
06/29/12	Miami-Area Patient Recruiters Sentenced to Prison For Roles in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
06/28/12	Miami-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $63 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
06/26/12	International Product Support Company Senior Vice President Sentenced For The Illegal Purchase and Sale of Smuggled Ozone-Depleting Refrigerant Gas
06/26/12	Four Charged with Shipping Defense Articles to Venezuela
06/26/12	Owner of Miami-Area Assisted Living Facility Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Role in Medicare Fraud Scheme
06/25/12	Loan Officer Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme That Resulted in More Than $9.2 Million in Losses
06/22/12	Port St. Lucie Resident Sentenced in $3.3 Million Timeshare Advance Fee Scheme
06/22/12	Miami Resident Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme that defrauded Friends and Family
06/22/12	Bulgarian Nationals Plead Guilty to Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in Scheme to Defraud ATM Customers at Various Banks in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties
06/22/12	Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Pregnant Firefighters by the Town of Davie, Florida
06/22/12	Two Owners of Miami Home Health Company Each Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
06/21/12	Sunrise Man Charged for On-line Enticement of Minor
06/20/12	Defendants Sentenced for their Role in Tax Refund Fraud Utilizing Stolen Social Security Office Identity Information
06/19/12	Eight Defendants Charged in Multi-Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme at Jade Apartment Complex in Miami
06/19/12	Owner and Employee of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to Prison in $22 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
06/18/12	School Teacher Arrested and Charged for Enticing a Minor to Engage in Sexual Acts
06/18/12	Four Miami-Dade Residents Charged in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Using Stolen Identities
06/18/12	Eleven Additional Palm Beach County Defendants Charged for Roles in Staged Accident Fraud Scheme
06/15/12	President of Broward Title and Escrow Company Sentenced in Two Separate Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Schemes
06/15/12	Port St. Lucie Middle School Teacher Convicted of Enticement of a Minor Over the Internet and Possession of Child Pornography
06/14/12	Internet Pharmacy Owner Charged in $95 Million Fraud Scheme
06/12/12	Miami-Area Resident Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Participating in Medicare Fraud Scheme
06/12/12	Boca Raton Man Charged for On-line Enticement of Minor
06/11/12	Boca Raton Businessman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Synthetic Marijuana
06/08/12	Fort Lauderdale Woman Arrested in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving More Than 1000 Fraudulent Tax Returns and $9.5 Million in Fraud
06/08/12	Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts in BP Fund and Disaster Fraud
06/08/12	Managers of West Palm Beach Septic Tank Products Plead Guilty
06/07/12	Fourteen Defendants Charged in Cyber Bank Fraud Scheme
06/06/12	Three Individuals Charged in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
06/06/12	Palm Beach Resident Sentenced for Importing 1500 Pounds of Conch from the Bahamas
06/06/12	Multiple Arrests in Murder/Marijuana Grow House Conspiracy
06/05/12	Port St. Lucie Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Internet Enticement of a Minor for Sexual Activity
06/05/12	North Miami Man Charged in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Using Personal Identification Information Stolen from Social Security Office
06/05/12	Two South Floridians Charged in Tax Refund Scheme Using Stolen Identities
06/04/12	Three South Florida Defendants Sentenced for Kickback Scheme in Hurricane Wilma FEMA Fraud
06/04/12	Southern District of Florida Securities and Investment Fraud Initiative Results in Charges Against 15 Individuals in 12 Separate Cases
06/01/12	Doctors, Therapist and Recruiters from Miami-Area Mental Health Care Corporation Convicted for Participating in $205 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
06/01/12	U.S. Customs and Border Officer Indicted For Civil Rights And Abusive Sexual Contact Offenses
06/01/12	South Florida Woman Convicted Of Tax Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison
May 2012
05/31/12	Repeat Violator Sentenced for Speeding in Manatee Zone in Violation of Endangered Species Act
05/31/12	IRS Identity Theft Task Force Arrests Mount Sinai Hospital Employee for Allegedly Stealing Patient Records
05/31/12	Eight Charged in Connection with a $39 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
05/31/12	Identity Thief Sentenced on Tax Fraud and Firearms Charges
05/30/12	Fort Lauderdale Retired Businessman Pleads Guilty to Failing to Disclose Assets Held in Swiss Banks
05/29/12	Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Fraud in Connection with Disaster Relief Fund
05/25/12	Leader of Massive Staged Car Accident Ring Sentenced on Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, and Structuring for Role in Staged Accident Fraud Scheme
05/25/12	Miami Man Convicted for Obstruction of Justice And False Statements for Certifying Ships Safe for Sea
05/25/12	Palm Beach Man Sentenced for Mislabeling Medical Test Kits
05/25/12	Former Palm Beach County Branch Bank Manager Sentenced for Structuring Financial Transactions to Avoid Filing Currency Transaction Reports
05/24/12	Palm Beach County Lawn Service Owner Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud and to Filing a False Tax Return
05/23/12	Arrest Made on Charges of Failure to File Currency Transaction Reports
05/23/12	South Carolina Man Dubbed the “Nike Hat Bandit” Indicted on Charges of Bank Robbery in South Florida
05/23/12	Florida Resident Imprisoned for Importing Endangered and Threatened Species from the Bahamas
05/23/12	Miami Food Supplier Sentenced for Distributing Misbranded Food
05/22/12	Former Track Supervisor at Calder and Two Others Sentenced in False Billing and Kickback Scheme
05/22/12	West Palm Beach Timeshare Boiler Room Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
05/22/12	Former Haitian Government Official Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Role in Scheme to Launder Bribes
05/21/12	St. Lucie County Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Explosive Devices
05/18/12	Miami Man Charged with Arson of Okeechobee City Convenience Store
05/18/12	Miami-Dade Man Sentenced for Role in Social Security Scheme and Aggravated ID Theft in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties
05/17/12	Miami-Dade Man Sentenced for Role in Social Security Scheme and Aggravated ID Theft in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties
05/17/12	Fort Lauderdale Man Arrested on Charges of Sex Trafficking of Minors
05/14/12	Police Officer Defendant Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana
05/11/12	Principal of Offshore Brokerage Firm Sentenced in Miami to 20 Years in Prison for $7 Million Stock Manipulation Scam
05/11/12	Orange County Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Mail Fraud
05/11/12	Broward Man Pleads Guilty for His Participation in Versailles Mortgage Fraud Scheme
05/11/12	Palm Beach County Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax Violations Involving First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
05/11/12	Rothstein Associate Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, Defraud the United States, and Defraud a Financial Institution
05/10/12	Two Stock Promoters, a Stock Trader and a Securities Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in a $7 Million Fraudulent Stock Manipulation Scheme
05/10/12	Miami Child Photographer Charged with Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography
05/10/12	Trio of Illegal Aliens Sentenced in Ft. Pierce Armed Robbery Plot
05/09/12	Former Federal Corrections Officer Sentenced to 24 Months’ Imprisonment for Trafficking Steroids
05/09/12	U.S. Marine Arrested in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Targeting U.S. Marines
05/09/12	Coconut Creek Man Sentenced to Prison for Misuse of National Science Foundation Seal
05/09/12	Real American Brands President Convicted of Securities Fraud Charges
05/08/12	Boca Raton Resident Charged with Filing False Tax Returns
05/08/12	Owner of Miami-Dade Wholesale Distributing Company Charged and Arraigned on Tax Fraud Scheme
05/08/12	Miami Jury Convicts Guatemalan Drug Kingpin of Distributing Cocaine Knowing it Would be Imported into the United States
05/07/12	Boom Boom Room Defendant Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Minors and Production of Child Pornography
05/04/12	Former Police Officer Sentenced for Wire Fraud
05/03/12	Businessman with Swiss Bank Account Pleads Guilty to Charge of Filing a False Tax Return
05/03/12	Three Turtle Farmers Charged and Two Arrested For Illegal Turtle Trafficking
05/03/12	Eleven Indicted in Pharmaceutical Thefts
05/02/12	Fifty-Nine South Florida Residents Charged as Part of Nationwide Coordinated Takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force Operations
05/01/12	Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 162 Years in Prison
05/01/12	Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 162 Years in Prison
05/01/12	Eight Defendants Charged as Part of an Identity Theft Tax Refund Undercover Operation
April 2012
04/30/12	Another Defendant Pleads Guilty in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Pill Mill Operation
04/27/12	Miramar Man Convicted on Kidnapping Charges
04/27/12	Two Sentenced for Tax Charges in Connection with Operation of Three Miami-Area Medical Clinics
04/26/12	Former UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Failing to Report Over $4 Million in Swiss Bank Accounts
04/26/12	Return Preparer and Client Sentenced for Roles in Offshore False Expense Scheme
04/26/12	Plantation Woman Sentenced for Interfering with the IRS and Filing False Tax Returns
04/25/12	Florida Residents and Corporations Plead Guilty to Charges of Smuggling Hazardous Children’s Products, Including Toys Containing Lead and Small Parts, From China
04/25/12	Former City of Miami Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement Scheme
04/25/12	Three Operators of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced in $60 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
04/25/12	Miami Man Sentenced in Mail and Wire Fraud Investment Scheme
04/24/12	“Red Handed” Bank Robber Pleads Guilty
04/24/12	U.S. Attorney Testifies on Health Care Fraud before U.S. Senate
04/24/12	Florida Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Wire Fraud
04/24/12	Lake County Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Conspiracy Charges
04/23/12	Former Florida State Senator Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
04/20/12	Another Defendant Sentenced in Broward and Palm Beach Pill Mill Operation
04/20/12	Broward Woman Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving U.S. Marine Victims
04/18/12	Opa Locka Man Sentenced for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography
04/18/12	Extradited Defendant Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Charges in Employee Leasing Scheme
04/18/12	Justice Department Seeks To Shut Down Five South Florida Tax Return Preparers
04/18/12	Miami Gardens Man Arrested and Charged with Mailing Hoax Threats to Broward Government Offices
04/17/12	Miami-Dade Man Sentenced for Money Laundering and Drug Conspiracy Related to Mortgage Fraud Scheme in Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties
04/17/12	Loan Officer Pleads Guilty For Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme that Resulted in More than $6.5 Million in Losses
04/17/12	Port St. Lucie Man Indicted for Threatening Email Communications
04/16/12	Former Coral Springs Fugitive Extradited from Italy to Face Employment and Tax Fraud Charges
04/13/12	Former Tribal Council Member Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
04/12/12	Palm Beach County Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Minors
04/12/12	Palm Beach County Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Minors
04/12/12	Tax Preparers Plead Guilty in Tax Refund Scheme
04/11/12	International Product Support Company Senior Vice President Pleads Guilty to the Illegal Purchase and Sale of Smuggled Ozone-Depleting Refrigerant Gas
04/11/12	Miami Doctor Convicted on Health Care Fraud and Oxycodone Trafficking Charges
04/11/12	Eight Individuals Charged and Arrested in Two Separate Corruption Investigations
04/10/12	Former Assistant Finance Director at Belle Glade Non-Profit Housing Corporation Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
04/09/12	Rothstein Associate Charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, Defraud the United States, and Defraud a Financial Institution
04/06/12	Operators of Check Cashing Store Plead Guilty in Treasury Check Tax Refund Scheme
04/06/12	South Florida Investment Advisor Indicted for Investment Fraud Scheme
04/06/12	South Florida Aircraft Parts Brokers Sentenced for Procurement Fraud against the U.S. Military
04/04/12	Royal West Owner Sentenced To Five Years’ Imprisonment
04/04/12	Former Executive of Miami-Based Ocean Bank Sentenced to Serve 37 Months in Prison for Participating in Bribery Scheme and Filing False tax Returns
04/04/12	President of Broward Title and Escrow Company Pleads Guilty in Two Separate Multi-Million Mortgage Fraud Schemes
04/03/12	Miami-Area Assisted Living Facility Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Kickback Scheme
04/03/12	Two Owners and Two Employees of Miami Home Health Company Plead Guilty In $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
04/02/12	Naples Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud in Investment Fraud Scheme
March 2012
03/30/12	Five Sentenced in Broward Pharmacy Case
03/30/12	Naples Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud in Investment Fraud Scheme
03/30/12	Miami-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
03/30/12	West Palm Beach Couple Sentenced to Prison Terms for Conspiracy to Commit Immigration Fraud
03/29/12	Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking into More than 80 Bank of America Customer Accounts
03/29/12	Palm Beach County Woman Sentenced for Preparing and Filing Fraudulent Income Tax Returns
03/28/12	Keys Case Results in Jail Time for Lobstermen
03/28/12	Defendant Charged in Superseding Information in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Pill Mill Operation
03/28/12	Sixteen South Florida Residents Charged with Operating Hialeah Commercial Aircraft Cockpit Window Repair Company without FAA Certifications
03/28/12	Fort Lauderdale Investment Advisor Arrested in Las Vegas
03/27/12	Palm Beach County Resident Pleads Guilty to Importing Illegal Catch from the Bahamas
03/22/12	Owner of Broward Tax Preparation Company Charged in Fraudulent Tax Return Conspiracy
03/21/12	Attorney General's task force on children's exposure to violence holds public hearing in Miami
03/16/12	Boca Raton Resident Charged with Mail Fraud in Corporate Identity Theft Scheme
03/16/12	North Miami Beach Resident Pleads Guilty to Filing False Income Tax Returns
03/16/12	Miami-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating In $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
03/16/12	New York Resident Sentenced on Charges of Distribution of Child Pornography
03/16/12	Miami Pharmacy Charged in Mail Fraud Scheme
03/15/12	Two Convicted of Tax Refund Fraud That Used Stolen Social Security Information
03/15/12	President of Broward Title and Escrow Company Charged in Multi-Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
03/14/12	Former Palm Beach County Branch Bank Manager Pleads Guilty to Structuring Charge
03/14/12	Operation Jail House Defendant Sentenced
03/14/12	Nineteen Charged in West Palm Area Heroin and Cocaine Trafficking Ring
03/14/12	Miami-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
03/13/12	Two Found Guilty of Tax Charges in Connection with Operation of Three Miami-Area Medical Clinics
03/13/12	Former Haitian Government Official Convicted in Miami for Role in Scheme to Launder Bribes Paid by Telecommunications Companies
03/12/12	Two Keys Residents Plead Guilty to Conspiracy To Illegally Harvest Spiny Lobsters
03/12/12	Last of Three Defendants Sentenced on Fraudulent “Money Cleansing” Scheme
03/09/12	Broward County, Fla.-Area Halfway House Owner Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison For Participating In Fraud And Kickback Scheme
03/08/12	Miami Gardens Man Convicted of Felon-in-Possession Charges
03/08/12	Port St. Lucie Teacher Charged with On-Line Enticement of a Minor
03/08/12	Broward Mortgage Broker Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud
03/06/12	Port St. Lucie Electrical Contractor and Wife Convicted in Kickback Scheme in Hurricane Wilma FEMA Fraud
03/06/12	Former Track Supervisor at Calder Pleads Guilty to False Billing and Kickback Scheme
03/06/12	Texas Wildlife Smugglers Sentenced to Prison
03/05/12	Broward Tax Preparers Charged in Fraudulent Tax Return Conspiracy
03/02/12	Former Plantation Police Officer Joseph Guaracino Sentenced to 43 Months’ Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
03/02/12	North Carolina Man Sentenced on Workers’ Compensation Insurance Scam
03/02/12	Three Memorial Hospital Vendors Convicted in Bribery Scheme
03/02/12	Miami Taxidermist Sentenced for Wildlife Smuggling
03/01/12	Florida Resident Pleads Guilty to Importing Endangered and Threatened Species from the Bahamas
February 2012
02/29/12	Three Ft. Lauderdale Men Charged in $3 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
02/29/12	Three South Florida Men Sentenced in $9 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
02/28/12	Palm City Businessman Sentenced on Internet Child Pornography Charges
02/27/12	Nicaraguan National Extradited from Colombia to Face Drug Charges
02/27/12	Five Defendants Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
02/27/12	Palm Beach County Residents Charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors
02/24/12	Two More Defendants Sentenced in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Pill Mill Operation
02/24/12	West Palm Beach Purveyor of Unnecessary Septic Tank Products Found Guilty of Wire Fraud
02/23/12	Repeat Credit Card Fraudster Sentenced to 70 Months’ Imprisonment
02/23/12	Two Tampa Residents and a Tampa-Based Company Charged with Conspiracy to Sell Mislabeled Shrimp
02/23/12	Five Charged for Conspiracy to Extort Relatives of Smuggled Cuban Migrants
02/22/12	Two Palm Beach County Men Charged for Importing Illegal Catch from the Bahamas
02/22/12	South Florida Corrections Officer Sentenced on Federal Civil Rights Charge
02/22/12	Tax Fraud Defendant Sentenced to 24 Months’Imprisonment and Ordered to Surrender on April 11, 2012
02/21/12	Fort Lauderdale, Florida-Area Halfway House Operator Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Participating in Fraud And Kickback Scheme
02/17/12	Four More Defendants Sentenced in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Pill Mill Operation
02/17/12	Two Men Sentenced to Multiple Life Sentences for Enticing Women to South Florida to Engage in Commercial Sex Acts and Distributing Date Rape Pills
02/17/12	Rothstein Associate Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
02/17/12	Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
02/14/12	Boca Raton, Florida-Based CPA Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns and Obstructing Internal Revenue Laws
02/13/12	Two Charged with Tax Refund Fraud Utilizing Stolen Social Security Office Identity Information
02/13/12	Two Individuals Arrested in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
02/10/12	Three More Defendants Sentenced in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Pill Mill Operation
02/10/12	Superseding Indictment Returned in Bp Fund and Disaster Fraud
02/10/12	Miami Woman Charged with Possessing Personal Identifying Information in Furtherance of Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme
02/10/12	Plantation Resident Convicted for Interfering with the IRS and Filing False Tax Returns
02/09/12	Tamarac Man Sentenced to Thirty Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Production of Child Pornography
02/09/12	President of Broward Title and Escrow Company Charged in Multi-Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
02/08/12	Miami-Dade Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Drug Conspiracy Related to Mortgage Fraud Scheme in Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties
02/07/12	Fort Lauderdale Man Charged in Wilton Manors Bank Robbery
02/03/12	MIAMI FAMILY CHARGED WITH MULTI-FACETED MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
02/03/12	FOUR MORE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN PILL MILL OPERATION
02/02/12	FORMER ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR AT BELLE GLADE NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
02/02/12	THREE CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN FALSE BILLING AND KICBACK SCHEME AT CALDER RACE COURSE
02/02/12	FLORIDA MAN INDICTED FOR TAX FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
02/01/12	PRINCIPAL OF OFFSHORE BROKERAGE FIRM AND LAS VEGAS STOCK PROMOTER CONVICTED IN MIAMI FOR $7 MILLION STOCK MANIPULATION SCAM
02/01/12	FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA-AREA HALFWAY HOUSE OWNER SENTENCED TO 28 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PARTICIPATING IN MEDICARE FRAUD KICKBACK SCHEME
January 2012
01/31/12	MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED IN FRAUD SCHEME
01/30/12	SOUTH FLORIDA CORRECTIONS OFFICERS SENTENCED ON FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND OBSTRUCTION CHARGES
01/27/12	PEMBROKE PINES MAN SENTENCED FOR ENTICING A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEX AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/27/12	FORMER OWNER OF FLORIDA-BASED AIRLINE SERVICES COMPANY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD ILLINOIS-BASED RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
01/27/12	COCONUT CREEK MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MISUSE OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SEAL
01/27/12	OWNER AND EMPLOYEE OF MIAMI HOME HEALTH COMPANY PLEAD GUILTY IN $22 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
01/25/12	FORMER EXECUTIVE OF MIAMI-BASED OCEAN BANK PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN BRIBERY SCHEME AND TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
01/24/12	FLORIDA RESIDENTS AND CORPORATIONS CHARGED FOR CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE HAZARDOUS CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS, INCLUDING TOYS CONTAINING LEAD AND SMALL PARTS, FROM CHINA
01/24/12	FLORIDA RESIDENTS AND CORPORATIONS CHARGED FOR CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE HAZARDOUS CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS, INCLUDING TOYS CONTAINING LEAD AND SMALL PARTS, FROM CHINA
01/23/12	BROWARD SEPTIC HAULER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF WASTE
01/23/12	OPERATORS OF CHECK CASHING STORE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH IRS TAX REFUND CHECK CASHING SCHEME
01/23/12	FLORIDA LOAN OFFICER SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH $2.5 MILLION REVERSE MORTGAGE FRAUD AND LOAN MODIFICATION SCHEME
01/23/12	PALM BEACH COUNTY TAX RETURN PREPARER CHARGED WITH TAX VIOLATIONS INVOLVING FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER TAX CREDIT
01/23/12	NAPLES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD IN INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
01/20/12	FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH IMPORTATION OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES FROM THE BAHAMAS
01/20/12	TWO MORE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN PILL MILL OPERATION
01/20/12	MIAMI RIVER COMPANY SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION AND $1,000,000 FINE FOR OIL POLLUTION AND BALLAST WATER CRIMES
01/19/12	FEDERAL TRIAL JUROR PLEADS GUILTY TO SOLICITING BRIBE
01/18/12	MIAMI-AREA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 35 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LAUNDERING MONEY IN $200 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
01/18/12	ARKANSAS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CLAIMING FRAUDULENT TAX REFUNDS
01/18/12	MIAMI-AREA RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN $200 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
01/18/12	MIAMI MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/18/12	BOYNTON BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL IN MAIL FRAUD "PONZI" INVESTMENT SCHEME
01/17/12	BROWARD MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN FOUR CASES INVOLVING VERSAILLES MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES
01/13/12	THREE MORE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN PILL MILL OPERATION
01/13/12	SHOOTER IN BRINKS ARMORED CAR ROBBERY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
01/11/12	RECRUITER/MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND STRUCTURING FOR ROLE IN STAGED ACCIDENT SCHEME
01/11/12	FORMER FLORIDA CITY MAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING FALSE CLAIM ON BP CLAIMS FUND
01/09/12	OPERATION SMOKING GUN II DEFENDANT SENTECED TO MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN PRISON IN FIREARMS TRAFFICKING CASE
01/09/12	BROWARD COUNTY, FLA.-AREA HALFWAY HOUSE OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME
01/06/12	FLORIDA DOCTOR SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS FOR ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCODONE AT LAKE WORTH CLINIC
01/06/12	MIAMI-AREA PATIENT RECRUITER SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PARTICIPATING IN MEDICARE FRAUD KICKBACK SCHEME
01/06/12	EIGHT DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DATE IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN PILL MILL OPERATION
01/06/12	FORMER CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER CHARGED IN EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEME
01/06/12	OFFICE MANAGER FOR MIAMI HOME HEALTH COMPANY SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN $25 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
01/05/12	INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN MIAMI ON SPANISH MURDER CHARGES; EXTRADITION PROCESS BEGINS
01/05/12	BROWARD COUNTY RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR FILING FALSE PERSONAL TAX RETURNS
01/04/12	ROYAL WEST OWNER CHARGED IN SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME
01/04/12	FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD
01/04/12	KEYS LOBSTER CASE RESULTS IN TWO ADDITIONAL GUILTY PLEAS AND SENTENCING
December 2011
12/22/11	MIAMI MAN CHARGED FOR FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATION OF CARGO SHIPS
12/20/11	U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY IN FLORIDA TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF A WARD
12/20/11	OAKLAND PARK MAN CONVICTED OF SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS AND PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
12/20/11	ATTORNEY CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STOCK FRAUD
12/20/11	FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA-AREA HALFWAY HOUSE OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME
12/20/11	THREE OPERATORS OF MIAMI HOME HEALTH COMPANY PLEAD GUILTY IN $60 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
12/19/11	FLORIDA LOAN OFFICER SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH $2.5 MILLION REVERSE MORTGAGE AND LOAN MODIFICATION SCHEME
12/16/11	BAHAMIAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH IMPORTING 275 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE INTO THE U.S. FROM THE BAHAMAS
12/16/11	BROWARD SHERIFF OFFICE DETENTION OFFICER SENTENCED FOR UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF CREDIT CARDS
12/16/11	ASSISTANT CITY OF MIAMI FIRE CHIEF SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN MORTGAGE-FRAUD SCHEME
12/16/11	HONDURAS EXTRADITES NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER TO FACE FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES IN MIAMI
12/15/11	POLICE OFFICER DEFENDANT FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO STEAL LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
12/14/11	THREE PATIENT RECRUITERS FOR MIAMI HOME HEALTH COMPANIES SENTENCED TO PRISON IN $25 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
12/13/11	PALM BEACH COUNTY WOMAN CONVICTED OF PREPARING AND FILING FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS
12/13/11	COLOMBIAN NARCO-TRAFFICKER EXTRADITED TO FACE FEDERAL DRUG AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
12/12/11	ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOGNIZES DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
12/09/11	US FILES LAWSUIT IN MIAMI TO BLOCK PROMOTION OF TAX FRAUD SCHEME
12/09/11	THREE CHARGED WITH FRAUD IN FLORIDA FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCHEME
12/09/11	OWNER OF MIAMI-AREA MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ORCHESTRATING $205 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
12/09/11	CARGOLUX AIRLINE EXECUTIVES PLEAD GUILTY FOR FIXING SURCHARGE RATES ON AIR CARGO SHIPMENTS
12/07/11	TWO MEN CONVICTED OF LURING WOMEN TO SOUTH FLORIDA, DRUGGING THEM, RAPING THEM,FILMING THE RAPE, AND THEN SELLING THE RECORDED FOOTAGE ONLINE AND AT PORNOGRAPHY STORES
12/07/11	LOUISIANA MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR OPERATING COFFEE VENDING BUSINESS FRAUD IN FLORIDA
12/07/11	MORTGAGE BROKER AND STRAW PURCHASER PLEAD GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
12/07/11	VA MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT
12/07/11	CLIENT OF UBS AND SWISS CANTONAL BANK INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE IRS
12/06/11	DOCTOR AND TWO NURSES SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLES IN $25 MILLION MIAMI HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
12/06/11	SEVEN CHARGED IN $120 MILLION NATIONAL TAX FRAUD SCHEME
12/05/11	PALM BEACH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD IN SEPTIC TANK SCHEME
12/01/11	TWO MORE ROTHSTEIN ASSOCIATES CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD SCHEME
November 2011
11/30/11	FORMER EXECUTIVE OF PERUVIAN AIRLINE PLEADS GUILTY TO FIXING FUEL SURCHARGE RATES ON AIR CARGO SHIPMENTS FOLLOWING HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA
11/30/11	POMPANO BEACH, FLA.-AREA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME
11/28/11	NORTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $2.7 MILLION SOUTH FLORIDA EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SCHEME
11/28/11	MIAMI BEACH WILDLIFE SMUGGLER CHARGED
11/22/11	CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH PASSENGER UNDER THE AGE OF 16
11/22/11	WEST PALM BEACH SELLERS OF UNNECESSARY SEPTIC TANK PRODUCTS PLEAD GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD
11/22/11	WILDLIFE SMUGGLERS PLEAD GUILTY
11/22/11	TAMPA COMPANY AND ITS PRESIDENT SENTENCED FOR MISLABELING OF SHRIMP
11/21/11	ALIEN SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO 102 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
11/21/11	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING IDENTITY INFORMATION FROM DCF COMPUTERS FOR USE IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCAM
11/21/11	EMPLOYEE OF JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES CHARGED WITH STEALING PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
11/21/11	JURY CONVICTS PALM CITY BUSINESSMAN OF INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
11/18/11	PALM BEACH OWNER OF THREE PRECIOUS METALS FIRMS SENTENCED IN $29.5 MILLION PRECIOUS METALS INVESTMENT SCHEME
11/18/11	WEST PALM BEACH MAN FOUND GUILTY OF WEAPONS AND DRUG CHARGES
11/17/11	MANATEE SAFETY ENFORCEMENT LEADS TO FEDERAL CHARGES ON MILLION-DOLLAR MARIJUANA SEIZURE
11/17/11	MEMBERS OF OPA LOCKA DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION AND POLICE CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH DRUG OFFENSES
11/17/11	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT
11/17/11	THREE MEXICAN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING
11/17/11	FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.-AREA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME
11/16/11	U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTS $176,562,550.65 IN CIVIL & CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN FY 2011
11/15/11	EIGHT MEMBERS OF MIAMI GARDENS GANG CONVICTED OF NARCOTICS, FIREARMS AND IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES
11/15/11	INMATE SENTENCED TO 50 MONTHS FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
11/14/11	FIVE CARIBBEAN BASED NARCO-TRAFFICKERS INDICTED
11/14/11	MIAMI-AREA PATIENT RECRUITER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME
11/14/11	U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER AND DOMINICAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL JIMÉNEZ SIGN AGREEMENT TO SHARE $7.5 MILLION IN FORFEITED ASSETS
11/10/11	FORT LAUDERDALE-AREA HALFWAY HOUSE OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO KICKBACK SCHEME
11/09/11	COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY LEADER SENTENCED TO 33 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND NARCO-TERRORISM
11/09/11	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
11/08/11	JOSEPH GUARACINO PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
11/08/11	ALIEN FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY CHARGE
11/08/11	MIAMI-AREA PATIENT RECRUITER PLEADS GUILTY IN $25 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/07/11	FORMER TREASURE COAST TAX PREPARATION BUSINESS OWNER SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
11/04/11	FORMER AIRLINE EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD ILLINOIS-BASED RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
11/04/11	THIRTEEN DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN LIBERTY CITY COCAINE TRAFFICKING RING
11/04/11	FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO IMPERSONATION OF A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
11/04/11	FORMER “MOST WANTED” HEALTH CARE FRAUD FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR $9.1 MILLION DETROIT MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/04/11	MIAMI, FLORIDA OWNER OF CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TAX FRAUD
11/03/11	LOAN OFFICER AND TITLE AGENT SENTENCED FOR $2.5 MILLION REVERSE MORTGAGE AND LOAN MODIFICATION SCHEME
11/03/11	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD; TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS CHARGED
11/02/11	JOINT INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN FEDERAL AND STATE NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS CHARGES
October 2011
10/28/11	FORMER OWNERS OF FLORIDA AIRLINE FUEL SUPPLY AND INDIANA FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANIES SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
10/26/11	THIRTEEN CHARGED IN PORT EVERGLADES HEROIN AND COCAINE SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY
10/26/11	EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SCHEME TO BRIBE OFFICIALS AT STATE-OWNED TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY IN HAITI
10/21/11	FORMER TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
10/21/11	MIAMI GARDENS RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING AND USING TAX REFUNDS
10/21/11	THREE DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN FEDERAL SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT ALLEGING FEMA FRAUD FOLLOWING HURRICANE WILMA
10/20/11	MIAMI-AREA HALFWAY HOUSE OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME
10/19/11	FORMER FLORIDA CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE CLAIM ON BP CLAIMS FUND
10/19/11	THREE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA AUSAS AND PARALEGAL SPECIALIST RECOGNIZED AT ATTORNEY GENERAL AWARDS CEREMONY
10/19/11	WEST PALM BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO 96 MONTHS IN BANK ROBBERY CASE
10/19/11	LAWYER-TITLE AGENT CHARGED IN VERSAILLES MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
10/18/11	SOUTH FLORIDA CORRECTIONS OFFICERS CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND OBSTRUCTION CHARGES
10/17/11	NORTH MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS
10/17/11	FORMER OWNER OF AIRLINE SERVICES COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD ILLINOIS-BASED RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
10/17/11	INDIAN RIVER COUNTY OPHTHALMOLOGIST SENTENCED FOR FILING A FALSE INCOME TAX RETURN
10/14/11	MIRAMAR BRINKS ARMORED CAR ROBBERS ARRESTED
10/13/11	WOMAN CHARGED WITH MARRIAGE FRAUD
10/13/11	TWO CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS IN A CORPORATE SCHEME BASED IN SOUTH FLORIDA
10/12/11	TWENTY-FOUR INDICTED IN OXYCODONE TRAFFICKING AND HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
10/12/11	KEYS FISHERMAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL HARVESTING ACTIVITY
10/06/11	THIRTEEN CHARGED IN TELEMARKETING SCHEME TO DEFRAUD TIME-SHARE UNIT OWNERS
10/06/11	FEDERAL TRIAL JUROR CHARGED FOR SOLICITING BRIBE
10/06/11	BP CLAIMS FUND FRAUD INDICTMENT UNSEALED
10/06/11	KEYS COMMERCIAL LOBSTER BUYER ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN LOBSTER HARVESTING CONSPIRACY
10/05/11	FORMER BROWARD SHERIFF OFFICE DETENTION OFFICER CONVICTED FOR UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF CREDIT CARDS
September 2011
09/30/11	EXTRADITED COLOMBIAN NARCO-TRAFFICKER APPEARS IN FEDERAL COURT IN MIAMI ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
09/30/11	LAST THREE OF TWELVE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN MASSIVE BANK FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT RING
09/30/11	JURY FINDS MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANTS GUILTY OF ALL COUNTS IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING THE HIDDEN BAY CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX IN AVENTURA, FLORIDA
09/30/11	MIAMI MAN CHARGED WITH SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES FRAUD IN $3 MILLION “PONZI” SCHEME TO DEFRAUD INVESTORS
09/30/11	BROWARD COUNTY MAN SENTENCED IN SEPARATE WIRE AND MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACIES
09/29/11	TWENTY SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $40 MILLION BANK AND MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
09/29/11	FLORIDA FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS MAN FOR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD SCHEME
09/29/11	ROTHSTEIN ASSOCIATES SENTENCED ON CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENT INVESTMENT SCHEME
09/29/11	BROWARD COUNTY RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE PERSONAL TAX RETURNS
09/28/11	DORAL WOMAN SENTENCED TO 43 MONTHS FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
09/27/11	TWO MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN $25 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
09/23/11	RETIRED BOLIVIAN GENERAL AND OTHER BOLIVIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
09/23/11	BROWARD MORTGAGE FRAUD SENTENCINGS
09/21/11	TEN MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN $25 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
09/21/11	MORTGAGE BROKER AND STRAW PURCHASER CHARGED IN $2.8 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
09/21/11	FEDERAL COURT SHUTS DOWN SOUTH FLORIDA TAX RETURN PREPARERS
09/20/11	TWO MIAMI GARDENS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING AND USING TAX REFUNDS
09/20/11	MIAMI-DADE RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS
09/19/11	OWNER OF MIAMI-AREA MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ORCHESTRATING $205 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
09/16/11	OWNER OF MIAMI-AREA MENTAL HEALTH COMPANY SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ORCHESTRATING $205 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
09/14/11	MAN PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING BALL PYTHONS, AND OTHER REPTILES
09/14/11	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS $951,610 TO ENHANCE, SUPPORT TRIBAL JUSTICE AND SAFETY IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
09/14/11	FORMER HIALEAH MAN CHARGED FOR ASSAULTING U.S. DEPUTY MARSHALS DURING ESCAPE ATTEMPT
09/14/11	JURY CONVICTS MIAMI MAN FOR STEALING IDENTITY INFORMATION FROM DCF COMPUTERS FOR USE IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCAM
09/12/11	THREE HIGH-LEVEL COLOMBIAN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS INDICTED
09/09/11	SEA FOOD CENTER, LLC. AND ITS PRESIDENT PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO MISLABEL SHRIMP
09/09/11	U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COMMEMORATES 9/11
09/09/11	FORMER TEACHER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
09/09/11	U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS EMPLOYEE INDICTED IN FLORIDA FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF A WARD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
09/08/11	FORMER FORT PIERCE, FLA., DETECTIVE AND TAX PREPARER SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
09/07/11	45 INDIVIDUALS AND ONE CORPORATION CHARGED AS PART OF NATIONWIDE OPERATION BY HEALTH CARE FRAUD PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION TEAMS (HEAT)
09/06/11	THREE WOMEN PLEAD GUILTY IN FRAUDULENT “MONEY CLEANSING” SCHEME
09/06/11	MIAMI CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
09/02/11	PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR IMPORTING ILLEGAL CATCH FROM THE BAHAMAS
09/02/11	ROTHSTEIN ASSOCIATE SENTENCED ON CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENT INVESTMENT SCHEME
09/02/11	COLOMBIAN BACRIM NARCO-TRAFFICKERS INDICTED ON COCAINE CONSPIRACY CHARGES
09/02/11	U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COMMEMORATES 9/11
09/01/11	PALM BEACH, BROWARD AND MARTIN COUNTY PILL MILLS AND PHARMACIES ARE SHUT DOWN
August 2011
08/31/11	OPERATOR OF HIALEAH SLAUGHTER HOUSE SENTENCED FOR FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER VIOLATIONS
08/31/11	INMATE CONVICTED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
08/31/11	MIAMI-AREA NURSE PLEADS GUILTY IN $25 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/30/11	FORMER FLORIDA CITY MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MAKING FALSE CLAIM ON BP CLAIMS FUND
08/30/11	WILDLIFE SMUGGLERS ARRESTED
08/29/11	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES FINDINGS OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AT MIAMI-DADE JAIL FACILITIES
08/25/11	MAN SENTENCED FOR ARMED ROBBERY OF PALMETTO LAKES POST OFFICE
08/25/11	FORMER FOUNDING PARTNER OF FT. LAUDERDALE LAW FIRM SENTENCED IN MBC INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
08/25/11	FLORIDA OWNER OF CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
08/25/11	THIRTEEN INDICTED FOR AIRDROPPING MULTI-HUNDRED KILOGRAM QUANTITIES OF COCAINE IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND FOR MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENSES
08/24/11	ROTHSTEIN ASSOCIATE SENTENCED ON CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENT INVESTMENT SCHEME
08/24/11	TWO FT. LAUDERDALE MEN INDICTED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN CONNECTION WITH MUTUAL BENEFITS CORPORATION FRAUD
08/24/11	FORMER "MOST WANTED" HEALTH CARE FRAUD FUGITIVES PLEAD GUILTY TO $9.1 MILLION DETROIT MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/24/11	OWNER OF MIAMI-AREA MENTAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS FOR ORCHESTRATING $205 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/23/11	MIAMI-AREA MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNERS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/23/11	THIRTY-TWO INDICTED IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN SECOND COORDINATED PILL MILL TAKEDOWN
08/23/11	KEY WEST FISHERMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL HARVESTING ACTIVITY
08/23/11	MIAMI MOTHER AND SON SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY TO PAY HEALTH CARE KICKBACKS
08/23/11	FIVE CHARGED FOR THE ROBBERY AND SHOOTING DEATH OF BRINKS GUARD
08/22/11	OCEAN BANK ENTERS INTO DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT
08/19/11	SEA FOOD CENTER, LLC., AND ADRIAN VELA CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO SELL MISLABELED SHRIMP
08/19/11	SAINT LUCIE MAN CHARGED FOR IMPERSONATING ICE AGENT AND PROVIDING FALSE IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS
08/18/11	OKEECHOBEE PODIATRIST SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL OXYCODONE DISTRIBUTION
08/18/11	PORT ST LUCIE TAX RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
08/18/11	FAA REPAIR STATION OWNER AND CHIEF INSPECTOR SENTENCED FOR COMMITTING FRAUD INVOLVING AIRCRAFT PARTS
08/17/11	TWO MEN INDICTED FOR LURING WOMEN TO SOUTH FLORIDA, DRUGGING AND FILMING THEM IN SEXUAL ACTS, AND THEN SELLING THE RECORDED FOOTAGE
08/17/11	MIAMI MOTHER SENTENCED TO JAIL IN $12.3 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/16/11	SELLER OF ANHINGA FEATHERS SENTENCED FOR VIOLATIONS OF MIGRATORY BIRD ACT
08/16/11	TEN CHARGED IN $40 MILLION ADVANCE FEE SCHEME
08/16/11	FREIGHT FORWARDER CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENTLY CERTIFYING AIR CARGO AS ELIGIBLE FOR SHIPMENT ON PASSENGER AIRLINES
08/15/11	MIAMI MAN CHARGED WITH MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD IN INVESTMENT SCHEME
08/12/11	CALIFORNIA MAN CHARGED IN BOMB HOAX
08/12/11	FORMER OWNERS OF FLORIDA AIRLINE FUEL SUPPLY AND INDIANA FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANIES PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
08/10/11	MIAMI WOMAN IS TENTH PERSON ARRESTED FOR HER ROLE IN LEADING $27 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
08/09/11	NINE INDICTED IN $1.9 MILLION THEFT OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS
08/08/11	MIAMI HOME HEALTH NURSE SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
08/05/11	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RESIDENT SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
08/05/11	TWO TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVES CONVICTED BY MIAMI JURYON ALL COUNTS FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN SCHEME TO BRIBE OFFICIALS AT STATE-OWNED TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY IN HAITI
08/04/11	TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS PLEAD GUILTY TO COMMERCIAL HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING
08/04/11	BROWARD MAN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND BRIBERY
08/03/11	JURY CONVICTS SOUTH FLORIDA MAN OF MANUFACTURING AND POSSESSING SILENCERS
08/03/11	TWO MARTIN COUNTY WOMEN PLEAD GUILTY TO INTERSTATE PROSTITUTION CHARGES
08/03/11	TWO LOAN OFFICERS AND A TITLE AGENT CHARGED IN $2.5 MILLION REVERSE MORTGAGE AND LOAN MODIFICATION SCHEME PLEAD GUILTY
08/02/11	MIAMI-AREA RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN $200 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/02/11	FORMER UBS BANKER CHARGED WITH HELPING U.S. TAXPAYERS USE SECRET SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS TO EVADE U.S. TAXES
08/02/11	MORTGAGE FRAUD TAKE-DOWN LEADS TO CHARGES AGAINST TWENTY-SEVEN SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS
July 2011
07/29/11	FORMER MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL FACILITIES EMPLOYEES SENTENCED FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES
07/29/11	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED IN ILLEGAL REFRIGERANT SMUGGLING OPERATION
07/29/11	MIAMI HUSBAND, WIFE, AND CORPORATION SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING ADULTERATED CHEESE
07/28/11	MULTI-AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION TACKLES GANG AND GUN VIOLENCE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
07/27/11	MIAMI HUSBAND AND WIFE CHARGED WITH HOME HEALTH CARE FRAUD
07/27/11	BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE AND STATE COURT RECEIVER SENTENCED IN $16 MILLION WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
07/27/11	FLORIDA SEAFOOD COMPANY AND ITS PRESIDENT SENTENCED FOR MISLABELING INDONESIAN, MALAYSIAN AND THAILAND SHRIMP
07/26/11	SEVENTH INDIVIDUAL SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
07/26/11	BOYNTON BEACH MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MAIL FRAUD "PONZI" INVESTMENT SCHEME
07/25/11	DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE, HOMELAND SECURITY AND LABOR ANNOUNCE SELECTION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING COORDINATION TEAMS
07/22/11	THREE MIAMI-DADE RESIDENTS CHARGED IN MURDER- FOR-HIRE SCHEME
07/22/11	THREE CHARGED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY TIME SHARE BOILER ROOM CONSPIRACY
07/21/11	REPEAT ALIEN SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS
07/21/11	BARRY MINKOW SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS’IMPRISONMENT ON STOCK MANIPULATION CONSPIRACY
07/21/11	PATIENT RECRUITER FOR MIAMI HEALTH CARE AGENCY PLEADS GUILTY IN $25 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
07/20/11	FORMER FLORIDA STATE SENATOR INDICTED ON TAX CHARGES
07/15/11	ORGANIZED ROMANIAN CRIMINAL GROUPS TARGETED BY DOJ AND ROMANIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
07/14/11	NEW PORT RICHEY WOMAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING THREATS TO BROWARD SCHOOLS
07/14/11	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
07/14/11	INTERNATIONAL DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING INDICTMENT UNSEALED
07/13/11	FLORIDA TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, TWO EXECUTIVES, AN INTERMEDIARY AND TWO FORMER HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR THEIR ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN BRIBERY SCHEME
07/12/11	FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS MIAMI-DADE RETURN PREPARER OF 24 COUNTS OF PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS
07/08/11	THREE MEN ARRESTED IN TIME SHARE CONSPIRACY
07/08/11	SEVEN INDICTED IN BROWARD PHARMACY TAKEDOWN
07/06/11	PONZI SCHEME DEFENDANT RECEIVES 17½ YEAR SENTENCE
07/06/11	THREE LOAN OFFICERS AND A TITLE AGENT CHARGED IN $2.5 MILLION REVERSE MORTGAGE AND LOAN MODIFICATION SCHEME
07/06/11	MIAMI CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
07/05/11	BOYNTON BEACH POLICE OFFICER INDICTED
07/01/11	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
June 2011
06/30/11	DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED
06/30/11	SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA'S SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT FRAUD INITIATIVE NETS MORE PENNY STOCK FRAUDSTERS
06/30/11	FRAUDULENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OWNER SENTENCED IN MIAMI
06/29/11	FORMER WACHOVIA FINANCIAL ADVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING APPROXIMATELY $1.45 MILLION IN CLIENT FUNDS
06/29/11	FORMER GRANT WRITER FOR THE CITY OF DAVIE IS SENTENCED
06/28/11	PALM BEACH OWNER OF THREE PRECIOUS METALS FIRMS CHARGED IN $25 MILLION PRECIOUS METALS INVESTMENT SCHEME
06/28/11	MIAMI DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 235 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
06/24/11	CORPORATE EMBEZZLER SENTENCED
06/24/11	MICHIGAN MAN WHO OPERATED RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR YOUTH IN HAITI INDICTED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS AT THE FACILITY
06/23/11	RETIRED BOLIVIAN GENERAL AND OTHER BOLIVIAN NATIONAL PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
06/23/11	NORTH MIAMI MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN BANK ROBBERY
06/22/11	FORMER ROTHSTEIN ROSENFELDT & ADLER EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH PONZI SCHEME
06/20/11	PONZI SCHEME DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH ADDITIONAL THEFT FROM EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
06/20/11	HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL IDENTITY THEFT RING MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY AND ARE SENTENCED
06/17/11	FORMER ROTHSTEIN ROSENFELDT & ADLER EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH PONZI SCHEME
06/17/11	JUPITER MAN SENTENCED IN $1.6 MILLION PRECIOUS METALS INVESTMENT SCHEME
06/17/11	NORTH MIAMI MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN BANK ROBBERY
06/17/11	NORTH MIAMI MAN CHARGED IN ARMORED CAR ROBBERY AND SHOOTING
06/16/11	LEADER OF THE KRAZY LOCOS CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND FIVE GANG ASSOCIATES SENTENCED ON CHARGES RELATED TO TWO HOMICIDES, ROBBERY, NARCOTICS, FIREARMS, AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
06/16/11	INDIAN RIVER COUNTY OPHTHALMOLOGIST PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
06/16/11	OPERATOR OF HIALEAH SLAUGHTER HOUSE PLEADS GUILTY TO FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER VIOLATIONS
06/15/11	BROWARD COUNTY DENTIST PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
06/15/11	PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN SCHEME TO IMPORT ILLEGAL CATCH FROM THE BAHAMAS
06/15/11	FORMER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEST FACILITIES DIRECTOR, WIFE OF FORMER MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL TEAM LEADER, AND SEVEN HOSPITAL VENDORS CHARGED IN BRIBERY SCHEME
06/14/11	ROTHSTEIN ASSOCIATE PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH PONZI SCHEME
06/13/11	NORTH CAROLINA MAN CHARGED IN SOUTH FLORIDA EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SCHEME
06/10/11	MIAMI GARDENS MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN ARMED BANK ROBBERY
06/10/11	SOUTH FLORIDA CORRECTIONS OFFICERS INDICTED ON FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND OBSTRUCTION CHARGES
06/09/11	FORMER DETECTIVE AND TAX PREPARER CONVICTED OF TAX FRAUD
06/09/11	WEST PALM BEACH MAN SENTENCED ON $1.3 MILLION PRECIOUS METAL INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
06/09/11	HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL IDENTITY THEFT RING MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY AND ARE SENTENCED
06/08/11	FLORIDA RADIOLOGY CLINIC AND FORMER OWNERS TO PAY $3 MILLION TO RESOLVE MEDICARE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS
06/08/11	BOYNTON BEACH MAN CHARGED WITH MAIL FRAUD IN “PONZI” INVESTMENT SCHEME
06/07/11	SOUTH FLORIDA DENTIST CHARGED WITH FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
06/06/11	ST. LUCIE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ENTICEMENT OF MINORS OVER THE INTERNET
06/02/11	CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE
06/01/11	FLORIDA PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR FRAUDULENT LOBBYING AND FUND RAISING CONSPIRACY
06/01/11	FLORIDA AND ARKANSAS RESIDENTS CHARGED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUDULENT TAX REFUND SCHEME
May 2011
05/31/11	DRUG ENFORCER CONVICTED
05/27/11	HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL IDENTITY THEFT RING MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY AND ARE SENTENCED
05/27/11	WEST PALM BEACH MAN CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH PURPORTED IMMIGRATION SERVICES
05/27/11	“BRAZEN BANDIT” BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO FIFTY-TWO (52) YEARS IN PRISON
05/27/11	FOUR ROTHSTEIN ASSOCIATES CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH PONZI SCHEME
05/26/11	MIAMI NURSE CONVICTED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS REGARDING HEALTH CARE MATTERS
05/26/11	DORAL WOMAN CONVICTED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS REGARDING HEALTH CARE MATTERS
05/24/11	MIAMI-AREA OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY PLEAD GUILTY TO MEDICARE FRAUD
05/23/11	LENDER TO PAY $300,000 TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION LOAN
05/20/11	BROWARD FINANCIAL ADVISOR SENTENCED TO 63 MONTHS FOR STEALING MORE THAN $1,000,000 IN CLIENT’S FUNDS
05/19/11	SENTENCING IN IDENTITY THEFT AND CREDIT CARD FRAUD SCHEME
05/19/11	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS FLORIDA AND HAWAII LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES FOR WORK COMBATING CHILD EXPLOITATION
05/19/11	MIAMI RIVER COMPANY CHARGED WITH OIL POLLUTION
05/19/11	FORMER FOUNDING PARTNER OF FT. LAUDERDALE LAW FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO $837 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
05/18/11	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD
05/18/11	LAKE WORTH DOCTOR ARRESTED ON FIFTY-FIVE COUNTS OF ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCODONE AT LAKE WORTH CLINIC
05/18/11	SENTENCING OF FORMER CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER
05/14/11	SIX INDIVIDUALS CHARGED FOR PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO THE PAKISTANI TALIBAN
05/12/11	HUSBAND, WIFE, AND CORPORATION CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING ADULTERATED CHEESE
05/12/11	ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL SENTENCED IN MIAMI IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
05/10/11	MAN CONVICTED IN MIAMI IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
05/09/11	U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HOSTS LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
05/09/11	THREE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD FOR PURPORTED “CLEANSING” OF EVIL SPIRITS
05/09/11	BROWARD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO IMPERSONATING AN FBI AGENT
05/05/11	MIAMI BEACH BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT SEALS
05/05/11	TWO MIAMI MEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN DECEMBER 2010 MURDER OF POSTAL WORKER
05/05/11	BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE/STATE COURT RECEIVER PLEADS GUILTY IN $16 MILLION WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
05/03/11	THREE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS
05/03/11	TWO MIAMI-AREA CORPORATIONS PLEAD GUILTY TO MORE THAN $200 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD
05/03/11	STOCK PROMOTERS INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY IN STOCK MANIPULATION SCHEME
05/02/11	FORMER MEDELLIN CARTEL ASSOCIATE PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
April 2011
04/29/11	DOCUMENT VENDOR, DMV EXAMINERS, AND CUSTOMERS CHARGED WITH FRAUD RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSES
04/28/11	JURY CONVICTS TWO FORMER POLICE OFFICERS IN MORTGAGE FRAUD PROSECUTION
04/27/11	NINE CHARGED IN THREE INDICTMENTS CONCERNING VERSAILLES MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES
04/27/11	FLORIDA SEAFOOD COMPANY AND ITS PRESIDENT PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO MISLABEL SHRIMP
04/26/11	TWO WELLINGTON MEN SENTENCED IN MAIL AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT RING
04/26/11	MIAMI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL REFRIGERANT SMUGGLING OPERATION
04/26/11	THREE MIAMI-AREA MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS EACH SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLES IN $23 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/22/11	BROWARD OFFICE MANAGER SENTENCED ON MAIL FRAUD CHARGE FOR STEALING MORE THAN $647,799 FROM EMPLOYER
04/20/11	FORMER GRANT WRITER FOR THE CITY OF DAVIE PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION
04/20/11	OPERATOR OF HIALEAH SLAUGHTER HOUSE ARRESTED CHARGED FOR FOOD SAFETY AND HUMANE SLAUGHTER VIOLATIONS
04/20/11	PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENT CHARGED IN EFFORT TO IMPORT ILLEGAL CATCH FROM THE BAHAMAS
04/20/11	POWERMEDICA DEFENDANTS SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTE HUMAN GROWTH HORMONES AND STEROIDS
04/19/11	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CONVICTED OF ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
04/19/11	FORMER MIAMI-DADE REAL ESTATE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
04/15/11	FORMER HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR STEALING AND DISCLOSING PATIENT INFORMATION
04/15/11	FORT PIERCE COUPLE AND PORT ST. LUCIE MAN INDICTED FOR TAX FRAUD
04/15/11	FIFTEEN INDICTED ON FRAUD AND BRIBERY CHARGES IN SOUTH BEACH PRIVATE CLUBS SCHEME
04/15/11	MIAMI DOCTOR CONVICTED IN $23 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/14/11	TWO OWNERS OF MIAMI-AREA MENTAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION PLEAD GUILTY TO ORCHESTRATING $200 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/14/11	FORMER GRANT WRITER FOR THE CITY OF DAVIE CHARGED WITH TAX EVASION
04/13/11	COLOMBIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER INDICTED
04/12/11	MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANT CONVICTED IN AFFINITY-FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING HAITIAN-AMERICAN VICTIMS
04/11/11	KEYS COMMERCIAL FISH HOUSE PLEADS GUILTY AND SENTENCED IN SEAFOOD HARVESTING CONSPIRACY
04/11/11	PORT ST LUCIE TAX RETURN PREPARER CHARGED IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
04/11/11	PORT ST. LUCIE MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/08/11	ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA SEAFOOD COMPANY AND ITS PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO SELL MISLABELED SHRIMP
04/08/11	MIAMI-AREA MARKETING DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY FOR HER ROLE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT MEDICARE CLAIMS
04/06/11	SEVENTEEN INDIVIDUALS CHARGED IN WIRE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING PRIVATE SOUTH BEACH CLUBS
04/05/11	MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANTS AND BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEE AMONG TWELVE CHARGED IN BANK FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT RING
04/05/11	MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD INVOLVING THEFT OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS
March 2011
03/30/11	BARRY MINKOW PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO MANIPULATE COMMON STOCK OF LENNAR CORPORATION
03/30/11	MIAMI-DADE MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED FOR OBTAINING FRAUDULENT MORTGAGES ON HOUSES PURCHASED IN PALM BEACH AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES
03/29/11	VIRGINIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
03/28/11	FLORIDA AND RHODE ISLAND SEAFOOD COMPANIES SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO MISLABEL SHRIMP AND SALMON
03/28/11	MIAMI-DADE FAMILY CHARGED WITH HEALTH CARE FRAUD
03/25/11	MIAMI DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN $37 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING MIAMI-AREA HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
03/25/11	FOUR SOUTH FLORIDA MEN SENTENCED IN HEROIN TRAFFICKING RING
03/25/11	DOCTOR CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
03/25/11	FORT LAUDERDALE MAN SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS IMPRISONMENT AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF CHILD ENTICEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF A MINOR
03/24/11	KEYS COMMERCIAL FISHHOUSE CHARGED IN MASSIVE SEAFOOD HARVESTING CONSPIRACY
03/24/11	BARRY MINKOW CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO MANIPULATE COMMON STOCK OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANY
03/23/11	FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS CHARGED IN CONSPIRACY TO EXPORT F-5 FIGHTER JET ENGINES TO IRAN
03/23/11	MUNITIONS SUPPLIER SENTENCED ON DEFENSE PROCUREMENT FRAUD AND LYING TO ARMY ON GOVERNMENT MUNITIONS CONTRACT
03/22/11	MIAMI CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
03/11/11	LEADER OF THE KRAZY LOCOS CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND TWO GANG ASSOCIATES ENTER GUILTY PLEAS RELATED TO TWO HOMICIDES, ROBBERY, NARCOTICS, FIREARMS, AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES
03/11/11	BOYNTON BEACH DOCTOR SENTENCED ON HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGES
03/04/11	“BRAZEN BANDIT” BANK ROBBER CONVICTED
03/04/11	HUSBAND, WIFE, AND CORPORATION CHARGED IN A CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE ADULTERATED CHEESE
03/03/11	BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE AND STATE COURT RECEIVER CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATION OF $16 MILLION FROM FIDUCIARY FUNDS
03/02/11	TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO STOLEN MAIL IDENTITY THEFT & BANK FRAUD SCHEMES
03/02/11	DRUG TRAFFICKER AND CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 29 YEARS IN PRISON
03/01/11	THREE CHARGED IN VERSAILLES MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
February 2011
02/28/11	FORT PIERCE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/28/11	FOUR BOLIVIAN NATIONALS CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING
02/25/11	PODIATRIST SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS FOR VIOLATING EXCLUSION FROM THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
02/24/11	SEVEN MEMBERS OF ROMANIAN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP CHARGED IN INTERNATIONAL WIRE FRAUD SCHEME
02/24/11	FOUR CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
02/24/11	BROWARD LAWYER SENTENCED FOR STEALING TRUST FUNDS
02/24/11	RIVIERA BEACH MAN CONVICTED OF POSSESSING ENDANGERED SEA TURTLE EGGS SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON
02/24/11	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
02/23/11	SIX INDICTED IN BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE PILL MILL TAKEDOWN
02/22/11	MIAMI ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED ON $31 MILLION BANK FRAUD
02/18/11	OKEECHOBEE GUN DEALER SENTENCED FOR MACHINE GUN SALES
02/17/11	MARTIN COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS FOR ENTICEMENT OF MINORS OVER THE INTERNET AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/17/11	THIRTY-TWO SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS CHARGED AS PART OF NATIONWIDE TAKEDOWN BY MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE OPERATIONS
02/16/11	TWO INDIVIDUALS PLEAD GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
02/16/11	THIRTEEN MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS CHARGED IN SOUTH FLORIDA
02/15/11	LEADER OF MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME TARGETING HAITIAN-AMERICANS SENTENCED TO SEVENTEEN YEARS IN PRISON
02/15/11	MIAMI CLINIC OWNER PLEADS GUILTY IN $5 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
02/15/11	BROWARD OFFICE MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING MORE THAN $647,799 FROM EMPLOYER
02/15/11	TWENTY PEOPLE INDICTED IN FLORIDA FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY $200 MILLION IN MEDICARE BILLING
02/11/11	TWO WELLINGTON MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN MAIL AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT RING
02/11/11	INTERNATIONAL REFRIGERANT GAS SUPPLIER PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED FOR FALSE STATEMENTS IN THE IMPORTATION OF OZONE DEPLETING HCFC-22
02/11/11	MIAMI BEACH BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY FOR MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT SEALS
02/11/11	BROWARD FINANCIAL ADVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING OVER $1,135,292 IN CLIENTS FUNDS
02/11/11	FT. LAUDERDALE ARMED ROBBER SENTENCED
02/11/11	MORTGAGE BROKER, LOAN PROCESSORS AND STRAW BUYER SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
02/09/11	TWENTY-SEVEN DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH NARCOTICS-RELATED OFFENSES FOR SELLING “CUT” FOR COCAINE AND HEROIN
02/09/11	HIGH-LEVEL COLOMBIAN BACRIM NARCO-TRAFFICKER INDICTED ON COCAINE CONSPIRACY CHARGES
02/04/11	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD
02/04/11	EIGHT MIAMI-AREA NURSES SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR $18.7 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING HOME HEALTH CARE
02/04/11	WEST PALM BEACH RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN CRAMMING SCHEME
02/04/11	MIAMI BEACH HOTEL DEVELOPERS SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
02/03/11	BROWARD MAN CHARGED FOR IMPERSONATING FBI AGENT AND POSSESSING FEDERAL BADGES AND IDENTIFICATION
02/03/11	CORAL GABLES SEAFOOD FIRM SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF CHILEAN SEA BASS
02/02/11	NINE SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $12 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME
January 2011
01/28/11	FORMER CITY OF MIAMI OFFICER CHARGED
01/28/11	BROWARD MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
01/27/11	HIALEAH MAN FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS STOLEN FIREARMS, INCLUDING FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES
01/24/11	MASSACHUSETTS MAN INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY TRANSPORTING AMMUNITION PRIMERS
01/24/11	FORMER CONTROLLER OF A MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN FOREIGN BRIBERY SCHEME
01/20/11	SEAFOOD COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING THE LACEY ACT FOR MISLABELING OF HADDOCK
01/19/11	MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIR CARRIER PLEADS AND IS SENTENCED FOR THE ILLEGAL STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
01/19/11	MORTGAGE BROKER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
01/19/11	BROWARD MAN CHARGED WITH IMPERSONATING A FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AGENT AND POSSESSION OF FEDERAL BADGES AND IDENTIFICATION
01/14/11	FEDERAL INMATE AND FAMILY SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD CHARGES
01/13/11	MIAMI-DADE RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS’IMPRISONMENT FOR CONSPIRING TO COMMIT PART D HEALTH CARE FRAUD
01/13/11	MIAMI CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
01/12/11	MIAMI-DADE MORTGAGE BROKER PLEADS GUILTY TO OBTAINING FRAUDULENT MORTGAGES ON HOUSES PURCHASED IN PALM BEACH AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES
01/12/11	LONG-TERM FBI UNDERCOVER OPERATION NABS A TOTAL OF 24 DEFENDANTS
01/12/11	NICARAGUAN NATIONAL AND FIVE OTHERS CHARGEDFOR CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE WEAPONS TO PURPORTED COLOMBIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
01/12/11	FLORIDA SEAFOOD COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE LACEY ACT FOR MISLABELING OF SHRIMP AND SALMON
01/07/11	BANK OFFICER SENTENCED TO 36 MONTHS IN $12 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME
01/07/11	LAST STATE PRISON GUARD IN OPERATION BLIND JUSTICE SENTENCED
01/06/11	MIRAMAR WOMAN SENTENCED IN MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT
01/06/11	FORT LAUDERDALE MAN CONVICTED ON 1974 AND 1977 CHILD ENTICEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION CHARGES
01/05/11	TWO MEN SENTENCED IN BANK OF AMERICA ROBBERY
01/03/11	PORT SAINT LUCIE RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
December 2010
12/30/10	THREE MEN CHARGED IN DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATION
12/27/10	ALCATEL-LUCENT S.A. AND THREE SUBSIDIARIES AGREE TO PAY $92 MILLION TO RESOLVE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT INVESTIGATION
12/22/10	MIAMI WILDLIFE SMUGGLERS PLEAD GUILTY
12/22/10	FORMER UBS BANKER PLEADS GUILTY TO HELPING AMERICAN CLIENT CONCEAL ASSETS OFFSHORE
12/21/10	WILTON MANORS’ RESIDENT CHARGED WITH OPERATING A MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE
12/21/10	SEBASTIAN RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTRIBUTING AND RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA THE INTERNET
12/21/10	FORMER SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF LATIN NODE INC. CHARGED WITH BRIBING HONDURAN OFFICIALS AND MONEY LAUNDERING
12/20/10	MIRAMAR RESIDENT SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
12/20/10	OKEECHOBEE GUN DEALER PLEADS GUILTY OF MACHINE GUN SALES
12/17/10	MUNITIONS SUPPLIER CONVICTED OF DEFENSE PROCUREMENT FRAUD AND LYING TO ARMY ON GOVERNMENT MUNITIONS CONTRACT
12/17/10	CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH RECEIPT OF STOLEN PROPERTY
12/17/10	MIAMI-AREA CLINIC OWNER SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING MIAMI-AREA HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
12/16/10	OKEECHOBEE MAN INDICTED FOR WIRE FRAUD, CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
12/16/10	PALESTINIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO WEAPONS CHARGES
12/16/10	BROWARD LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING MORE THAN $2 MILLION FROM TRUST FUNDS
12/16/10	U. S. ATTORNEYS’ OFFICES COLLECTED $6.68 BILLION IN CIVIL & CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2010
12/15/10	MIAMI-DADE MAN CHARGED FOR LAUNDERING $500,000 IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD PROCEEDS
12/15/10	FORMER UBS BANKER CHARGED WITH HELPING AMERICAN CLIENT CONCEAL ASSETS OFFSHORE
12/14/10	THREE SUB-CONTRACTORS SENTENCED FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
12/14/10	FORT LAUDERDALE BANK INSIDER CHARGED WITH MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH A MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
12/14/10	VESSEL CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO MIGRANT SMUGGLING
12/13/10	FATHER AND SON SENTENCED IN BLACK MARKET MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
12/13/10	MIAMI RESIDENT SENTENCED ON MORTGAGE FRAUD CHARGES
12/10/10	FLORIDA COUPLE SENTENCED IN FORCED LABOR CONSPIRACY TO EXPLOIT FILIPINO GUEST WORKERS
12/10/10	FORT PIERCE MAN ARRESTED FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ENTICEMENT OF MINORS OVER THE INTERNET
12/10/10	RESTITUTION TRUST FUNDS IMPLEMENTED FOR FOREIGN VICTIMS OF SEX TOURISM
12/10/10	FORMER MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL FACILITIES EMPLOYEES CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBES AND OBSTRUCTING THE IRS
12/09/10	FOR-PROFIT TRADE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR INDICTED FOR CREATING FRADULENT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS
12/08/10	SOUTH FLORIDA AUSAS RECOGNIZED AT ANNUAL U.S. ATTORNEY AWARDS CEREMONY
12/07/10	SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA’S SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT FRAUD INITIATIVE NETS MORE PENNY STOCK FRAUDSTERS
12/07/10	PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS TO PAY $421.2 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASES
12/06/10	FOUR CHARGED IN COCAINE CONSPIRACY
12/06/10	U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES REGIONAL RESULTS OF “OPERATION BROKEN TRUST” TARGETING INVESTMENT FRAUD
12/06/10	36 YEAR OLD PALM BEACH COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 327 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
12/03/10	MIAMI IMPORT COMPANY AND ITS PRINCIPALS SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING AND DISTRIBUTING CONTAMINATED FOOD
12/03/10	MIRAMAR MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN ARMED BANK ROBBERY
12/03/10	TITLE LAWYER SENTENCED FOR STEALING TRUST FUNDS
12/02/10	MIAMI JEWELER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS ON PONZI AND BANK FRAUD SCHEMES
November 2010
11/29/10	INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
11/24/10	PORT SAINT LUCIE RESIDENT ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR TRANSFERRING OBSCENE MATERIAL TO A JUVENILE
11/24/10	NEW PORT RICHEY WOMAN CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS TO BROWARD SCHOOLS
11/19/10	BROWARD MEN SENTENCED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
11/19/10	OPERATOR OF MIAMI HIV CLINIC SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN MEDICARE FRAUD RING
11/17/10	CONTROLLING PRINCIPAL OF FIRST PUBLIC SECURITIES TRANSFER CORP. PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO MANIPULATE MICROCAP STOCKS
11/17/10	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED TO 121 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PURCHASING, SELLING AND USING STOLEN CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
11/15/10	BROWARD MAN CONVICTED IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
11/10/10	FIVE CHARGED FOR STEALING PATIENT INFORMATION
11/09/10	FORMER OWNER OF MORTGAGE COMPANY, TITLE COMPANY OWNER, AND THREE OTHERS PLEAD GUILTY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
11/05/10	LARRY WILCOX PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD
11/03/10	FIVE MIAMI-DADE MEN INDICTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY SPREE
11/03/10	TWO SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN DADELAND MALL ROBBERY AND MURDER
11/03/10	DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH IMPORTING CANDY LACED WITH COCAINE ON FLIGHT TO FORT LAUDERDALE
11/03/10	SETTINERI SENTENCED ON MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGE
11/03/10	MIAMI CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
11/02/10	MIAMI CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
11/02/10	FORMER FUEL PURCHASER SENTENCED TO 45 MONTHS FOR DEFRAUDING ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD.
11/02/10	MIAMI-DADE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
11/01/10	FOUR SOUTH FLORIDA MEN CHARGED IN HEROIN TRAFFICKING RING
11/01/10	FOUR PLEAD TO VERSAILLES MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
11/01/10	GUILTY PLEA BRINGS FIRST CONVICTION RESULTING FROM FBI UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION OF STOCK FRAUD IN THE MICROCAP MARKET
11/01/10	ALIEN SMUGGLER AND FIVE MIGRANTS SENTENCED IN FAILED PALM BEACH SMUGGLING VENTURE
October 2010
10/29/10	FOUR MIAMI RESIDENTS ARE SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME AGAINST WACHOVIA
10/29/10	MIAMI ACCOUNTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO $31 MILLION BANK FRAUD
10/28/10	FOUR FORMER AIRLINE EXECUTIVES INDICTED IN CONSPIRACY TO FIX FUEL SURCHARGES ON AIR CARGO SHIPMENTS TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
10/28/10	CARGOLUX AIRLINE EXECUTIVES INDICTED IN CONSPIRACY TO FIX SURCHARGE RATES ON AIR CARGO SHIPMENTS
10/28/10	MIAMI-DADE RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
10/28/10	THREE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA AUSAS AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST RECOGNIZED AT ATTORNEY GENERAL AWARDS CEREMONY
10/27/10	FOUR ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DRUG SMUGGLING AND CONSPIRACY
10/27/10	PRESS RELEASE BY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY RELATING TO NOVEMBER 2010 ELECTIONS
10/26/10	VENEZUELAN SECURITIES COMMISSION OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH EXTORTION
10/25/10	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE OVER ADA VIOLATIONS
10/22/10	MAN SENTENCED FOR INTERSTATE BANK ROBBERY SPREE
10/22/10	MIAMI COMPANY SENTENCED TO $1,000,000 FOR IMPORTING PLANT PESTS
10/22/10	MEMBER OF THE KRAZY LOCOS CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOLLOWING CONVICTIONS FOR TWO HOMICIDES, ROBBERY, AND FIREARMS CHARGES
10/21/10	TWO MIAMI CORPORATIONS AND FOUR INDIVIDUALS INDICTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY $200 MILLION IN MEDICARE BILLING
10/20/10	PALM BEACH COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF FORCED LABOR AND ALIEN SMUGGLING
10/20/10	DEFENDANT SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGAL EXPORTATION OF ROCKET TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH KOREA
10/20/10	HOMESTEAD MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN TWO BANK ROBBERIES
10/18/10	HILLSBORO BEACH RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION
10/15/10	THREE SUB-CONTRACTORS ENTER GUILTY PLEAS FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
10/08/10	MIAMI-DADE SEPTIC HAULER CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF WASTES
10/08/10	MARTIN COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ENTICEMENT OF MINORS OVER THE INTERNET
10/08/10	FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF FT. LAUDERDALE LAW FIRM SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY IN OPERATION OF PONZI SCHEME
10/07/10	UNDERCOVER OPERATION NABS MARKET INSIDERS AND PROMOTERS IN PENNY STOCK MARKET STING
10/07/10	MIAMI BEACH HOTEL DEVELOPERS CONVICTED OF TAX FRAUD
10/06/10	TWO INDIVIDUALS PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGAL ARMS TRAFFICKING
September 2010
09/30/10	BROWARD RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR HURRICANE WILMA FRAUD
09/29/10	CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND IDENTITY THEFT CASE
09/29/10	MIAMI JEWELER PLEADS GUILTY TO $40 MILLION PONZI SCHEME AND $12 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME
09/28/10	FOUR MEN CHARGED IN FAILED DRUG AND ALIEN SMUGGLING OPERATION
09/28/10	TWO CUSTOMS OFFICERS AND TSA SUPERVISOR SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH DRUG IMPORTATION SCHEME
09/27/10	MARTIN COUNTY MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH INTERNET DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
09/27/10	THREE INDIVIDUALS AND A CORPORATION CONVICTED IN AN OIL POLLUTION CONSPIRACY
09/22/10	TITLE LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING MORE THAN $2,706,000 IN TRUST FUNDS
09/21/10	FOURTH PERSON ARRESTED IN WEST PALM BEACH BANK ROBBERY
09/20/10	TEN SOUTH FLORIDA MEN CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING
09/20/10	COLOMBIAN NORTH VALLEY CARTEL LEADER TO APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT IN MIAMI TO FACE NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING CHARGES
09/20/10	ST. LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT ARRESTED ON DRUG SMUGGLING CHARGES
09/17/10	FLORIDA COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY TO FORCED LABOR CONSPIRACYOF 39 FILIPINO GUEST WORKERS
09/17/10	DAVIE MAN CHARGED WITH INTERNATIONAL CIGARETTE SMUGGLING
09/17/10	POLICE OFFICER AND OTHERS INDICTED AND ARRESTED IN CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA
09/17/10	OKEECHOBEE GUN DEALER INDICTED FOR MACHINE GUN SALES
09/16/10	FORMER GUATEMALAN SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON NATURALIZATION FORMS REGARDING 1982 MASSACRE OF GUATEMALAN VILLAGERS
09/16/10	TWO MEN AND BANK EMPLOYEE ARRESTED IN WEST PALM BEACH BANK ROBBERY
09/16/10	MIAMI HOME HEALTH PATIENT RECRUITER CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND SOLICITING AND RECEIVING KICKBACKS
09/13/10	PORT ST. LUCIE RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA THE INTERNET
09/13/10	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS FOR MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
09/10/10	RHODE ISLAND AND FLORIDA SEAFOOD COMPANIES INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE LACEY ACT IN SELLING CHINESE SALMON AS RUSSIAN SALMON
09/09/10	MIAMI-AREA CLINIC OWNER PLEADS GUILTY IN $23 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
09/07/10	TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPERSONATING U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS IN ADVANCE FEE FRAUD SCHEME
09/07/10	TWO CHARGED IN CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS STOLEN FIREARMS, INCLUDING FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
09/07/10	TWO HAITIAN BOAT CAPTAINS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH DEADLY SMUGGLING OPERATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
09/03/10	MONROE COUNTY JAIL INMATE SENTENCED ON TAX FRAUD CHARGES
09/03/10	FORMER CORRECTION OFFICERS PLEAD GUILTY IN DRUG TRAFFICKING SCHEME
09/03/10	WEST PALM BEACH CONTRACTORS SENTENCED FOR HIRING ILLEGAL WORKERS; TAX FRAUD
09/02/10	FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 21 YEARS IN PRISON FOR OPERATING CRAMMING SCHEME WHILE INCARCERATED
09/02/10	PHARMACY OWNER SENTENCED FOR PART D MEDICARE FRAUD
09/01/10	MIAMI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PURCHASING, SELLING AND USING STOLEN CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
August 2010
08/31/10	SOUTH FLORIDA DOCTOR, CLINIC OWNER AND FIVE NURSES PLEAD GUILTY IN HOME HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/31/10	U.S. ATTORNEY NAMES COUNSEL AND DISTRICT TRAINING DIRECTOR
08/30/10	BROWARD TITLE LAWYER SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN JAIL
08/30/10	TAIWAN EXPORTER IS SENTENCED TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS FOR CONSPIRING TO EXPORT MISSILE COMPONENTS FROM THE U.S. TO IRAN
08/30/10	TOP DOT MORTGAGE FRAUD MANAGER SENTENCED TO 63 MONTHS
08/30/10	OWNER/OPERATOR AND EMPLOYEE OF MIAMI-BASED SCHOOL SENTENCED FOR IMMIGRATION-RELATED FRAUD
08/30/10	RIVIERA BEACH MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF ILLEGALLY TAKEN SEA TURTLE EGGS OFF JUNO BEACH
08/26/10	GUATEMALAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
08/26/10	FIVE HONDURAN MEN CHARGED IN DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATION
08/25/10	SETTINERI PLEADS GUILTY TO MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGE
08/25/10	BRAZEN BANDIT BANK ROBBER ARRESTED AND CHARGED
08/25/10	MIAMI CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO EMPLOYMENT TAX FRAUD
08/24/10	CORAL GABLES SEAFOOD FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF CHILEAN SEA BASS
08/24/10	THREE BROWARD MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
08/20/10	CAPTAIN AND CO-DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN DEADLY BLACK POINT MARINA SMUGGLING OPERATION
08/20/10	BROWARD MAN CHARGED WITH MAIL FRAUD IN ATTEMPTED SALE OF COUNTERFEIT ARTWORK
08/20/10	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
08/19/10	MIAMI-DADE RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
08/18/10	MORTGAGE BROKER, LOAN PROCESSORS AND STRAW BUYER PLEAD GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
08/16/10	JURY CONVICTS TWO IN DADELAND MALL ROBBERY AND MURDER
08/16/10	THREE CHARGED IN WELLINGTON MAIL THEFT AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT RING
08/13/10	TWO DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY PRESIDENTS ARRESTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGES
08/13/10	FT LAUDERDALE COMPANY SENTENCED IN OIL POLLUTION CASE
08/13/10	27 DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING OPERATION AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
08/10/10	FOUR MIAMI DADE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING AN ATTORNEY AND THREE MORTGAGE BROKERS, CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
08/09/10	TWO MIAMI-DADE RESIDENTS CONVICTED IN $21 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
08/06/10	OPERATOR OF MIAMI HIV CLINIC PLEADS GUILTY FOR ROLE IN MEDICARE FRAUD RING
08/06/10	TWO SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN MEDICARE FRAUD CASES
08/05/10	JUPITER MAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISASTER FRAUD
08/04/10	SEBASTIAN RESIDENT ARRESTED FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA THE INTERNET
08/04/10	TWO MIAMI-DADE AND ONE BROWARD RESIDENT CHARGED IN $12 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME
08/02/10	U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ANNOUNCES SAFETY INITIATIVE AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO HELP COMBAT CHILD EXPLOITATION
08/02/10	TWO BROTHERS PLEAD GUILTY IN MIAMI HIV INFUSION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
July 2010
07/30/10	FLORIDA BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN FOREIGN BRIBERY SCHEME
07/30/10	SERIAL BANK ROBBER DUBBED THE “OLD MAN BANDIT” SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON
07/30/10	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED TO 84 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR $3.6 MILLION FORECLOSURE INVESTMENT FRAUD
07/30/10	FORMER HUSBAND AND WIFE SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN $5.8 MILLION FRAUDULENT HIV INFUSION SCHEME IN MIAMI
07/30/10	MIAMI-AREA CLINIC OWNER, PATIENT RECRUITER, TWO NURSES AND MEDICARE BENEFICIARY PLEAD GUILTY IN HOME HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
07/29/10	SIX MIAMI RESIDENTS INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
07/29/10	FORMER ARMY SERGEANT SENTENCED TO 15 ½ YEARS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/27/10	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/27/10	GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR IMPERSONATING FEDERAL OFFICER IN KEY WEST
07/26/10	FORMER GLOBETEL CEO SENTENCED FOR SECURITIES AND TAX FRAUD CONSPIRACY
07/23/10	PALM BEACH COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR PREPARING FALSE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS
07/23/10	RECEIVER SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR THEFT OF FIDUCIARY FUNDS
07/23/10	FORMER PRINCIPAL OF BOCA RATON STOCK BROKERAGE FIRM CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE LANCER HEDGE FUND SCHEME
07/23/10	BROWARD RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO HURRICANE WILMA FRAUD
07/22/10	JURY CONVICTS MIAMI CLINIC OWNER IN $24 MILLION HIV-INFUSION FRAUD
07/22/10	SEVEN MIAMI MEN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH LITTLE HAITI DRUG AND GUN SWEEP
07/21/10	JURY CONVICTS FOUR MIAMI RESIDENTS OF MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME AGAINST WACHOVIA
07/20/10	WILTON MANORS MAN ARRESTED AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON CHARGES OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD EXPLOITATION
07/20/10	MIAMI MAN CHARGED IM PALM BEACH MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM
07/20/10	TWO SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS SENTENCED ON CHARGES ARISING FROM BANK FRAUD
07/20/10	MAINE RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/19/10	EIGHT SOUTH FLORIDA MEN CHARGED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY IN BROWARD COUNTY
07/19/10	TWO MIAMI MEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR BANK ROBBERY
07/16/10	TWENTY-FOUR ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICARE OF MORE THAN $100 MILLION
07/16/10	MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE CHARGES 94 DOCTORS, HEALTH CARE COMPANY OWNERS, EXECUTIVES AND OTHERS FOR MORE THAN $251 MILLION IN ALLEGED FALSE BILLING
07/14/10	TWO MEN CHARGED AND ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH FOREX PONZI SCHEME
07/09/10	MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENT PLED GUILTY TO INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN ARTWORK
07/08/10	FORMER MIRAMAR COMMISSIONER FITZROY SALESMAN SENTENCED
07/07/10	FORMER GUATEMALAN SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON IMMIGRATION FORMS REGARDING 1982 MASSACRE OF GUATEMALAN VILLAGERS
07/01/10	THREE SUB-CONTRACTORS CHARGED WITH EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
June 2010
06/30/10	MICHAEL J. MUZIO SENTENCED TO 163 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR SECURITIES FRAUD TARGETING HAITIAN COMMUNITY
06/30/10	NORTH MIAMI WOMAN CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM
06/30/10	BROWARD MORTGAGE INVESTMENT SCHEME INDICTED
06/30/10	ST. CROIX NATIVE SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO PURCHASE COCAINE FROM UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE IN FT. PIERCE
06/30/10	FORMER STATE CORRECTION OFFICERS CHARGED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING SCHEME
06/30/10	THREE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO CORPORATIONS CHARGED IN AN OIL POLLUTION CONSPIRACY
06/29/10	BRAZILIAN FUGITIVE FOUND IN PORT ST. LUCIE PLEADS GUILTY TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD AND WEAPON CHARGES
06/29/10	MIAMI MAN INDICTED FOR PURCHASING, SELLING AND USING STOLEN CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
06/29/10	STUART RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA THE INTERNET
06/28/10	TWO INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL ARMS TRAFFICKING
06/25/10	BOYNTON BEACH WOMAN CHARGED IM MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM
06/25/10	FORMER CEO OF PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING THE IRS
06/23/10	PALM BEACH POLO HOLDINGS AND ITS PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH VIOLATING CLEAN WATER ACT IN WELLINGTON
06/22/10	MIAMI MAN CONVICTED OF MORTGAGE FRAUD
06/21/10	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED IN FRAUD SCHEME AGAINST MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES
06/17/10	86 SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH A TOTAL OF $76 MILLION IN MORTGAGE FRAUD IN “OPERATION STOLEN DREAMS”
06/16/10	PONZI SCHEMERS CHARGED WITH INVESTMENT FRAUD TARGETING THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY
06/16/10	WEST PALM BEACH CONTRACTORS PLEAD GUILTY TO HIRING ILLEGAL WORKERS; TAX FRAUD
06/16/10	31 YEAR OLD BROWARD COUNTY MAN IS SENTENCED TO 235 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
06/15/10	BROWARD RESIDENT CHARGED WITH HURRICANE WILMA FRAUD
06/11/10	BROWARD TITLE LAWYER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGE SCHEME
06/11/10	FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF ROTHSTEIN LAW FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY IN OPERATION OF BILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME
06/10/10	TWENTY-FIVE DEFENDANTS FROM PALM BEACH, HIGHLANDS, HENDRY AND LEE COUNTIES CHARGED WITH NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING IN PROJECT DELIVERANCE
06/10/10	THREE MIAMI-DADE SUB-CONTRACTORS CHARGED WITH PROVIDING JOBS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
06/09/10	FORT LAUDERDALE ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN BILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME
06/08/10	BROWARD COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
06/07/10	70 YEAR OLD DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/07/10	MIRAMAR WOMAN CHARGED IN PLOT TO MURDER HER EX-HUSBAND
06/04/10	OWNER/OPERATOR AND EMPLOYEE OF MIAMI-BASED SCHOOL PLEADS GUILTY TO IMMIGRATION-RELATED FRAUD
06/03/10	FIFTEEN MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF MIAMI GARDENS GANG INDICTED FOR NARCOTICS, FIREARMS AND IDENTITY THEFT OFFENSES
06/02/10	FORT LAUDERDALE RESIDENT CHARGED IN $40 MILLION PONZI SCHEME
06/02/10	BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SENTENCED ON BRIBERY CHARGE
06/01/10	TWO BROWARD MEN SENTENCED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINOR
06/01/10	DEFENDANTS SENTENCED ON ARSON CHARGES
May 2010
05/26/10	MIAMI BEACH HOTEL DEVELOPERS INDICTED AND CHARGED WITH TAX FRAUD
05/26/10	TOP DOT MORTGAGE MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD CONSPIRACY IN WEST PALM BEACH
05/25/10	FAA REPAIR STATION OWNER SENTENCED FOR ISSUING FRAUDULENT AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATES
05/24/10	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL EXPORT OF ROCKET TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH KOREA
05/24/10	RETURN PREPARER CHARGED WITH TAX FRAUD
05/21/10	DEFENDANT ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT REGIONS BANK IN COOPER CITY
05/20/10	FORMER GUATEMALAN SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER INDICTED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON IMMIGRATION FORMS REGARDING 1982 MASSACRE OF GUATEMALAN VILLAGERS
05/19/10	SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURE
05/19/10	TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH LAND SALE SCHEME
05/18/10	MIAMI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $3.6 MILLION FORECLOSURE INVESTMENT FRAUD
05/17/10	TWO MEN CHARGED FOR IMPERSONATING U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS IN ADVANCE FEE FRAUD SCHEME
05/14/10	DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER SENTENCED TO 144 MONTHS IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
05/14/10	MIAMI-AREA CLINIC OWNER CHARGED IN $23 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
05/13/10	TAIWAN EXPORTER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO EXPORT MISSILE COMPONENTS FROM THE U.S. TO IRAN
05/13/10	TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN BROWARD MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
05/12/10	STATE CORRECTION OFFICERS AND OTHERS PLEAD GUILTY IN DRUG TRAFFICKING SCHEME
05/11/10	MEDICARE FRAUD FUGITIVE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ORDERED HELD IN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION PENDING TRIAL
05/11/10	MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT AND REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND LIFETIME SUPERVISED RELEASE
05/11/10	OKEECHOBEE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CRACK COCAINE CHARGES
05/10/10	FORMER OWNER OF MORTGAGE COMPANY, TITLE COMPANY OWNER, AND THREE OTHERS CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
05/10/10	ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY IN WEST PALM BEACH
05/10/10	FORMER BROWARD TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO IDENTITY THEFT
05/10/10	“OLD MAN BANDIT” SERIAL BANK ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY TO NUMEROUS BANK ROBBERIES
05/10/10	FOUR BROWARD AND PALM BEACH RESIDENTS CHARGED IN MULTI- MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
05/07/10	FORMER WEST PALM BEACH SPA OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND MONEY LAUNDERING
05/06/10	BAHAMIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED IN INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SMUGGLING OPERATION
05/06/10	FORMER GUATEMALAN SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER ARRESTED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLA., FOR MASKING ROLE IN 1982 MASSACRE OF GUATEMALAN VILLAGERS ON IMMIGRATION FORMS
05/05/10	SEVEN CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
05/05/10	MIAMI CLINIC CONSULTANT CONVICTED IN $5.8 MILLION FRAUDULENT HIV INFUSION SCHEME
05/04/10	MIAMI-DADE MOTHER AND SON SENTENCED ON BANK FRAUD CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
05/04/10	BAHAMIAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH MIGRANT SMUGGLING
April 2010
04/29/10	WILDLIFE SMUGGLER PLEADS GUILTY
04/28/10	EMPLOYEES CHARGED WITH ASSISTING RECEIVER IN THEFT OF $6 MILLION FROM FIDUCIARY FUNDS
04/28/10	FLORIDA COUPLE CHARGED IN FORCED LABOR AND DOCUMENT SERVITUDE CONSPIRACIES
04/27/10	FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF FT. LAUDERDALE LAW FIRM CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY IN OPERATION OF PONZI SCHEME
04/23/10	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/23/10	TWO ARRESTS MADE IN CONTAMINATED FOOD CASE
04/23/10	PALM BEACH COUNTY DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO PREPARING FALSE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS
04/23/10	FORMER UBS CLIENT SENTENCED FOR HIDING $10 MILLION IN OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNTS
04/23/10	MIAMI CLINIC OWNER AND PATIENT RECRUITERS PLEAD GUILTY IN $5.8 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/23/10	THREE CHARGED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME IN CONNECTION WITH MIAMI-DADE PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CLINICS
04/22/10	WIFREDO A. FERRER CONFIRMED AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
04/19/10	ORGANIZER IN TOP DOT MORTGAGE SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY IN WEST PALM BEACH
04/16/10	KOBIE GARY SENTENCED TO JAIL ON MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE CONSPIRACY
04/16/10	BROWARD TITLE COMPANY ATTORNEY-OWNER, EMPLOYEE, AND BROKER CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
04/15/10	MIAMI BEACH HOTEL DEVELOPERS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD UNITED STATES
04/14/10	TWO CUBAN NATIONALS INVOLVED IN HAULOVER BEACH VESSEL GROUNDING ARE CHARGED WITH MIGRANT SMUGGLING
04/14/10	BRAZILIAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN PORT ST. LUCIE
04/13/10	FORMER UBS CLIENT PLEADS GUILTY TO HIDING ASSETS IN SECRET OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNTS
04/13/10	MIAMI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $61 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/12/10	TWO MIAMI-BASED AIRCRAFT PARTS SUPPLIERS PLEAD GUILTY IN PROCUREMENT FRAUD SCHEME
04/12/10	THIRTEEN MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN $16.9 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING HIGH END CONDOMINIUM UNITS
04/09/10	TWO SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH NOVEMBER 24, 2009 THREE-COUNTY CAR CHASE
04/09/10	POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION CONTRACTOR SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
04/09/10	MIAMI AIRPORT RAMP WORKER AND UNION OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR NARCOTICS POSSESSION
04/09/10	PALM BEACH COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED FOR PREPARING FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS
04/08/10	TWO MIAMI-DADE RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO $21 MILLION HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/08/10	WILTON MANORS RESIDENT SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS ON CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARGES
04/08/10	CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS AND IDENTITY THEFT
04/07/10	FORMER MIRAMAR COMMISSIONER CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND EXTORTION
04/07/10	SIX MIAMI RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $13 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/06/10	FORMER GLOBETEL CEO PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES AND TAX FRAUD CONSPIRACY
04/02/10	THREE INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL ARMS SALES TO BOLIVIA
March 2010
03/31/10	SIXTEEN INDICTED IN BLACK MARKET MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
03/31/10	DAVIE RESIDENTS SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLE IN DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING AND MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
03/30/10	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED FOR FRAUD IN THE INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF AVIATION PARTS
03/30/10	FOUR ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT OF CANCER PATIENTS
03/26/10	DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR HIRE
03/26/10	FUGITIVE INDICTED ON 1977 CHILD TRANSPORTATION, ENTICEMENT, AND PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
03/24/10	ONLINE ANABOLIC STEROID DISTRIBUTOR CHARGED
03/22/10	FOUR CHARGED IN IDENTITY THEFT MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
03/22/10	THREE DEFENDANTS ARRESTED IN COUNTERFEIT MEDICARE CHECK SCHEME
03/22/10	FORT PIERCE MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO BANK FRAUD AND CREDIT CARD CONSPIRACY
03/19/10	FORMER MIAMI BEACH POLICE OFFICER AND ACCOMPLICE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH TAKING A HOSTAGE TO EXTORT MONEY
03/19/10	PHOENIX DIVERSIFIED COMMODITIES TRADER SENTENCED FOR TAX, MORTGAGE AND FRAUD CHARGES IN $37 MILLION “PONZI” SCHEME
03/19/10	INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT SUPPORT COMPANY CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR THE ILLEGAL PURCHASE AND SALE OF SMUGGLED OZONE-DEPLETING REFRIGERANT GAS
03/18/10	THREE INDICTED FOR DIVERSION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
03/17/10	SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT RETURNED ADDING DEFENDANTS IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
03/17/10	BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY
03/17/10	WACHOVIA ENTERS INTO DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT
03/17/10	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN WHO POSED AS IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL INDICTED IN IMMIGRATION BENEFIT FRAUD SCHEME
03/16/10	FOUR CHARGED IN $6 MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
03/16/10	BROWARD MAN INDICTED IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
03/11/10	MARTIN COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN ARTWORK
03/11/10	FORMER HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MONEY LAUNDERING IN FOREIGN BRIBERY SCHEME
03/11/10	FORMER BROWARD COUNTY VICE-MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO LAUNDER MONEY AND TO FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
03/11/10	OAKLAND PARK FATHER AND SON SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT ON POSTAL WORKER
03/10/10	FRAUDSTERS PLEAD GUILTY TO $10.6 MILLION LAND SALE SCHEME
03/10/10	MARTIN COUNTY MAN INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
03/10/10	RECEIVER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF $6 MILLION FROM FIDUCIARY FUNDS
03/10/10	THREE SOUTH FLORIDA MEN CHARGED IN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION
03/09/10	INMATE AND FAMILY INDICTED ON TAX FRAUD CHARGES
03/05/10	WIFE OF PHOENIX DIVERSIFIED COMMODITIES TRADER SENTENCED IN TAX FRAUD CASE
03/05/10	FEDERAL INMATE AND FAMILY INDICTED ON TAX FRAUD CHARGES
03/04/10	BROWARD COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
03/04/10	TWO MORTGAGE FRAUDSTERS SENTENCED TO 45 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
03/04/10	GABLES COUPLE CHARGED IN SCHEME TO STEAL PATIENT INFORMATION
03/04/10	OWNER/OPERATOR AND EMPLOYEE OF MIAMI-BASED SCHOOL CHARGED WITH IMMIGRATION-RELATED FRAUD
03/04/10	EIGHT MIAMI AREA MEN CHARGED WITH NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
03/03/10	FORMER FUGITIVES SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING MORE THAN 3,000 STOLEN CREDIT CARD NUMBERS
03/03/10	FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO THE PHILIPPINES IN SEX TOURISM CASE
03/02/10	MARTIN COUNTY MEN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERMS FOR SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES
03/02/10	DEFENDANT PLEADED GUILTY TO ARMED ROBBERY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESSES
03/02/10	OWNER OF HIALEAH HEALTH CARE FACILITIES SENTENCED TO 112 MONTHS FOR THREATENING INVESTIGATORS AND DEFRAUDING MEDICARE
03/01/10	BOCA RATON MAN SENTENCED FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT SCAM
February 2010
02/26/10	MIAMI MAN CHARGED WITH PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/26/10	FOUR DEFENDANTS SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY ENTERING UNITED STATES
02/26/10	FORMER FUEL PURCHASER ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD.
02/25/10	SIX MEMBERS OF THE RODRIGUEZ-OREJUELA FAMILY INDICTED
02/24/10	FINANCIAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE HOSTS MORTGAGE FRAUD SUMMIT IN MIAMI
02/24/10	FIVE FOREIGN NATIONALS CHARGED IN BLACK POINT MARINA INCIDENT INVOLVING DEADLY SMUGGLING OPERATION
02/24/10	MIAMI RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
02/23/10	RECEIVER CHARGED WITH THEFT OF $6 MILLION FROM FIDUCIARY FUNDS
02/19/10	FLORIDA BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MONEY LAUNDERING IN FOREIGN BRIBERY SCHEMEY
02/19/10	SEVEN CHARGED FOR ILLEGAL EXPORT OF ELECTRONICS TO U.S. DESIGNATED TERRORIST ENTITY IN PARAGUAY
02/19/10	MULTI-AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION TACKLES GANG AND GUN VIOLENCE IN BROWARD COUNTY
02/18/10	MIAMI DOCTORS SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE, MEDICAID FRAUD
02/18/10	SIX COLOMBIAN NATIONALS ARRESTED IN COLOMBIA TO FACE NARCOTICS CHARGES IN SOUTH FLORIDA
02/18/10	MICHAEL J. MUZIO CONVICTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD
02/18/10	MIAMI PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIVERTER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON
02/17/10	SMUGGLERS SENTENCED IN COUNTERFEIT SMITH & WESSON MEDALLION CASE
02/17/10	WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, RESIDENT CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CRAMMING SCHEME
02/16/10	NINE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN $20 MILLION FRAUDULENT INVESTMENT SCHEME
02/12/10	MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND PERJURY
02/11/10	STATE CORRECTION OFFICERS AND OTHERS CHARGED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING SCHEME
02/11/10	KROY CORPORATION AND JAMES GARRIDO SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCE SMUGGLING OPERATION; ASSOCIATE PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSE CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS
02/10/10	SUNRISE RESIDENT INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
02/09/10	HAWAII MAN CHARGED WITH SEX-TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR OVER SUPER BOWL WEEKEND
02/09/10	PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS ANTI-GANG TRAINING CONFERENCE
02/09/10	BOCA RATON MAN SENTENCED TO 262 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR $1 MILLION SECURITIES FRAUD, MORTGAGE FRAUD AND TAX FRAUD SCHEME
02/09/10	RINGLEADER OF IMMIGRATION BENEFIT FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS
02/05/10	FORMER DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AT NOAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN BELLE GLADE AND ASSOCIATE SENTENCED IN HOUSING FRAUD CASE
02/05/10	CUTLER BAY RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING
02/04/10	DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER CONVICTED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
02/04/10	TAIWAN EXPORTER ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EXPORTING MISSILE COMPONENTS FROM THE U.S. TO IRAN
02/04/10	FORMER UBS CLIENT PLEADS GUILTY TO HIDING $10 MILLION IN OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNTS
02/04/10	OWNERS OF BROWARD COUNTY ESCORT SERVICE SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY AND PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURN
02/03/10	EBAY FRAUDSTER SENTENCED
02/02/10	FT. PIERCE MAN SENTENCED FOR ARMED ROBBERY OF RIVERSIDE NATIONAL BANK
02/02/10	TEN MIAMI-DADE RESIDENTS CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
02/02/10	TWO KEYS RESIDENTS SENTENCED ON CONSPIRACY TO ILLEGAL LY HARVEST SPINY LOBSTERS
02/02/10	FORMER PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF ATENAS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC. CONVICTED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGES
02/01/10	VERO BEACH MAN IS SENTENCED TO 151 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/01/10	DEFENDANT ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AT IBERIA BANK IN POMPANO BEACH
January 2010
01/29/10	RINGLEADER OF IMMIGRATION BENEFIT FRAUD SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY
01/29/10	TWO CHARGED IN BROWARD COUNTY ARMED ROBBERIES
01/28/10	FEDERAL CORRECTIONS OFFICER CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBES AND ATTEMPTING TO POSSESS COCAINE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
01/28/10	BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR PURPORTING TO BRIBE LOCAL OFFICIALS
01/27/10	MIAMI RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 22 YEAR PRISON TERM FOR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME; FIVE OTHERS SENTENCED TO JAIL TERMS
01/27/10	FORT LAUDERDALE ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY IN BILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME
01/26/10	HIV-INFUSION CLINIC OWNERS SENTENCED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
01/25/10	PORT ST. LUCIE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/25/10	POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION CONTRACTOR CONVICTED OF TAX FRAUD
01/22/10	BAHAMIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY IN INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SMUGGLING OPERATION
01/22/10	PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED SEX OFFENDER INDICTED FOR REENTRY INTO UNITED STATES
01/20/10	MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN A TWO COUNTY MARIJUANA GROW CONSPIRACY
01/15/10	BROWARD TITLE ATTORNEY, MORTGAGE BROKER AND REAL ESTATE AGENT CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
01/13/10	WEST PALM BEACH MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF IMPERSONATING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS
01/11/10	FORMER FUGITIVE CALI CARTEL MEMBER SENTENCED TO 16 1/2 YEARS IN PRISON
01/11/10	TWO FLORIDA RESIDENTS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN COCAINE CONSPIRACY
01/11/10	TWO MIAMI RESIDENTS SENTENCED ON TAX PREPARATION CONSPIRACY
01/07/10	MEMBER OF OPA-LOCKA DRUG GANG SENTENCED ON NARCOTICS AND GUN CHARGES
01/04/10	MIAMI RESIDENT CHARGED IN $55 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME; SPENT $4.8 MILLION ON EXOTIC CARS, JEWELRY, AND HORSES
December 2009
12/22/09	FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRAVELING TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR SEX TOURISM
12/18/09	MIAMI RESIDENTS SENTENCED IN MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE, MORTGAGE, AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
12/18/09	THREE SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN IMMIGRATION BENEFIT FRAUD SCHEME
12/18/09	FORT LAUDERDALE OPERATOR OF TITLE AGENCY AND MORTGAGE COMPANIES SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS ON MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
12/17/09	15 DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN TWO SEPARATE MORTGAGE FRAUD CASES INVOLVING ALMOST $10 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT LOANS
12/17/09	OPERATION TARGETS RESIDENTIAL HYDROPONIC MARIJUANA GROW HOUSES IN VARIOUS COUNTIES
12/17/09	FORMER BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER INDICTED ON PUBLIC CORRUPTION CHARGES
12/17/09	SOUTHERN DISTRICT AUSAS RECOGNIZED AT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDS CEREMONY
12/15/09	DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF PASSPORT FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
12/15/09	FIFTEEN MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS, INCLUDING DOCTORS AND NURSES, CHARGED IN $40.8 MILLION HOME HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
12/14/09	MIAMI RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
12/11/09	HEDGE FUND ADVISOR SENTENCED IN $194 MILLION HEDGE FUND COLLAPSE
12/11/09	MIRAMAR MAN PLEADS GUILTY FOR PARTICIPATION IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME
12/10/09	FORMER ICE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
12/10/09	FORMER BROWARD COUNTY VICE-MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO LAUNDER MONEY AND TO FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
12/09/09	PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL REENTRY INTO UNITED STATES
12/09/09	SUPPLIERS OF MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE OPERATION INDICTED
12/09/09	SIX MEMBERS OF CUBAN SMUGGLING RING ARRESTED AND INDICTED
12/09/09	TWO INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH NOVEMBER 24, 2009 THREE-COUNTY CAR CHASE
12/09/09	NINETEEN FROM HALLANDALE BEACH AREA CHARGED IN JOINT FEDERAL-STATE NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING OPERATION
12/08/09	TAMARAC MAN SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF IMMIGRATION FRAUD
12/08/09	WEST PALM BEACH REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
12/08/09	SIX REMAINING DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN $18 MILLION FRAUDULENT INVESTMENT SCHEME
12/07/09	TWO FLORIDA EXECUTIVES, ONE FLORIDA INTERMEDIARY AND TWO FORMER HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR THEIR ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN BRIBERY SCHEME
12/03/09	OWNER OF HOME HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND ACCOMPLICE ARRESTED IN SCHEME TO BRIBE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR
12/01/09	JURY CONVICTS TWO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY DEFENDANTS IN ATM SCAM
12/01/09	MIAMI MAN ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTING A HEALTH CARE FRAUD INVESTIGATION
12/01/09	FORMER UM ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO 36 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
12/01/09	FORT LAUDERDALE ATTORNEY CHARGED IN BILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME
12/01/09	OWNER OF PALM BEACH COUNTY CHECK CASHING BUSINESS SENTENCED FOR FILING FALSE CURRENCY TRANSACTION REPORTS
November 2009
11/30/09	HIALEAH TAX RETURN PREPARER GETS TWO-YEAR SENTENCE FOR PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS
11/30/09	WIFE OF BOCA RATON COMMODITIES TRADER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
11/25/09	FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF GLOBETEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION ARRAIGNED
11/24/09	WILTON MANORS RESIDENT INDICTED ON CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARGES
11/24/09	PUBLIC DEFENDER ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTICS
11/24/09	FORMER UNITED WAY EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR DAMAGING CHARITY’S COMPUTER NETWORK
11/23/09	SEBASTIAN MAN SENTENCED ON TAX EVASION CHARGES
11/23/09	DAVIE HUSBAND AND WIFE CONVICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING AND MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
11/23/09	KROY CORPORATION AND JAMES GARRIDO PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGAL SMUGGLING OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCE
11/23/09	MIAMI TAX RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
11/20/09	LIBERTY CITY DEFENDANTS SENTENCED ON TERROR-RELATED CHARGES
11/20/09	FORMER DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AT NOAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PLEADS GUILTY TO HOUSING FRAUD AND MISUSE OF FUNDS
11/20/09	DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AT PALM SPRINGS WACHOVIA BANK
11/20/09	MARTIN COUNTY AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF COMMITTING SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES
11/19/09	TEN MORE OPERATION FELONY LANE DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN TRI-COUNTY BANK FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT RING
11/18/09	MIAMI-DADE MAN SENTENCED FOR FILING A FALSE CLAIM WITH THE IRS FOR MORE THAN $9 MILLION
11/18/09	SOUTH FLORIDA MEDICARE FRAUD PROSECUTORS AND AGENTS RECEIVE 2009 EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARD
11/13/09	THREE MIAMI RESIDENTS SENTENCED IN MEDICARE INFUSION FRAUD
11/13/09	BOCA RATON MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS FOR $3 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD
11/13/09	FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
11/12/09	FORMER MIRAMAR COMMISSIONER FITZROY SALESMAN INDICTED
11/10/09	HELICOPTER BUSINESS OWNER AND HIS COMPANY FOUND GUILTY OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE FAA
11/10/09	HIGHLANDS COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 188 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
11/09/09	WEST PALM BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF ILLEGALLY TAKEN SEA TURTLE EGGS
11/09/09	WIFE OF PHOENIX DIVERSIFIED COMMODITIES TRADER CHARGED WITH TAX FRAUD
11/06/09	CHAMPION EUROPEAN RACE CAR DRIVER SENTENCED IN ECSTASY CASE
11/06/09	TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED FOR IMPORTING 300 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE INTO THE U.S. FROM THE BAHAMAS
11/05/09	BOCA RATON DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH “PONZI” SCHEME
11/05/09	FORMER UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SENTENCED TO 63 MONTHS FOR ATTEMPTING TO TRANSMIT OBSCENE MATERIAL TO A MINOR
11/04/09	OWNERS OF BROWARD COUNTY ESCORT SERVICE PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURN
11/04/09	SIX SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS INDICTED FOR IMMIGRATION BENEFIT FRAUD
October 2009
10/30/09	BOCA RATON MAN CONVICTED IN NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT SCAM
10/30/09	SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT RETURNED CHARGING MEMBERS OF THE KRAZY LOCOS CRIMINAL STREET GANG WITH TWO HOMICIDES, ROBBERY, FIREARMS, AND NARCOTICS CHARGES
10/30/09	FORMER MIAMI DADE POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO AIDING AND ABETTING IN ECSTASY UNDERCOVER OPERATION
10/30/09	HEALTH CARE FRAUD MONEY LAUNDERER SENTENCED
10/29/09	MIAMI DOCTOR SENTENCED ON HIV-INFUSION FRAUD SCHEME
10/29/09	PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE AND ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED FOR STEALING PATIENT RECORDS IN FRAUD SCHEME
10/29/09	U.S. CITIZEN INDICTED IN FLORIDA FOR TRAVELING TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR SEX TOURISM
10/28/09	FT. PIERCE MAN SENTENCED TO 63 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
10/28/09	HOLLYWOOD MAN SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF IMPERSONATING AN ICE SPECIAL AGENT
10/27/09	CHILD SEX TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
10/26/09	NINE MEMBERS OF PORT ST. LUCIE ALIEN SMUGGLING RING ARRESTED AND CHARGED
10/26/09	MIAMI RESIDENT CONVICTED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
10/26/09	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES VOTING RIGHTS CASE WITH LAKE PARK, FLORIDA
10/23/09	CAPTAIN AND CO-DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN WEST PALM BEACH ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE
10/22/09	ORGANIZER OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SCAM SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS IN PRISON
10/21/09	SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA AUSA RECOGNIZED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER AT ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY
10/21/09	NORTE VALLE CARTEL KINGPIN AND FORMER FBI TOP-TEN FUGITIVE DIEGO MONTOYA SANCHEZ SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING, MURDER AND RACKETEERING CHARGES
10/20/09	CHILD PREDATOR SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
10/16/09	BOCA RATON MAN RECEIVES 293 MONTH SENTENCE IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR “PONZI” SCHEME
10/16/09	“OPERATION WHOSE HOUSE” MORTGAGE BROKER EXTRADITED FROM JAMAICA SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON
10/16/09	MIAMI-DADE RESIDENT CONVICTED OF ALIEN SMUGGLING INVOLVING DEATH
10/16/09	HALLANDALE BEACH RESIDENT CONVICTED OF eBAY FRAUD
10/15/09	U.S. CITIZEN ARRESTED IN FLORIDA FOR TRAVELING TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR SEX TOURISM
10/15/09	THREE ARRESTED ON INTERSTATE SHIPMENT THEFT CHARGES
10/15/09	MIAMI RESIDENT CONVICTED OF BANK BRIBERY CHARGES
10/14/09	FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO 240 MONTHS FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
10/13/09	PALM BEACH COUNTY MORTGAGE FRAUD TASK FORCE BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST 15 DEFENDANTS FOR LYING TO BANKS TO GET MONEY
10/13/09	CONVICTED CUBAN SPY RE-SENTENCED TO 262 MONTHS INCARCERATION
10/13/09	FORMER JACKSON HEWITT RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
10/13/09	ARMED 22 YEAR OLD BANK ROBBER ARRESTED FOR THE GUNPOINT ROBBERY OF RIVERSIDE BANK IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
10/07/09	TWO SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO TAX PREPARATION CONSPIRACY
10/07/09	TWO KEYS RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACYTO ILLEGALLY HARVEST SPINY LOBSTERS
10/06/09	DAVIE MAN CONVICTED OF BULK CASH SMUGGLING, FAILURE TO REPORT TRANSPORTED MONETARY INSTRUMENTS AND FALSE STATEMENTS
10/05/09	PALM BEACH COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
10/05/09	JURY CONVICTS TWO MIAMI RESIDENTS OF $51 MILLION HIV-INFUSION FRAUD
10/02/09	CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED IN THIRD LARGEST MARIJUANA SEIZURE AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
10/01/09	MIAMI RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE, MORTGAGE, AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
September 2009
09/30/09	MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH PORT ST. LUCIE BANK ROBBERY
09/30/09	PALM BEACH COUNTY DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH PREPARING FALSE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS
09/29/09	NINE CHARGED IN A $20 MILLION FRAUDULENT INVESTMENT SCHEME INVOLVING A VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO GAME COMPANY
09/29/09	BROWARD COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCAM
09/29/09	FORMER LAKE WORTH SCHOOL TEACHER SENTENCED FOR PREPARING FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS
09/25/09	FLORIDA LIMOUSINE DRIVER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SECURITIES AND TAX FRAUD
09/24/09	MIAMI WOMAN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH $1 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
09/23/09	MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
09/23/09	CORRUPTION PROBE LEADS TO CHARGES AGAINST BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, FORMER MIRAMAR CITY COMMISSIONER, A FOREIGN ATTORNEY AND TWO SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESSMEN
09/22/09	TAMARAC MAN CONVICTED AT TRIAL FOR SELLING FRAUDULENT INDIAN DOCUMENTS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS
09/21/09	DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN DRIVER'S LICENSE SCAM
09/21/09	SEBASTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED ON FRAUD CHARGES
09/18/09	DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 327 MONTHS ON COCAINE CONSPIRACY
09/18/09	MIAMI GROUP SENTENCED IN CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD ALIENS
09/18/09	MARTIN COUNTY GROUP SENTENCED FOR COMMITTING SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES
09/17/09	HIALEAH TAX RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR CLIENTS
09/17/09	FORMER OWNER OF MORTGAGE COMPANY SENTENCED ON TAX FRAUD SCHEME
09/16/09	LAST OF HEDGE FUND ADVISORS PLEADS GUILTY IN $194 MILLION HEDGE FUND COLLAPSE
09/16/09	BROWARD DEFENDANTS SENTENCED ON COCAINE AND STRUCTURING CHARGES
09/15/09	PRINCIPALS OF LA BAMBA CHECK CASHING BUSINESS SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH $132,000,000 IN FALSE CTRs
09/15/09	MIAMI MAN CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT "CUBAN" CIGARS
09/15/09	CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND FORMER INMATE INDICTED ON FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES
09/15/09	OWNER OF LAKE WORTH CHECK CASHING BUSINESS PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE CURRENCY TRANSACTION REPORTS
09/11/09	TWO DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF 667 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA
09/10/09	FORMER GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF SECURITY FOR STANFORD FINANCIAL GROUP INDICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
09/10/09	MIAMI-DADE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE CLAIM WITH THE IRS FOR MORE THAN $9 MILLION
09/09/09	MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
09/08/09	TEN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENTLY ALTERED CHECK AND BANK FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING MAILBOX BREAK-INS
09/04/09	FORMER PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF COMPLETE MEDICAL CENTER, INC. ARRESTED ON HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGES
09/04/09	PHOENIX DIVERSIFIED COMMODITIES TRADER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX, MORTGAGE AND FRAUD CHARGES IN $37 MILLION "PONZI" SCHEME
09/03/09	NINE CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
August 2009
08/31/09	THREE CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR VACANT LAND FRAUD SCHEME
08/31/09	KROME DETAINEE SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT ON GUARD
08/31/09	BOCA RATON MAN PLEADS GUITLY TO "PONZI" SCHEME
08/27/09	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES RACE DISCRIMINATION ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DAVIE, FLORIDA, APARTMENT COMPLEX
08/26/09	CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED IN CRIME STOPPERS SCAM
08/25/09	WEST PALM BEACH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF SEA TURTLE EGGS
08/21/09	PALM BEACH COUNTY CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND FUEL-THEFT RING DISMANTLED
08/21/09	FORMER OWNER OF ATENAS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC. ARRESTED ON HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGES
08/21/09	BOCA RATON MAN CONVICTED OF SECURITIES FRAUD, TAX FRAUD
08/21/09	KEYS MAN SENTENCED ON PASSPORT AND IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES
08/21/09	FORMER BOCA RATON SALON OWNERS SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
08/21/09	FORMER UBS BANKER SENTENCED TO 40 MONTHS' FOR AIDING BILLIONAIRE AMERICAN EVADE TAXES
08/20/09	FIVE PLEAD GUILTY TO STRING OF BANK BURGLARIES
08/20/09	TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO IMPORTING 300 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE INTO THE U.S. FROM THE BAHAMAS
08/20/09	FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION
08/20/09	FORMER PRESIDENT OF DME COMPANY SENTENCED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
08/20/09	SWISS BANKING EXECUTIVE AND SWISS LAWYER CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES
08/20/09	INMATE CONVICTED OF ASSAULT RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
08/19/09	LAKE WORTH MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR INTERNET ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR FOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY
08/19/09	MIAMI RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED IN TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
08/17/09	TWO MIAMI DOCTORS CONVICTED OF MEDICARE, MEDICAID FRAUD
08/17/09	BOYNTON BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO FORTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
08/17/09	DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER CONVICTED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/14/09	DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SCAMS
08/14/09	MIAMI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $123 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
08/14/09	CUTLER BAY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO SMUGGLING
08/12/09	NORTH MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT ARRESTED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY INVESTMENT SCHEME
08/12/09	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
08/11/09	LEADER OF COLOMBIAN DRUG CARTEL AND FORMER FBI TOP-TEN FUGITIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG, MURDER AND RACKETEERING CHARGES
08/10/09	OWNER OF HIALEAH HEALTH CARE FACILITIES CHARGED WITH MAKING THREATS TO MEDICARE EMPLOYEES
08/10/09	HIALEAH MAN CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
08/10/09	MIAMI PRESCRIPTION DRUG WHOLESALER CONVICTED
08/07/09	FEDERAL JUDGE SENTENCES DEFENDANTS WHO PERPETRATED $10.9 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD HIV INFUSION SCHEME
08/07/09	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING MENTALLY DISABLED COUSIN
08/07/09	39 DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN JOINT FEDERAL-LOCAL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING TAKEDOWN IN COCONUT GROVE
08/06/09	FORMER EMPLOYEE ATTACKS CHARITY'S COMPUTER NETWORK
08/04/09	FORMER BANK MANAGER CONVICTED OF CASHING STOLEN AND FORGED TREASURY CHECKS
08/03/09	DEFENDANT CHARGED FOR ARMED ROBBERY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESSES
08/03/09	KEYS LOBSTER OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS
08/03/09	"OPERATION WHOSE HOUSE" MORTGAGE BROKER EXTRADITED FROM JAMAICA PLEADS GUILTY
08/03/09	TWO BANK INSIDERS AND OTHERS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR $1 MILLION BANK FRAUD SCHEME
July 2009
07/31/09	FORMER BANK OF AMERICA EMPLOYEE SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
07/31/09	THREE MIAMI RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN MEDICARE INFUSION FRAUD
07/31/09	MIAMI MAN CONVICTED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD
07/31/09	36 DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN JOINT FEDERAL-LOCAL GANG ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH
07/31/09	DEFENDANT CHARGED IN SCHEME TO STEAL PATIENT INFORMATION
07/30/09	FORMER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO A GOVERNMENT COMPUTER AND OBTAINING PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
07/28/09	BOCA RATON MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR "PONZI" SCHEME
07/28/09	41 DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN SEPARATE SCHEMES THAT RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT MORTGAGES
07/28/09	UBS CLIENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURN, HID $8 MILLION IN SECRET SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS
07/27/09	FORMER ICE AGENT SENTENCED IN KICKBACK, OBSTRUCTION SCHEME
07/24/09	MIAMI TAX RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
07/22/09	FORMER MIAMI DADE POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO AIDING AND ABETTING IN ECSTASY UNDERCOVER OPERATION
07/22/09	HOMESTEAD RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD FRAUD
07/17/09	KEYS COMMERCIAL LOBSTER OPERATION RESULTS IN CONVICTIONS, SEIZURES, AND FORFEITURES
07/17/09	ADMISSIONS REPRESENTATIVE CONVICTED OF PELL GRANT FRAUD
07/17/09	MIAMI MAN ARRESTED FOR SOLICITING A "CHILD" FOR SEX
07/16/09	ONE OF BAHAMAS' "MOST WANTED" FUGITIVES CAPTURED AND CHARGED WITH OTHER FOR ILLEGAL REENTRY
07/15/09	BRINKS EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF $750,000
07/15/09	DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF PASSPORT FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
07/14/09	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SENTENCED FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/14/09	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED IN COMPUTER FRAUD OFFENSE
07/14/09	BROWARD MAN SENTENCED FOR IMPERSONATING A U.S. MARSHAL AND BEING A FELON-IN-POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
07/13/09	BROWARD COUNTY DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN ARMED ROBBERIES OF 16 RESTAURANTS
07/10/09	MIAMI MOTHER AND TWO OTHERS PLEAD GUILTY TO HOSTAGE TAKING
07/10/09	PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER INDICTED FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/09/09	ALIEN SMUGGLERS WHO HELD CUBAN NATIONALS FOR RANSOM SENTENCED
07/08/09	TWO FORMER SPIRIT AIRLINES EMPLOYEES AND TRAVEL AGENT PLEAD GUILTY TO COMPUTER FRAUD
07/07/09	MIAMI WOMAN CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION FRAUD, AND WIRE FRAUD
07/06/09	FUGITIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
07/02/09	TWO MIAMI MEN INDICTED FOR $179 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
07/01/09	TENNESSEE MAN SENTENCED TO 210 MONTHS FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
June 2009
06/30/09	ALLEGED HEALTH CARE FRAUD MONEY LAUNDERER ARRESTED
06/29/09	DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO JAIL TERM FOR HUNTING MIGRATORY BIRDS IN EXCESS OF DAILY BAG LIMIT
06/29/09	MIAMI PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO 97 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN $10 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
06/26/09	EIGHT MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $22 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES
06/25/09	UBS CLIENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURN
06/23/09	OWNER OF LA BAMBA CHECK CASHING AND CORPORATION SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH $132,000,000 IN FALSE CTRS
06/23/09	FORMER FUGITIVE INVESTMENT MANAGER LUIS GIRO PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD
06/23/09	MIAMI MAN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH $2.5 MILLION INVESTMENT PONZI SCHEME
06/23/09	EIGHT MIAMI RESIDENTS CHARGED IN FIVE-STATE $100 MILLION MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ADVANTAGE FRAUD SCHEME
06/22/09	BOAT CAPTAIN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH FAILED MIGRANT SMUGGLING VENTURE THAT RESULTED IN 6 DEATHS
06/19/09	FORMER PINE CREST SCHOOL SWIM COACH SENTENCED ON TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
06/19/09	TWO BOAT CAPTAINS INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH DEADLY SMUGGLING OPERATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
06/19/09	MEMBERS OF TREASURE COAST, BREVARD, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH RING FACE FEDERAL NARCOTICS CHARGES
06/19/09	FORMER DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AT NOAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND FIANCÉE INDICTED ON HOUSING FRAUD
06/19/09	FORMER LAKE WORTH SCHOOL TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO PREPARING FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS
06/18/09	FORMER ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS EMPLOYEE SENTENCED
06/18/09	SETTLEMENT REACHED IN TRUMAN ANNEX CIVIL CASE
06/18/09	FORMER JACKSON HEWITT RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
06/16/09	TWO LA BAMBA CHECK CASHING EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY IN TAX FRAUD CASE
06/16/09	HIALEAH TAX RETURN PREPARER CHARGED WITH PREPARING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR CLIENTS
06/16/09	FORMER CHURCH PARISHIONER SENTENCED FOR FILING FRAUDULENT TAX REFUND CLAIMS
06/15/09	MIAMI-DADE MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD THE IRS OF MORE THAN $14 TRILLION
06/12/09	FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS FORMER OWNER OF MORTGAGE COMPANY ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM TAX FRAUD SCHEME
06/12/09	STATEWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION TARGETS RESIDENTIAL HYDROPONIC MARIJUANA GROW HOUSES
06/11/09	DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN CONSPIRACY TO EXPORT MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN
06/10/09	TWO JAMAICAN NATIONALS, INCLUDING JAMAICAN FUGITIVE, CAPTURED AND CHARGED ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES
06/10/09	MIAMI RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
06/09/09	SECOND CAPTAIN OF CAPSIZED BOAT ARRESTED AND CHARGED
06/09/09	HIALEAH MAN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH MIGRANT SMUGGLING OPERATION
06/08/09	HIGHLANDS COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/05/09	FOUR MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS SENTENCED IN $10 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
06/05/09	FIRST ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY BECOMES ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY
06/05/09	U.S. ATTORNEY RESIGNS AFTER SERVING A FULL FOUR YEAR TERM
06/05/09	SOUTH FLORIDA TITLE COMPANY OWNERS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
06/04/09	MORTGAGE AND FORECLOSURE FRAUD DEFENDANT SENTENCED
06/04/09	VETERAN PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS SENTENCED IN PUBLIC CORRUPTION PROBE
06/03/09	MORTGAGE FRAUD VIOLATOR SENTENCED TO 65 MONTHS IN PRISON
May 2009
05/29/09	MAN SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS FOR VIDEOTAPING CHILDREN IN PUBLIC AREAS AT LOCAL BEACHES
05/29/09	TWO DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH IMPORTATION OF COCAINE INTO THE U.S. FROM THE BAHAMAS
05/28/09	MIAMI PHARMACY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
05/28/09	OAKLAND PARK RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR INTERSTATE TRAVEL TO ENGAGE IN SEX WITH MINOR
05/28/09	DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON IN TAX REFUND SCHEME
05/27/09	POSSESSION OF ILLEGALLY TAKEN SEA TURTLE EGGS
05/26/09	PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE AND ACCOMPLICE INDICTED FOR STEALING PATIENT RECORDS AS PART OF FRAUD SCHEME
05/21/09	FOUR ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH DECEMBER 1, 2008 DADELAND MALL ROBBERY AND HOMICIDE
05/21/09	ELEVEN DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY RELATED TO BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY
05/21/09	BOCA RATON MAN CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR "PONZI" SCHEME
05/20/09	FORMER COUNTY CORRECTIONS OFFICER SENTENCED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
05/20/09	DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AT NOAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND FIANCEE CHARGED WITH HOUSING FRAUD
05/19/09	OPERATION WHOSEHOUSE FUGITIVE MORTGAGE BROKER EXTRADITED FROM JAMAICA TO FACE SOUTH FLORIDA FRAUD CHARGES
05/19/09	FORMER JACKSON HEWITT RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
05/18/09	THREE SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS AND A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MONEY LAUNDERING AND MORTGAGE FRAUD CONSPIRACY
05/18/09	CAPTAIN OF CAPSIZED BOAT ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ALIEN SMUGGLING WITH DEATH RESULTING
05/15/09	TWO FLORIDA BUSINESSMEN PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN A CONSPIRACY TO BRIBE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MONEY LAUNDERING
05/15/09	PALM BEACH DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN FRAUDULENT INTERNET BANK GUARANTEE SCHEME
05/15/09	DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO SIXTY (60) MONTHS ON ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT CONSPIRACY
05/15/09	FORMER MIAMI RETURN PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
05/14/09	FORMER BROWARD SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SENTENCED FOR PARTICIPATION IN UNDERCOVER CORRUPTION PROBE
05/13/09	DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TURNPIKE MURDER OF TWO TODDLERS
05/13/09	OWNERS OF BROWARD COUNTY ESCORT SERVICE INDICTED
05/13/09	PROTECTED WILDLIFE ON LUXURY YACHT RESULTS IN CONVICTION, SEIZURE AND FORFEITURES
05/12/09	LEADER OF LIBERTY CITY SIX CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS, FOUR OTHERS CONVICTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS, AND ONE DEFENDANT ACQUITTED ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO SUPPORT AL QAEDA, ATTACK TARGETS IN THE UNITED STATES
05/11/09	TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN $21 MILLION MEDICARE ADVANTAGE FRAUD SCHEME SPANNING FIVE STATES
05/11/09	FORMER PRINCIPAL OF MORTGAGE SECURITIZER SENTENCED FOR SCHEME TO ALTER CREDIT DATA ON RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS
05/08/09	"COMMON JOE BANDIT" PLEADS GUILTY TO SERIES OF ARMED BANK ROBBERIES
05/08/09	FORMER GLOBETEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) SENTENCED ON TAX FRAUD SCHEME
05/07/09	SEBASTIAN WOMAN INDICTED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD
05/06/09	DEFENDANT SENTENCED ON MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOE COOL VOYAGE
05/01/09	TWO SOUTH FLORIDA MEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENT ATM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY VENTURE
05/01/09	DEBIT CARD SKIMMING GROUP ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
April 2009
04/30/09	BROWARD COUNTY DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF ARMED ROBBERY OF 16 RESTAURANTS
04/29/09	DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL EXPORT OF ROCKET TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH KOREA
04/29/09	FORMER HEAD SECURITIES TRADER FOR LANCER GROUP HEDGE FUNDS PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MAIL,WIRE AND SECURITIES FRAUD
04/28/09	PUBLIC ADJUSTER, CLAIMS PROCESSOR AND FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED ON RESIDENTIAL ARSON SCHEME
04/28/09	NORTH VALLEY CARTEL TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO PRISON ON NARCOTICS AND OBSTRUCTION BY MURDER CHARGES
04/24/09	PORT SAINT LUCIE MAN CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/24/09	RETURN PREPARER CHARGED WITH TAX FRAUD
04/24/09	CAPTAIN AND CO-DEFENDANT PLEAD GUILTY IN WEST PALM BEACH ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE
04/24/09	DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/20/09	FUGITIVE MORTGAGE BROKER IN OPERATION WHOSE HOUSE ORDERED EXTRADITED FROM JAMAICA
04/17/09	MIAMI GROUP CHARGED IN CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD ALIENS
04/17/09	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
04/16/09	DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY CONSPIRACY
04/16/09	UTAH FUGITIVE INDICTED FOR ASSAULT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIREARMS VIOLATIONS
04/16/09	SIX ALIEN SMUGGLERS SENTENCED IN FAILED SMUGGLING ATTEMPT RESULTING IN DEATH OF A MIGRANT
04/15/09	BROWARD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF IMPERSONATING A U.S. MARSHAL AND FELON-IN-POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
04/15/09	WEST PALM BEACH MAN CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/14/09	POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION CONTRACTOR CHARGED WITH TAX FRAUD
04/14/09	FORMER BANK OF AMERICA EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO 116 MONTHS IN PRISON
04/14/09	UBS CLIENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURN; HID ASSETS WORTH $3 MILLION IN SECRET SWISS BANK ACCOUNT
04/13/09	MIAMI MOTHER AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING
04/13/09	FORMER BOCA RATON SALON OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
04/10/09	WEST PALM BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
04/10/09	FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CHARGED WITH TAX EVASION
04/10/09	DOMINICAN BOAT CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF ALIEN SMUGGLING WITH DEATH RESULTING
04/09/09	HOMESTEAD PRODUCE FIRM, OWNERS, AND EMPLOYEE SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH IMPORTATION OF CONTAMINATED PRODUCE
04/08/09	DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER SENTENCED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/07/09	THREE SOUTH FLORIDA MEN INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
04/07/09	NINE MIAMI RESIDENTS CHARGED IN GUN AND DRUG SWEEP
04/07/09	PEMBROKE PINES MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/07/09	MIAMI MAN INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
04/06/09	MUNITIONS DEALER ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONSPIRACY TO EXPORT MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN
04/06/09	BEST BUY EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHERS PLEAD GUILTY IN CREDIT CARD FRAUD CASE
04/03/09	FORMER PALM BEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIMINAL BANKRUPTCY, MORTGAGE AND TAX FRAUD CHARGES
04/03/09	THREE CHARGED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
04/03/09	FORMER ICE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY IN KICKBACK, OBSTRUCTION SCHEME
04/03/09	KEYS COMMERCIAL LOBSTER OPERATION RESULTS IN CONVICTIONS, SEIZURES AND FORFEITURES
04/02/09	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO EXPORT MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN
04/02/09	UBS CLIENT CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE TAX RETURN
04/01/09	MIAMI HIV/INFUSION CLINIC OWNER SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MEDICARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
March 2009
03/31/09	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST TOWN OF LAKE PARK, FLORIDA
03/31/09	JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF DEATH FOR TURNPIKE HOMICIDES OF TWO TODDLERS
03/30/09	ELEVEN FROM MIAMI-DADE CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
03/27/09	MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MEDICARE FRAUD
03/27/09	VETERAN PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER PLEADS GUILTY AND HUSBAND IS SENTENCED IN PUBLIC CORRUPTION PROBE
03/25/09	MIAMI DOCTOR AND CHEMIST PLEAD GUILTY IN HIV INFUSION FRAUD SCHEME
03/25/09	POMPANO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNERS SENTENCED IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION, TAX, AND MAIL FRAUD CONSPIRACY
03/23/09	NAPLES WOMAN CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL GUN EXPORTS TO HONDURAS
03/23/09	PORT SAINT LUCIE MAN INDICTED FOR FRAUD
03/23/09	TWO DOCTORS AND TWO MEDICAL ASSISTANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN $10 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
03/20/09	JURY CONVICTS MIAMI WOMAN OF BANK FRAUD
03/20/09	LAKE WORTH MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY AFTER DEPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF A GUN
03/20/09	LOXAHATCHEE MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN WEST PALM BEACH ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE
03/20/09	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR "PONZI" SCHEME
03/20/09	DEERFIELD BEACH TITLE AGENT SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR ROLE IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
03/19/09	INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE CONVICTED ON IDENTITY THEFT RELATED OFFENSES
03/17/09	MARTIN COUNTY GROUP ARRESTED FOR COMMITTING SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES
03/17/09	JURY CONVICTS TWO DOCTORS AND TWO MEDICAL ASSISTANTS IN $5.3 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCAM
03/16/09	VENEZUELAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO OPERATING AS ILLEGAL AGENT OF VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
03/13/09	HEALTH CARE FRAUD FUGITIVE CAPTURED COMING INTO UNITED STATES FROM CUBA
03/13/09	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CHARGED WITH RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
03/13/09	DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING TO PRODUCE DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
03/12/09	FORMER NORTH MIAMI RESIDENTS SENTENCED IN TAX PREPARATION FRAUD SCHEME
03/12/09	ALIEN SMUGGLER INDICTED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT FOR SERVICE OF SENTENCE
03/11/09	INDIVIDUAL INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
03/11/09	TWO INDIVIDUALS AND A MIAMI COMPANY INDICTED ON CHARGES OF UNLICENSED MONEY REMITTING
03/09/09	ARMS BROKER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY EXPORTING NIGHT VISION GOGGLES TO IRAN
03/06/09	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND MONEY LAUNDERING
03/06/09	FORMER PINE CREST SCHOOL SWIM COACH PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
03/06/09	INDIVIDUAL INDICTED AS PART OF A LARGE SCALE CIGARETTE SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION
03/06/09	DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT CONSPIRACY
03/05/09	JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICTS IN TURNPIKE HOMICIDES CASE
03/05/09	HONDURAN SEAFOOD DEALER CONVICTED IN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OPERATION
03/05/09	TWENTY-ONE INDICTED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING RELATED CHARGES
February 2009
02/27/09	FORMER ST. BRENDAN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISHIONER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FRAUDULENT TAX REFUND CLAIMS
02/27/09	MIAMI MAN FOUND GUILTY IN $13.5 MILLION INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
02/26/09	BROWARD MAN INDICTED FOR IMPERSONATING A DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL
02/25/09	LAKE WORTH SCHOOL TEACHER CHARGED WITH PREPARING FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS
02/25/09	MIAMI LAKES MAN SENTENCED TO 140 MONTHS IN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCAM
02/24/09	FORT LAUDERDALE CAVIAR DEALER SENTENCED IN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OPERATION
02/23/09	FORMER SALVADORAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHARGED WITH IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS
02/20/09	MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO PRISON
02/19/09	DEFENDANT FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY AND MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOE COOL VOYAGE
02/19/09	BROWARD FELON CHARGED WITH IMPERSONATING DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL
02/19/09	DRUG TRAFFICKING DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO LIFE, PLUS FIVE YEARS
02/18/09	UBS ENTERS INTO DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT
02/17/09	PORT ST. LUCIE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSELY CLAIMING DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
02/17/09	"COMMON JOE BANDIT" ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BANK ROBBERY
02/17/09	THREE MIAMI PHYSICIANS AND THREE MEDICAL WORKERS CHARGED WITH $10 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
02/12/09	MIRAMAR ACCOUNTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
02/11/09	MIAMI BUSINESS WOMAN SENTENCED OF TAX EVASION
02/10/09	DEFENDANT HELD WITHOUT BAIL ON CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/09/09	GUILTY VERDICT ANNOUNCED AGAINST LA BAMBA CHECK CASHING IN CONNECTION WITH $132,000,000 IN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
02/09/09	WEST PALM BEACH TITLE AGENT SENTENCED ON MORTGAGE FRAUD CHARGES
02/04/09	MIAMI MAN CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/04/09	HEALTH CARE FRAUD DEFENDANT ARRESTED ENTERING THE U.S. FROM CUBA
02/04/09	USAO HOLDS PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AWARD CEREMONY
02/03/09	FORMER BANK OF AMERICA EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO MISAPPROPRIATING MORE THAN $29 MILLION
January 2009
01/30/09	HOLLYWOOD MAN INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
01/30/09	STUART MAN SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON IN FOREIGN CURRENCY INVESTMENT SCHEME
01/30/09	WELLINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS ON INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
01/30/09	ICE SUPERVISORY DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OFFICER CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR HARBORING AN ALIEN
01/29/09	FORMER GLOBETEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) PLEADS GUILTY IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
01/27/09	INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH IMMIGRATION OFFENSES
01/27/09	THREE ALIEN SMUGGLERS PLEAD GUILTY AND FOUR OTHERS CONVICTED BY JURY IN FAILED SMUGGLING VENTURE
01/24/09	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO EXPORT MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN
01/23/09	19 MIAMI RESIDENTS INDICTED ON FEDERAL HEROIN TRAFFICKING CHARGES
01/23/09	RECIDIVIST OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 327 MONTHS
01/23/09	FORMER PRINCIPAL OF MORTGAGE SECURITIZER PLEADS GUILTY IN SCHEME TO ALTER CREDIT DATA ON RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS
01/23/09	NORTH VALLEY CARTEL TRAFFICKER PLEADS TO NARCOTICS AND OBSTRUCTION BY MURDER CHARGES
01/22/09	DE FACTO OWNER OF MORTGAGE COMPANIES AND TITLE AGENCIES SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
01/22/09	FORMER BANK OF AMERICA EMPLOYEE CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BANK FRAUD SCHEME
01/21/09	ALIEN SMUGGLERS PLEAD GUILTY TO FAILED SMUGGLING VENTURE
01/21/09	WASHINGTON STATE MAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS ON CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/20/09	MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEAR PRISON TERM
01/15/09	MIAMI RESIDENTS INDICTED IN MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE, MORTGAGE, AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
01/15/09	WELLINGTON MAN SENTENCED ON MORTGAGE FRAUD CHARGES
01/15/09	FOUR BAHAMIAN NATIONALS AND ONE LAUDERHILL RESIDENT CHARGED IN PALM BEACH COCAINE SMUGGLING VENTURE
01/15/09	MEDICAL CLINIC EXECUTIVES AND WORKER PLEAD GUILTY TO $5.3 MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
01/15/09	SIX TELEMARKETERS CHARGED IN FLORIDA WITH BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SCAM
01/13/09	ORGANIZER RECEIVES 10 YEAR SENTENCE IN MEDICARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
01/13/09	SOUTH FLORIDA WOMAN CHARGED FOR PREPARING FRAUDULENT INCOME TAX RETURNS
01/13/09	FORMER ST. BRENDAN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISHIONER CHARGED WITH FILING FRAUDULENT TAX REFUND CLAIMS
01/12/09	MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO PRISON
01/09/09	PALM BEACH FATHER AND SON PLEAD GUILTY IN FRAUDULENT INTERNET BANK GUARANTEE SCHEME
01/09/09	ROY BELFAST JR., A/K/A CHUCKIE TAYLOR, SENTENCED ON TORTURE CHARGES
01/09/09	VETERAN PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND HUSBAND CHARGED IN PUBLIC CORRUPTION PROBE
01/08/09	FORMER CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN JAIL
01/08/09	MEDICAL CLINIC OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN $5.3 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
01/07/09	TWO PHARMED DIRECTORS SENTENCED TO 108 MONTHS ON WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY AND TAX EVASION SCHEME
01/05/09	BROWARD ACCOUNTANT/CFO CHARGED IN TAX FRAUD SCHEME
01/05/09	FOUR DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN $1 BILLION INVESTOR FRAUD
December 2008
12/30/08	HOMESTEAD PRODUCE FIRM AND OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO THE IMPORTATION OF PRODUCE CONTAMINATED WITH ILLEGAL PESTICIDES
12/30/08	LEADER OF $10 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN PRISON
12/23/08	TWO BANK INSIDERS AND SIX OTHERS CHARGED IN BANK FRAUD SCHEME TO DEFRAUD BANK OF AMERICA AND WACHOVIA OF $1 MILLION
12/22/08	FORMER BANK OFFICER SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
12/19/08	RHODE ISLAND RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR HIS ROLE IN A SOUTH FLORIDA PAYROLL TAX EVASION SCHEME
12/19/08	DELRAY BEACH MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED FOR FRAUD
12/19/08	MBC MARKETING DIRECTOR SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION
12/18/08	MIAMI SEAFOOD BROKERS CHARGED FOR UNDERSIZED LOBSTER TRANSACTIONS
12/18/08	PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN $119 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD
12/18/08	MIAMI PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR $11 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
12/17/08	MAN CHARGED IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY COMPLAINT FOR VIDEOTAPING CHILDREN IN PUBLIC AREAS AT LOCAL BEACHES
12/17/08	GAMBINO FAMILY MEMBER AND OTHERS SENTENCED FOR RACKETEERING
12/17/08	MIAMI LAKES MAN CONVICTED IN CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCAM
12/17/08	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BILKING INVESTORS IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR "PONZI" SCHEME
12/17/08	THIRTY THREE MEMBERS OF TWO OPA-LOCKA DRUG GANGS INDICTED ON NARCOTICS AND GUN CHARGES
12/16/08	LOCAL REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY SENT TO JAIL ON FRAUD CHARGES
12/15/08	BOCA RATON MAN SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED INTERNET ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR
12/15/08	BOCA RATON MAN INDICTED IN SECURITIES AND TAX FRAUD CASE
12/15/08	SECOND U.S. CITIZEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
12/12/08	LÍDER DEL CARTEL DEL NORTE DEL VALLE EXTRADITADO; ENFRENTA CARGOS DE NARCO-TRAFICO EN MIAMI
12/12/08	NORTH VALLEY CARTEL LEADER EXTRADITED; FACES NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING CHARGES IN SOUTH FLORIDA
12/11/08	POMPANO BEACH RESIDENT CHARGED IN ATTEMPTED MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TAX REFUND FRAUD SCHEME
12/11/08	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES
12/11/08	FIVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH BRINKS ARMORED CAR ROBBERY
12/11/08	FT. LAUDERDALE MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
12/11/08	DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL FOR PASSPORT AND SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD
12/11/08	FORMER PRINCIPAL OF MORTGAGE SECURITIZER CHARGED WITH FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
12/10/08	PEMBROKE PINES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MASSIVE FRAUDULENT SCHEMES
12/10/08	U.S. CITIZEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH COSTA RICA-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURES
12/9/08	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND U.S. ATTORNEY R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNVEIL NEW PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COMBAT ONLINE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
12/8/08	PORT ST. LUCIE MAN ARRESTED AFTER CLAIMING DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
12/5/08	BROWARD SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TWO OTHERS PLEAD GUILTY IN UNDERCOVER CORRUPTION PROBE
12/5/08	SENTENCING OF CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICER
12/5/08	CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL PAYROLL TAX EVASION
12/5/08	FORT LAUDERDALE CAVIAR DEALER CONVICTED IN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OPERATION
12/4/08	TELEMARKETERS CONVICTED OF FRAUD, SECURITIES, AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
12/4/08	THREE PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
12/4/08	ALIEN SMUGGLER ARRESTED AND CHARGED
12/3/08	HELVETIA DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS ON WIRE AND SECURITIES FRAUD
12/2/08	BROWARD COUNTY TITLE AGENT CONVICTED ON FRAUD CHARGES
12/1/08	VESSEL OPERATORS INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH FAILED SMUGGLING ATTEMPT OF 19 DOMINICAN NATIONALS
November 2008
11/26/08	UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ANNOUNCES CREATION OF LIPOBAN VICTIM WEBSITE
11/25/08	DOMINICAN BOAT CAPTAIN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF ALIEN SMUGGLING WITH DEATH RESULTING CHARGES
11/25/08	BAYER HEALTHCARE TO PAY U.S. $97.5 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF PAYING KICKBACKS TO DIABETIC SUPPLIERS
11/24/08	ICE AGENT INDICTED IN KICKBACK, OBSTRUCTION SCHEME
11/21/08	FOUR ARRESTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN BROTHELS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA
11/21/08	FORMER MEMBER OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED PENDING EXTRADITION TO FACE MURDER CHARGES
11/20/08	MIAMI PHYSICIANS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR THEIR ROLES IN A $6.8 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/19/08	FORT LAUDERDALE PINE CREST SCHOOL SWIM COACH ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY COMPLAINT
11/19/08	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD AND TELEMARKETING SCHEMES
11/19/08	MIRAMAR WOMAN AND MIAMI MAN SENTENCED ON MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
11/18/08	DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY ON CHARGES OF ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY OF A PREVIOUSLY REMOVED AND DEPORTED ALIEN
11/18/08	MIAMI HIV CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR AND TWO MIAMI RESIDENTS SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN A $14 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/14/08	SOUTH FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD AND TELEMARKETING SCHEMES
11/14/08	FORMER HIALEAH RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO $56.7 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/14/08	SELF-ACCLAIMED PRIEST SENTENCED TO 54 MONTHS FOR TAX FRAUD
11/13/08	TWO FAMILIES CONVICTED FOR OPERATING $17.3 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/13/08	U.S. POSTAL CARRIER AND SIX OTHERS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
11/13/08	MIAMI MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING MEDICARE BENEFICIARY INFORMATION
11/12/08	MIAMI CLINIC OWNER SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR $10.9 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD
11/12/08	SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO MULTIPLE LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDER, ALIEN SMUGGLING AND NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
11/12/08	SWISS BANK EXECUTIVE CHARGED WITH AIDING U.S. TAXPAYERS EVADE INCOME TAX
11/10/08	DOMINICAN BOAT CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH ALIEN SMUGGLING
11/10/08	CAR SALESMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING CUSTOMER DATA TO IDENTITY THEFT RING; MEMBER OF RING PLEADS GUILTY
11/7/08	FORMER PALM BEACH RESIDENT INDICTED IN BANKRUPTCY, MORTGAGE AND STRUCTURING SCHEME
11/06/08	MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER CONVICTED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
11/06/08	MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR INTERNET ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
11/05/08	PALM BEACH RESIDENT CONVICTED OF ENTICING MINORS ON THE INTERNET AND PRODUCING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
11/04/08	FORMER ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SUPERVISOR PLEADS GUILTY
11/04/08	TITLE AGENT SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PARTICIPATION IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
11/04/08	MIAMI PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO 84 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR $26.2 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD
11/03/08	VENEZUELAN NATIONAL CONVICTED OF OPERATING AS ILLEGAL AGENT OF VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
11/03/08	BROWARD BUSINESSMAN AND ASSOCIATE SENTENCED ON FRAUD CHARGES
October 2008
10/31/08	BOILER ROOM TRADER SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS FOR FRAUD
10/31/08	ALIEN SMUGGLERS INDICTED
10/31/08	"BANDANA BANDIT" SENTENCED TO 77 MONTHS FOR BANK ROBBERIES
10/30/08	PALM BEACH COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 240 MONTHS ON MORTGAGE FRAUD AND TAX EVASION CHARGES
10/30/08	ROY BELFAST JR. A/K/A CHUCKIE TAYLOR CONVICTED ON TORTURE CHARGES
10/30/08	MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME OPERATOR CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENT SALE OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
10/30/08	POMPANO-BASED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNERS CHARGED WITH TAX AND MAIL FRAUD CONSPIRACY IN LABOR SCHEME
10/29/08	U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES LOCAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR ELECTION DAY PROGRAM
10/29/08	MIAMI WOMAN SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH $18 MILLION BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SCAM
10/28/08	ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY HONORS PADILLA TRIAL TEAM AND MEDICARE STRIKE FORCE ATTORNEYS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY
10/24/08	SIX DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN ARSON SCHEME TO COLLECT ON HOME INSURANCE POLICY
10/24/08	DAVIE WOMAN SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
10/24/08	BANK OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY IN MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
10/23/08	TWO ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH UTAH-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FRAUD VENTURE
10/23/08	FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED TO 97 MONTHS IN PRISON ON CHARGE OF TRAVELING TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR
10/21/08	LEADER OF $10 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY
10/17/08	JURY CONVICTS MIAMI PHYSICIAN AND NURSE OF $11 MILLION HIV INFUSION MEDICARE FRAUD
10/17/08	MIAMI BUSINESS WOMAN CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION
10/16/08	SEVEN MEMBERS OF ROMANIAN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP INDICTED IN INTERNATIONAL WIRE FRAUD SCHEME
10/16/08	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO BAR FLORIDA WOMAN FROM PREPARING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS FOR OTHERS
10/15/08	FOUR SOUTH FLORIDA MEN CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES
10/15/08	MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
10/10/08	DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF OPERATING DECADE LONG CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT COCAINE INTO THE UNITED STATES
10/10/08	THIRTY-NINE INDICTED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES
10/09/08	FORMER COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY LEADERS SENTENCED
10/09/08	CHIROPRACTOR AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
10/07/08	MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE INDICTS EIGHT MIAMI-DADE RESIDENTS FOR AIDS/HIV INFUSION FRAUD
10/07/08	BROWARD COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO 12 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR FALSE STATEMENTS TO HUD AND THEFT OF GOVERNMENT MONIES
10/07/08	TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN FOREIGN CURRENCY INVESTMENT SCHEME
10/06/08	DME COMPANY OWNER CONVICTED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
10/06/08	TWO CHARGED WITH $1.9 MILLION TAX FRAUD
10/06/08	DME COMPANY OWNER CONVICTED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
10/06/08	MEMBERS OF TRI-COUNTY IDENTITY THEFT RING INDICTED
10/03/08	GAMBINO FAMILY MEMBER AND OTHERS CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING ACTIVITY
10/02/08	RACE CAR DRIVER, SISTER AND LAWYER INDICTED ON TAX EVASION SCHEME
September 2008
9/30/08	MORTGAGE FRAUD PROSECUTIONS CONTINUE TO RISE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
9/30/08	U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST FORTY-ONE DEFENDANTS
9/29/08	SEVEN CHARGED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A CUBAN NATIONAL
9/26/08	MIAMI DADE RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO FOOD STAMP FRAUD CHARGES
9/26/08	FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF TWO CRACK, COCAINE, MARIJUANA, AND ECSTASY DISTRIBUTION RINGS INDICTED
9/24/08	FRENCH NATIONAL SENTENCED IN INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PAINTINGS BY MONET, SISLEY, AND BRUEGHEL
9/23/08	MIAMI SEAFOOD DEALERS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OPERATION
9/23/08	MBC MARKETING DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION
9/22/08	KENTUCKY MAN SENTENCED TO 480 MONTHS'IMPRISONMENT ON CHARGE OF TRANSPORTING A MINOR IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
9/19/08	MIAMI PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN $119 MILLION HIV INFUSION FRAUD SCHEME
9/17/08	SIXTEEN FOREIGN NATIONALS AND CORPORATIONS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY EXPORTING POTENTIAL MILITARY AND EXPLOSIVES COMPONENTS TO IRAN
9/15/08	SEVEN CHARGED IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
9/12/08	CHURCH MUSIC MINISTER SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
9/12/08	WELLINGTON MAN SURRENDERS TO FACE MORTGAGE FRAUD CHARGES
9/12/08	TWO PHARMED DIRECTORS PLEAD GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY AND TAX EVASION SCHEME
9/11/08	FORT LAUDERDALE WOMAN INDICTED AND ARRESTED FOR FALSE BOMB THREAT
9/11/08	ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD CHARGE
9/11/08	TWO MIAMI PHYSICIANS PLEAD GUILTY AND ADMIT ORDERING $6.8 MILLION WORTH OF UNNECESSARY HIV INFUSION TREATMENTS
9/11/08	ELEVEN BROWARD MEMBERS OF GRAVEYARD BOYZ INDICTED
9/10/08	TWENTY ONE INDICTED ON COCAINE AND CRACK CHARGES
9/9/08	MIAMI HIV CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR PLEADS GUILTY FOR ROLE IN A $14 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
9/5/08	EIGHTEEN INDICTED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES
9/5/08	MONROE COUNTY CPA SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT ON TAX CHARGES
9/5/08	TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS OF A CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING INDICTED
9/5/08	TSA SCREENER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
9/4/08	TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN BROWARD COUNTY MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
9/3/08	MAN SENTENCED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES IN FLORIDA
August 2008
8/29/08	FOUR INDIVIDUALS CHARGED AND ARRESTED AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF FRAUDULENT NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN DOCUMENTS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS
8/29/08	CONVICTED MEDICARE FRAUD DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO LAUNDERING MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT PROCEEDS
8/28/08	DME DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
8/28/08	DE FACTO OWNER OF MORTGAGE COMPANIES AND TITLE AGENCIES CHARGED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
8/28/08	MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
8/28/08	LAKE WORTH RESIDENT SENTENCED ON TAX FRAUD CHARGES
8/27/08	PENSACOLA NAVY MAN SENTENCED FOR ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
8/27/08	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED FOR ENTICING A CHILD TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
8/27/08	SEVEN CONVICTED OF ROBBERY, WEAPONS, AND DRUG-TRAFFICKING CHARGES SENTENCED TO PRISON
8/26/08	MIAMI PHYSICIAN AND HIV CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR PLEAD GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLES IN A $37 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
8/25/08	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT ALLEGING RETALIATION BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA AGAINST AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY EMPLOYEE
8/25/08	EXTRADITED MORTGAGE FRAUD DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED IN OPERATION WHOSE HOUSE
8/25/08	ALIEN SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON
8/22/08	'BANDANA BANDIT' PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK ROBBERY
8/22/08	CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL PAYROLL TAX EVASION CONSPIRACY
8/22/08	SELF-PROCLAIMED PRIEST CONVICTED OF TAX FRAUD
8/19/08	SEVEN CHARGED IN INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY CONSPIRACY
8/15/08	SMUGGLING RING ORGANIZER GETS 10-YEAR MAXIMUM SENTENCE
8/15/08	DAVIE WOMAN PLEADS TO TAX FRAUD CHARGES
8/15/08	OKEECHOBEE MAN SENTENCED ON PERJURY CHARGE
8/14/08	OPERATION HOME SWEET HOME RESULTS IN FLORIDA LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS
8/14/08	FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE OF TRAVELING TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR
8/14/08	OPERATION HOME SWEET HOME RESULTS IN FLORIDA LAWSUIT ALLEGING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS
8/13/08	FORMER FUGITIVE HEDGE FUND MANAGER SENTENCED TO JAIL ON SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME
8/12/08	FORT LAUDERDALE ORCHID DEALER CONVICTED IN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OPERATION
8/8/08	DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS FOR FIREARMS CHARGES
8/7/08	KEYS COMMERCIAL LOBSTER OPERATION RESULTS IN SEARCH, SEIZURES AND ARREST
July 2008
7/31/08	BOCA RATON MAN AND NEW JERSEY MAN SENTENCED IN $7 MILLION HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE AND TAX SCHEME
7/30/08	SENTENCE IMPOSED IN TURTLE CASE
7/29/08	FORMER COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY LEADERS PLEAD GUILTY TO COCAINE IMPORTATION CONSPIRACY
7/28/08	ALIEN SMUGGLERS INDICTED FOR HOSTAGE TAKING
7/25/08	FORMER WEAPONS SERGEANT PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF GOVERNMENT MUNITIONS
7/25/08	DEFENDANT INDICTED ON 46 COUNTS OF MAIL FRAUD ARISING FROM FRAUDULENT "WORK-AT-HOME" SCHEMES
7/24/08	DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOE COOL VOYAGE
7/24/08	STEFFAN RADULOVIC INDICTED ON CHARGES OF THEFT OF GOVERNMENT MONIES AND FAILING TO REPORT EVENTSTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
7/23/08	THREE FORMER HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY TO MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FRAUD
7/22/08	TWO PHARMED DIRECTORS CHARGED IN WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY AND TAX EVASION SCHEME
7/18/08	DEFENDANT'S SENTENCED AND OTHERS INDICTED FOR OXYCODONE DISTRIBUTION
7/18/08	BROWARD BUSINESSMAN AND ASSOCIATE PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES
7/18/08	FIVE STATE CORRECTIONAL GUARDS CHARGED FEDERALLY FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO CORRECTIONAL
7/17/08	HEDGE FUND ADVISORS SENTENCED IN $194 MILLION HEDGE FUND COLLAPSE
7/17/08	NINETEEN, INCLUDING TWO MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICERS, CHARGED IN LIBERTY CITY COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING
7/16/08	TWO FAMILIES CHARGED FOR OPERATING $11.5 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
7/16/08	MORTGAGE FRAUD FUGITIVE EXTRADITED TO FLORIDA
7/14/08	HOLLYWOOD WILDLIFE DEALER CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL TURTLE SALES
7/11/08	FORT LAUDERDALE ORCHID DEALER CHARGED IN INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING OPERATION
7/11/08	MIAMI DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
7/11/08	BROWARD BUSINESSMAN AND ASSOCIATE CHARGED IN $4 MILLION FRAUD
7/10/08	HIV INFUSION CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
7/10/08	FORMER ICE ENFORCEMENT AGENT SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT TO ABUSE CHARGES
7/10/08	FRENCH NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PAINTINGS BY MONET, SISLEY, AND BRUEGHEL
7/9/08	SEVEN BROWARD RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $10 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD INDICTMENT
7/3/08	TWO MUNITIONS DEALERS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF EXPORTING MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN
7/3/08	FIFTEEN INDICTED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES
7/3/08	JURY CONVICTS LAST SIX DEFENDANTS INVOLVED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
7/2/08	JURY CONVICTS THOMPSON OF MURDER, ALIEN SMUGGLING AND NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
7/2/08	DME DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO $148 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
7/2/08	OWNER OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY SENTENCED TO 130 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
7/1/08	CUSTODY OFFICER CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING CONTRABAND INTO KROME SERVICE PROCESSING CENTER
7/1/08	STUART RESIDENTS CHARGED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY TELEMARKETING SCHEME
June 2008
6/30/08	JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ASKS COURT TO SERVE IRS SUMMONS FOR UBS SWISS BANK ACCOUNT RECORDS - Attachment: UBS Order
6/30/08	MIAMI-DADE HUSBAND AND WIFE SENTENCED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
6/27/08	MEDICARE FRAUD CONVICTIONS RESULT IN PRISON TERMS FOR MOTHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS
6/27/08	FRENCH NATIONAL CHARGED IN INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PAINTINGS BY MONET, SISLEY, AND BRUEGHEL
6/25/08	ALIEN SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT
6/25/08	MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
6/23/08	TWO MUNITIONS DEALERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONSPIRACY TO EXPORT MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN
6/23/08	BROWARD SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED IN UNDERCOVER CORRUPTION PROBE
6/20/08	MUNITIONS SUPPLIER, HIS COMPANY, AND OTHERS INDICTED FOR LYING TO ARMY ON GOVERNMENT MUNITIONS CONTRACT
6/20/08	FIVE PHYSICIANS AND ONE CLINIC OWNER CHARGED IN INFUSION FRAUD MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SCHEME
6/19/08	INSURANCE SCAM DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
6/19/08	MORTGAGE FRAUD PROSECUTIONS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BUTTRESS ON-GOING MORTGAGE FRAUD CRACKDOWN
6/19/08	BANKER PLEADS GUILTY TO HELPING AMERICAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER EVADE INCOME TAX ON $200 MILLION
6/17/08	PALM BEACH FATHER AND SON CHARGED IN FRAUDULENT INTERNET BANK GUARANTEE SCHEME
6/17/08	COLOMBIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER EXTRADITED TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES
6/16/08	SIX INDICTED IN WEST PALM BEACH ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE
6/16/08	BOILER ROOM TRADER CHARGED WITH FRAUD PLEADS GUILTY
6/13/08	SEVENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD WOMAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING HEROIN AT FT. LAUDERDALE AIRPORT
6/11/08	THREE MIAMI AREA BROTHERS AND PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CHARGED IN $110 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
6/11/08	WEST PALM BEACH WOMAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES OF FEMA FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
6/10/08	FORT PIERCE MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LENGTHY INCARCERATION
6/10/08	OKEECHOBEE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED ON DRUG CHARGES
6/6/08	CONVICTION RETURNED ON MORTGAGE FRAUD AND TAX EVASION INDICTMENT
6/5/08	TEN INDIVIDUALS INDICTED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES
6/5/08	THREE FORMER HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES CHARGED IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FRAUD
6/5/08	FORMER FUGITIVE FINANCIER SALMAN SHARIFF PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD IN HEDGE FUND SCHEME
6/3/08	MONROE COUNTY CPA PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX CHARGES
6/2/08	INTERNATIONAL TUNA SMUGGLING OPERATION RESULTS IN SENTENCING

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