A quartet of women are facing charges on allegations by detention deputies that they smuggled illegal drugs into the Pinellas County Jail over the past several weeks.The first instance was noted in mid-April, involving a 31-year-old inmate. She was first arrested on...
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Month: May 2020
Texas Man Facing Federal Charges For Allegedly Fraudulently Attempting To Receive $5 Million In PPP Loans
A Texas man is facing Federal felony charges on allegations that he fraudulently filed for $5 million in emergency payroll loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA).According to investigators, the 32-year-old man filed applications for loans from two...
OFAC Sanctions Chinese Air Freight Firm For Alleged Ties To Iranian Terrorism
The Federal government last week announced sanctions against a Chinese air logistics firm it accuses of aiding Iran's previously-sanctioned Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) in its involvement in corruption and acts of terror throughout the...
California Doctor Facing Federal Fraud Charges For Allegedly Billing For Improperly Performed Medical Imaging Tests
A California physician and a medical imaging firm are facing allegations in Federal court of Medicare fraud after investigators say the two defendants conspired to submit claims for unsupervised tests at unaccredited facilities.According to investigators, the...
St. Pete Man Charged In 2017 Slaying
A St. Petersburg man was arrested last week on suspicion of committing a murder almost three years ago.Pinellas County authorities say the man became embroiled in an argument with another individual on an early July morning in 2017 outside a St. Petersburg restaurant....
Handwritten Note Allegedly Implicates Belleair Man In Murder Of Safety Harbor Victim
Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputies say a Belleair man's handwritten list implicates him in a burglary and murder committed last month in Safety Harbor.Authorities say the incident first came to their attention in the form of the report of a missing 49-year-old man....
Georgia Woman Charged With Medicare Fraud After Receiving Kickbacks For COVID-19 Tests
A Georgia woman is facing Federal charges related to allegations that she attempted to defraud Medicare by submitting false claims for cancer testing.Prosecutors say the 32-year-old woman sought and received kickbacks from the owners and operators of a diagnostic...
Indicted lawyer challenges insider trading charges
Floridians are well aware of some of the criminal jeopardy that they may face if they trade stocks based on material nonpublic information. One former lawyer for Apple got caught engaging in this pattern of behavior over a long period of time. However, instead of...
Texas Man Faces Federal Fraud Charges In Allegedly Fraudulent Payment Protection Plan Loan Application
A Beaumont man is facing Federal charges on allegations that he defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) by filing fraudulent loan applications in an attempt at obtaining over $10 million in loans from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...
Valrico Man Suspected Of DUI In Crash That Injured Two Deputies
A Valrico man may soon be facing DUI charges after Hillsborough County authorities say he initiated a crash that injured two deputies.Investigators say the 25-year-old man was driving on U.S. 60 in the early morning hours of May 10 with three friends as passengers. As...
