FTC Warns Of Scammers Accessing Your PC Using Your Phone
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.
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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.
The son of a prominent Miami Beach official has been arrested on several charges, including fraud and racketeering.
A Broward woman and her boyfriend are accused stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly Pompano Beach woman.
A University of Miami defensive tackle who played in the NFL for much of the past decade now faces prison time after pleading guilty to tax-related fraud charges in federal court Friday.
South Florida is home to the vast majority of U.S. mental health clinics with "questionable Medicare billing", according to a new federal report.
A Homestead couple who conspired to swindle $1.3 million out of the U.S. government was sentenced to more than four years in prison Wednesday.
Detectives in Coral Springs say solid police work and a little serendipity led to the bust of a major identity theft ring.
Miami-Dade Commission Chair Joe Martinez is taking the results of the recent mayor race to court.
A 51-year-old Plantation man was sentenced Monday for recruiting Medicare beneficiaries as part of a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme.
In June, 2011 Carlos Gimenez swept to the office of Miami-Dade Mayor on a wave of voter anger and backlash.
The absentee ballot scandal that erupted a little more than a week ago has marred two political campaigns in Miami-Dade County has now ensnared a county commissioner and the uncle of Hialeah's former mayor.
After pleading guilty, former Seminole tribe leader David Cypress was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for filing a false tax return in 2007. Part of his plea deal: pay back nearly $5.5 million in overdue income taxes.
The absentee ballot scandal, which has already marred two Miami-Dade political campaigns, has now focused its attention on a county commissioner and the uncle of Hialeah's former mayor.
The owner and operator of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty on Thursday for his participation in a $42 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.
A Hialeah woman could face corruption charges. This is not the first time ballot brokering has made news in South Florida.
The South Florida study by the Oceana Foundation follows a nationwide effort to identify what we're really eating, make sure we know where it comes from, and make sure it's as healthy as possible.
A former Broward County commissioner convicted on corruption charges was released from federal prison Wednesday morning.
The few and the proud are anything but proud of Dorothy Boulin. The 29-year-old woman was sentenced Thursday for stealing Marines' personal information then filing fraudulent tax returns.
Federal Prosecutors say he helped to rip off more than 22 thousand victims and scammed then from more than $30 million. Now, a West Palm Beach man will spend the next 10 years in a federal prison for his role in a time-share scheme.
