A Largo man is facing felony theft charges after authorities say he stole a $900,000 boat and abandoned it after damaging it in a wreck. Pinellas County deputies say the 28-year-old man stole the late-model yacht in the early morning hours of March 20. The man...
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Month: June 2020
Largo Man Facing Ninth Drunk Driving Charge After Recent Escapade
A Largo man finds himself in an all-too-familiar situation after being charged in Pinellas County with his ninth drunk driving charge. The 61-year-old man first came to the attention of authorities thanks to a report to 9-1-1 of an erratic driver piloting a blue Ford...
OFAC Sanctions Two Dozen Individuals And Entities For Alleged Ties to Brutal Assad Regime In Syria
Last week the Federal government announced sanctions against two dozen individuals and entities they say are involved in supporting the regime of Syria's president Bashir al-Assad and its alleged brutality against the Syrian people. On Wednesday the U.S. Department of...
Founder of Centra Tech facing prison time
Some people assume that law enforcement doesn't pay much attention to white-collar crimes and that the punishment is always lenient. This is not true, and three Centra Tech co-founders are finding that out the hard way. The Florida cryptocurrency firm and its founders...
Chicago Man Charged By Feds With Bank Fraud Over $400 Thousand Paycheck Protection Program Loan
A Chicago-area man is facing Federal fraud charges relating to allegations that he attempted to wrongly obtain over $400,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans earlier this year. According to investigators, the 51-year-old man applied for the loans, which are...
Palm Harbor Man Facing Manslaughter Charge After Firing Rifle He Assumed Was Unloaded At Friend
A Palm Harbor man is facing felony homicide charges after he allegedly accidentally shot to death a friend with a firearm he assumed was not loaded. Deputies say the 26-year-old man was entertaining the similarly-aged man in an upstairs room of his home in the early...
Nine Pharmacists Charged After Allegedly Defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, BCBS Of $12.1 Million
A handful of pharmacists in the Midwest are facing federal charges of health care fraud after investigators say they participated in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $12.1 million in false claims. Nine individuals from Ohio and Detroit were charged last week in three...
Nine Pharmacists Charged After Allegedly Defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, BCBS Of $12.1 Million
A handful of pharmacists in the Midwest are facing federal charges of health care fraud after investigators say they participated in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $12.1 million in false claims.Nine individuals from Ohio and Detroit were charged last week in three...
Odessa Man Sentenced To 15 Months In Federal Prison For Mortgage Fraud That Cost Banks Over $5 Million
An Odessa mortgage broker was sentenced to 15 months in Federal prison after pleading guilty to a mortgage scheme that allegedly cost local banks of over $5 million. The 41-year-old man entered his guilty plea last fall alongside a Miami Beach developer to making...
Odessa Man Sentenced To 15 Months In Federal Prison For Mortgage Fraud That Cost Banks Over $5 Million
An Odessa mortgage broker was sentenced to 15 months in Federal prison after pleading guilty to a mortgage scheme that allegedly cost local banks of over $5 million.The 41-year-old man entered his guilty plea last fall alongside a Miami Beach developer to making false...
