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Every year Americans file personal and business income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The process is often time-consuming and complicated and often results in large sums of money due to the IRS. Whether people do not have the money to pay the bill or...
While Floridians got a break from hurricanes for three years, Hurricane Ian bit back with tremendous destruction. With onshore property losses estimated at approximately $42 billion, homeowners and insurance companies continue to swim in a sea of claims. For people...
Healthcare professionals in Florida have a ready supply of elderly patients with Medicare insurance coverage. However, Florida has also gained a reputation for Medicare fraud. Here are three laws that can play a role in an investigation pertaining to this kind of...
When a person thinks of federal crimes, it is highly likely that the bigger and flashier crimes typical of Hollywood blockbusters often come to mind first and foremost. However, a crime does not need to be a big, flashy production in order to fall under federal...
A North Carolina man is facing federal fraud charges after allegedly attempting to obtain more than $6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Prosecutors say he orchestrated a scheme to submit several fraudulent loans to area banks. They say he used names...
A West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay $50 million to the Federal government to dismiss claims that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians in exchange for referrals of Medicare beneficiaries. Investigators say the former executive vice president approached them...
A professional football player from St. Petersburg is facing Federal fraud charges over allegations that he was involved in a plot to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of over $24 million. Federal prosecutors say the 31-year-old man was part of a larger...
A Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical firm has agreed to pay the Federal government over $20 million to settle claims by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it led doctors to make claims to Medicare for prescribing their drug for a non-approved usage. Federal...
A Nevada woman is facing federal charges on allegations that she fraudulently attempted to obtain over $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The 50-year-old woman from Las Vegas allegedly submitted half a dozen different loan applications in which she...
Five Floridians joined four others previously charged as defendants to several charges involving allegations that they all attempted to defraud the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
