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It is that time again. Time to begin filing your 2013 tax returns. It's also time for the thieves and scammers to try to get your tax refund before you do. Tonight, CBS4's David Sutta looks at the skyrocketing cost of identity theft impacting taxpayers, and what's being done to reign in fleeced IRS refunds.
"Octomom" Nadya Suleman was charged with a fourth count of welfare fraud Wednesday after prosecutors said they discovered she wrongly collected an additional $10,000 in benefits from the state.
Nearly two dozen people have been arrested after the state went after a major home insurance fraud ring operating in South Florida.
State insurance fraud agents call it Operation Leaky Pipes--a countywide effort to bust homeowners who inflated or created water damage in their homes and filed phony insurance claims to have repair work done.
A South Florida man will spend more than 20 years in prison for a sophisticated tax fraud scheme.
When it comes thieves stealing personal information, Florida tops the list. Florida has the highest rate of identity theft in the nation, according to Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer.
A hearing has been scheduled for Haider Zafar, the man who was allegedly operating a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud and supposedly cheated some Heat players out of millions of dollars.
Police have arrested a June bride after she admitted to charging her Seminole Hard Rock Casino wedding to her employers' credit cards.
Two cast members of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" have pleaded not guilty to new fraud charges.
Voters in Miami-Dade County are on notice to protect their absentee ballots from con men and political opportunists.
Suspended Sweetwater Mayor Manny Maroño was back in court Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiracy fraud.
A state employee has been arrested for selling Florida driver's licenses to more than three dozen illegal migrants.
Detectives in Fort Lauderdale charged a man with organizing a scheme to defraud more than two dozen victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Miami Beach Police are accusing a Ft. Lauderdale man of fraudulently ringing up a $174,000 tab at a posh South Beach hotel while he posed as an entertainment executive.
A South Florida businessman, after defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, was sentenced Wednesday to more than 12 years in federal prison.
The Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating burglaries that target unsuspecting female drivers.
A Medicare fraud scheme that unraveled for three South Florida people is weeks away from wrapping up.
A Sweetwater Police detective is facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors allege he took part in a counterfeiting operation.
A national report looking at the massive $25 billion settlement that grew out of the massive foreclosure fraud problems over the last few years found that over 120,000 Floridians have received aid thanks to the program.
Two stars of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a host of federal fraud charges.
Two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" have been freed on $500,000 bond each amid fraud charges.
Federal health officials have announced they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three cities, including Miami.
A Fort Lauderdale mutual fund executive, accused of blowing investors' money on luxury items like expensive cars and jewelry, has been sentenced in New York to 11-years in prison.
A suspended Boca Raton attorney who disappeared with more than $3 million from his law firm's client accounts has turned himself in to the FBI.
