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An octet of Texas pharmacy proprietors and promoters were indicted last week on charges of submitting over $92 million in claims to TRICARE and the United States Department of Labor obtained by paying out approximately $9.1 million in illicit kickbacks. Per Federal...
A Miami Lakes man will be spending almost four years in federal custody last week after agreeing to a plea deal on allegations that he falsely billed $2.5 million to Medicaid.Investigators say the 44-year-old man was an undisclosed co-owner of a pharmacy in Miami that...
An alleged wrong-way trip down Gunn Highway and a resulting collision led to charges against a local administrative law judge last weekend.Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say the 49-year-old Pinellas County judge was piloting her Jeep Wrangler south in the...
A Tampa man is facing arson charges after Hillsborough County authorities say he has ties to a burning home containing a trio of murder victims. Hillsborough County deputies arrested the 28-year-old man on Saturday pursuant to a warrant issued on him after...
A Texas doctor was sentenced to 60 months in Federal custody after being found guilty of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of $9 million in false charges.Investigators say the 66-year-old Houston doctor was among nine participants in a conspiracy to submit false bills...
There are a wide range of state white collar crime charges here in Florida. One example is the charge of forgery.What constitutes the crime of forgery in Florida? It is the false making, altering, counterfeiting or forging of certain documents with the intent to cause...
St. Petersburg authorities say an early-morning altercation led to a deadly argument last Thursday, and a Plant City man is now in custody to face murder charges as a result.Police say they received reports of an argument and gunshots from Midtown on the city's South...
Last week a Port Richey man allegedly fled from law enforcement and was bitten by a police dog before being apprehended on suspicion of drug activity.Pasco County Sheriff's deputies say a man was driving in New Port Richey on October 30 when they attempted to initiate...
Authorities say a Treasure Island woman was impaired by prescription drugs when she struck a septuagenarian with her vehicle in Madiera Beach last Wednesday.Twenty-six-year-old Ashley Nicole Konforte is accused by Pinellas County Sheriffs deputies of hitting...
A shooting early in the day in St. Petersburg last Saturday led to an arrest on felony drug charges later that day.St. Petersburg Police responded to a report of gunfire at a residence near 22nd Avenue N. and 49th Street N. at a quarter past four on the morning of...
