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...
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California Health Care Provider To Pay Feds $5 Million To Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations
A California health care provider and one of its doctors have agreed to pay over $5 million to settle claims by the Federal government that it submitted false claims to Medicare.Federal prosecutors say the California firm contracted with several area Medicare...
Eight Dallas-Area Men Charged With Paying Illegal Kickbacks To Obtain Referrals Of TRICARE And DOL Beneficiaries
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...
Miami Duo Plead Guilty To Defrauding Medicare Of $8.6 Million
A pair of Miami men await sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of health care fraud in federal court last week after prosecutors say the duo defrauded Medicare of $8.6 million. Federal investigators say that one of the men owned a home health agency operating...
Fatal Bar Fight Leads to Manslaughter Charges for St. Pete Man
A game of pool at a St. Petersburg bar last week ended with one player dead and the other facing manslaughter charges. According to St. Petersburg police, Vincent Hollingsworth and Mario Renard Stephens were playing pool at a Bayview bar on the evening of April 9 when...
Charges Filed Against Tampa Woman for Fatal Hit-and-Run on I-75
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Tampa woman last week in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident on Interstate 75 last May. Authorities say Rusty Lee Harris was walking on the inside northhbound lane of the freeway at the Sun City Center exit in the...
Guilty Plea to Tax Fraud Charges Earns Owner of Accounting Firm with Tampa Office Two Years in Federal Prison
The owner of a public accounting firm with an office in Tampa was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud charges. Walter Drakeford, Sr. entered a guilty plea on one count of interfering with the administration of Internal Revenue...
Lakeland Teen Charged with Second-Degree Murder After Man’s Corpse Found Aflame Behind Tampa Residence
A suspect in the slaying of a Tampa man whose corpse was found in flames turned himself in to authorities last Sunday. He's now facing charges of second-degree murder for his alleged actions in connection with the case. Sigfredo Espinel was arrested at the...
One Dead, Four Others Wounded After Alleged Drive-By Shooting at SoHo Lounge
A bar patron who was asked to leave a SoHo establishment last week allegedly made good on a promise to return with a firearm and is now being charged with first-degree murder for actions authorities say he took upon his return. Tampa resident Gary Omar Rivera Montanez...
Prosecution Pending of Pinellas Prisoner for Possibly Purchasing Personal Products for Peers with Purloined Proceeds
A Clearwater man who is already a guest of the Pinellas County Sheriff stands accused of using stolen credit card numbers to purchase supplies for others within the county's jail. Robert Bryan Kinzinger was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on December 7 for...
