Lauderdale Cops Warn Of Possible Web Site Fraud
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department put out a warning Wednesday regarding a suspected Internet scam.
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The Fort Lauderdale Police Department put out a warning Wednesday regarding a suspected Internet scam.
Several investors from South Florida were ensnared by Bernard Madoff's epic fraud. None of them (or those from any state) can hold the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for failing to expose his Ponzi scheme, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
First he was disbarred, now he's in jail. Attorney Mark Foster Dickson was arrested on 22 charges of theft and fraud.
In the third day of his federal trial Ft. Lauderdale investment banker George Elia pleaded guilty to his part in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
Trial is scheduled to get underway Monday for a Ft. Lauderdale man who is accused of running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
The head of a Miami Beach-based Fortune 500 company pleaded guilty Friday to stealing millions from investors.
Bound for Baltimore, two men sparked the attention of Transportation Security Agents and were caught with the personal information of hundreds of people in their luggage, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
Several fake websites are offering to help people apply for public assistance, if they provide financial and personal information.
The family of Bella Rodriguez-Torres, a 10 year old little girl fighting cancer, told CBS4 News a scammer is trying to use her illness to get money from people, posing as her "brother".
18 minutes. Lauderhill Police detective Alex Iwaskewycz says that's all the time identity thieves needed to open a new bank account and begin siphoning thousands of dollars from an elderly victim's savings.
$34 million and the identities of thousands of dead people were at risk in a large-scale tax fraud scheme for which 11 people were indicted Friday.
Someone is impersonating the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, endangering your bank accounts.
The acting head of the IRS announced a massive national crackdown is underway to prevent billions of dollars in taxpayer refunds from being stolen nationwide.
Following a recent robbery of a postal carrier in North Miami, Postal Inspector Ivan Ramirez gave a simple explanation.
It looked like a good way for Ray and Terry Crapello to make a little extra cash and they could apply online without even leaving their Cutler Bay home.
Slick entrepeneur Claudio Osorio made millions by defrauding investors and stealing millions to support his esoteric lifestyle, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Christina Malloy says she has waited months for this moment.
For two months, Michelle Pinder has been desperate to get rid of the strangers living in her childhood home.
Police are warning people about a scam involving iPads and they are releasing surveillance tape of the suspects who victimized two people.
In a recent twist, scam artists are using the phone to try to break into your computer. They call, claiming to be computer techs associated with well-known companies like Microsoft.
The Broward Sheriff's Office concluded an undercover sting operation in northern Broward County Thursday which cracked down on unlicensed contractors. In particular, the operation targeted many repeat offenders identified by Broward County's Consumer Protection Division.
Tax refund fraud has kept federal prosecutors in South Florida busy as the crime continues to grow in popularity. Just this year, two former NFL players pleaded guilty to taking part in tax refund fraud. For the victims of the fraud, the prevailing message from the government has been, be patient.
A recent report revealed no area of the U.S. cheats Medicare like South Florida, and Luis Alejandro Sanz and his wife Elizabeth Acosta Sanz were sentenced Friday for contributing to that dubious honor.
A federal court judge in Broward County sentenced a Miami accountant to 7 years in prison on Friday for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked nearly $2 million dollars from dozens of victims.
A six year veteran of the Miami Beach Police Department appeared in bond court Thursday morning, charged with racketeering, fraud, and official misconduct.
At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Brigitte Bardot came to symbolize a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability.
MDSO Asst. Chief Eric Garcia said that the deputy underwent surgery and he currently remains at the hospital.
Video obtained by CBS News Miami showed smoke billowing out of the back of the vessel, where firefighters had to keep a steady downpour on it, bringing hose lines onto the docks near 300 Alton Rd.
A woman's body was found on the sand on Hollywood Beach early Friday morning, Hollywood police say.
When deputies took him into custody, he was revealed not to have a valid boarding pass or baggage claim tags, the arrest documents said.
MDSO Asst. Chief Eric Garcia said that the deputy underwent surgery and he currently remains at the hospital.
Video obtained by CBS News Miami showed smoke billowing out of the back of the vessel, where firefighters had to keep a steady downpour on it, bringing hose lines onto the docks near 300 Alton Rd.
A woman's body was found on the sand on Hollywood Beach early Friday morning, Hollywood police say.
When deputies took him into custody, he was revealed not to have a valid boarding pass or baggage claim tags, the arrest documents said.
Bright blue skies and lots of sunshine will push temperatures into the low 80s across both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
As prosecutors contend with a massive trove of Epstein files, President Trump suggested Friday the Justice Department is spending too much time on the issue — but said Democrats should be named.
Karoline Leavitt and her husband, Nicholas Riccio, welcomed their first child, also named Nicholas, in July 2024.
The Veterans Affairs Department is reimposing a near total ban on abortions for veterans and their families that was modified in 2022.
Strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria come after President Trump spent weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.
The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact of President Trump's second term in office thus far.
Jim Defede's guest this week on Facing South Florida is James Fishback, a Republican candidate for the Florida governor's office.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
If you don't feel well, particularly if you have a fever and worsening symptoms, Dr. Glazier says, skip the get-together.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
A California digital health company and a Florida medical practice have been indicted in an alleged $100 million scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet to patients across the country who didn't need it, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
It marks the second lawsuit in recent months accusing the filmmaker and studio mogul of leveraging his power in Hollywood to make sexual advances.
The band announced Perry Bamonte's death on their official website on Friday.
Smith previously played young Nala in "The Lion King" on Broadway.
Mickey Lee, a former "Big Brother" houseguest known for her vibrant personality and bold gameplay, has died, her family announced in a social media post shared Friday.
The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact of President Trump's second term in office thus far.