Man Who Defrauded Miami Catholic School Sentenced
A South Florida business man who defrauded hundreds of investors, including a well-known Catholic prep school in Miami, out of millions of dollars has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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A South Florida business man who defrauded hundreds of investors, including a well-known Catholic prep school in Miami, out of millions of dollars has been sentenced to five years in prison.
The Federal Trade Commission has just released a report showing that the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Metropolitan area was the number one area in the country last year for consumer complaints about Identity theft.
Former Fort Lauderdale Police officer David Michael McElligott changed his plea in federal court and admitted he falsified military leave and earnings statements with the city so he could return to his job as a cop under federal law.
A former Broward County commission convicted on corruption charges will have to spend a few for months behind bars. Josephus Eggelletion, 62, was originally been scheduled to be released from a federal prison in Georgia later this month.
A former City of Miami police officer is facing charges in connection with an embezzlement scheme.
State investigators are considering criminal charges after finding regulatory violations in almost 90 percent of the pain clinics that treat automobile accident victims in Miami-Dade County.
A veteran Ft. Lauderdale police officer with 20 years of service is expected to surrender Wednesday on federal fraud charges connected with his service in the Air Force Reserve, following 9/11. He'd been away from his police job for more than a decade.
Humana Medical Plan is challenging nearly $3.4 million in fines that the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has tried to impose in a dispute about reporting suspected Medicaid fraud, according to a case filed last week in the state Division of Administrative Hearings.
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Serving a 50 year prison sentence for his involvement in a $1.2 billion fraud scheme, Scott Rothstein has pledged to name names and tell the truth during his deposition.
Convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein will be in Miami to undergo questioning by at least 30 lawyers involved in several civil lawsuits stemming from the $1.4 billion fraud.
It is the time of year for holiday cheer and holiday scams. This year, social media sites are the prime target for the "bad guys." CBS4's Jorge Estevez shows you some of the tricks hackers use and how to guard against being duped.
The North Bay Village mayor who won office by just six votes, and spent her year in office mired in controversy and investigations, resigned Friday while claiming she had done nothing wrong.
What happens when tons of Federal money is handed out without any required accountability? CBS4 Investigator Jim Defede examines a tutoring program in Miami-Dade County under a criminal probe for allegedly bilking taxpayers for "ghost" students.
Two men are facing time in prison after a federal investigation found that the men were defrauding an airline in the charter services industry.
If you're a new customer of Wells Fargo bank, better check your latest bank statement. It may have information from someone else's bank account on your document, and your information may be on someone else's statement, according to the bank. Customers in Florida and South Carolina are affected.
Medicare fraud spilled over into the heart of Miami-Dade County's government center Wednesday morning.
Besieged with thousands of timeshare fraud complaints, Attorney General Pam Bondi and two Florida lawmakers are pushing for a new law to crack down on fraud.
A Deerfield Beach Home Depot was the target of a scam artist who allegedly cost the store nearly $100,000.
The largest medicare fraud bust in history was announced today, and South Florida had the dubious distinction of racking up more than half of the money allegedly stolen from U.S. taxpayers.
Federal agents stormed homes and offices at dawn this morning as part of a major Medicare fraud bust in and around Miami. The crime: $165 million dollars allegedly stolen from U.S. taxpayers.
A former Miami Beach police chief has been named to lead the Golden Beach police department as the 25-member department recovers from its tarnished image after three of its officers were arrested.
Florida's largest private state-chartered bank has agreed to pay $10.9 million to the U.S. as part of a deferred prosecution agreement involving drug money laundering.
A 25-year-old woman dancing at a Miami Beach nightclub told police that the last thing she remembers is that she set her drink on the bar and went to dance.
A shooter was killed after opening fire in a building on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, the university said.
William "Neil" McCasland was last seen at his home in Albuquerque on Feb. 27, investigators said. They have not found evidence of foul play.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to fund their weapons program.
The first week of the U.S.'s war with Iran cost around $11.3 billion, military officials told members of Congress in a briefing this week, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
Records could be broken in places like Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Key West as temperatures soar Thursday afternoon.
A shooter was killed after opening fire in a building on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, the university said.
William "Neil" McCasland was last seen at his home in Albuquerque on Feb. 27, investigators said. They have not found evidence of foul play.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to fund their weapons program.
The first week of the U.S.'s war with Iran cost around $11.3 billion, military officials told members of Congress in a briefing this week, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
Records could be broken in places like Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Key West as temperatures soar Thursday afternoon.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
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 U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to fund their weapons program.
The first week of the U.S.'s war with Iran cost around $11.3 billion, military officials told members of Congress in a briefing this week, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
The U.S. and Israel had a "flawed assumption" that the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would lead to the collapse of the regime, said an expert on the region.
FBI memo warning that Iran may try to launch drones at California in a seaborne "surprise attack" raised concern Wednesday — but officials tell CBS News there is no known, specific threat underpinning it.
The bill doesn't prohibit a local government from recognizing state and federal holidays, such as Juneteenth or Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Frank Mora noted that the Trump Administration does not want the total collapse of the Cuban government because it could prompt an exodus of refugees from the island to the United States.
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Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
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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.
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Savannah Guthrie thanked her colleagues for "caring about my mom as much as I do" in her visit to the studio since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Hillary Knight, Megan Keller and Jack and Quinn Hughes made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL."
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.