A Martin County couple was arrested Monday, accused of defrauding $8 million from unsuspecting buyers and renters in a rental scheme.
Robert A. Tribble, Jr., 50, and Mary Revoller-Chavez, 45, with whom he lived, were taken into custody this morning, Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.
Tribble, who lived in the...
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) lost $18 million in an investment fraud scheme that cheated him and other investors out of approximately $35 million, businessinsider.com reports.
Orlando police are searching for suspects who stole a 67-year-old disabled military veteran's wallet, then used his debit card to scam him out of more than $700.
A woman who worked as a telemarketer selling timeshares in Central Florida, teamed up with her boyfriend in jail to fraudulently use credit cards information obtained from clients purchasing time shares.
50-year old Diana Schaub Cowart, or "Leslie the Bombshell," as she called herself, has been arrested for selling herself for sex at her house in the middle of a quiet Orlando neighborhood, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Although the Food and Drug Administration was aware that a major pharmaceutical research laboratory in Houston had falsified data and was engaged in "egregious" violations which undermined the safety and effectiveness of dozens of medications, the watchdog, approved those very drugs and allowed them to remain on the market.
An Orlando police officer was arrested on Thursday, accused of grand theft and engaging in a financial scheme to defraud, a statement from Orlando Police Department said.
The allegations of "potential" fraud in Florida's early learning programs have led to a spate of bills to address the issue, but a closer examination has revealed that these claims have been largely overblown.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Wednesday that, 17 individuals have been arrested following a two-year-long investigation of statewide organized fraud.
Two top executives at a nursing-home management company were arrested on charges that they used $2.75 million in Medicaid money for excessive salaries and personal expenses, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday.
A retired American Airlines pilot, a microbiologist, a medical technician and an award-winning Porn Star are among the 78 people arrested in an undercover prostitution sting, Polk County deputies said.
The state should expand early voting to a minimum of 120 hours, start 15 days before an election, make it illegal for anyone to be in possession of more than two absentee ballots, and restore a requirement that someone must witness in person an absentee voter's signature on a ballot, a grand jury in Miami-Dade County said Thursday.
Members of the Orlando Police Department’s Economic Crimes Unit have organized an informational seminar for the public entitled “Seniors Fight Back Against Fraud” on December 7, 2012. This seminar will feature speakers from the Orlando Police Department’s Economic Crimes Unit, Stetson Law’s Elder Consumer Protection Program and Sawyer and...
Attorney General Pam Bondi got one thing right when she said that, the $334 million the state received as part of the national mortgage-fraud settlement, will not be used for public sector pay increases, as suggested by one lawmaker, but instead go to victims of the foreclosure mortgage debacle.
The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to begin a probe today into potential voter fraud in Brevard and two other Florida Counties, floridatoday.com reports.
Daytona police arrested nine people in an undercover prostitution sting over the week-end. One woman was arrested when she offered to perform a sex act and after telling the undercover police officer he is cute.
Kissimmee police have arrested 76 people during a 5-day internet prostitution sting, investigators said. Among those arrested are, a doctor, Publix manager, customer service representative and a T-Mobile manager.
