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First there were "bar codes." Now Q-R codes are popping up on product labels, magazine ads and billboards beckoning consumers to click or scan. But buyer beware. CBS4's Jorge Estevez explains how those black boxes with white dots could cost you dearly.
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.
Two South Florida men have pleaded not guilty after they were charged with fraud and anticompetitive conduct in the airline charter services industry.
A former Miami Beach police chief and the current Miami Beach police chief are among the six finalists vying to lead the Golden Beach police department, according to CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald.
A treasurer at Miami Edison Senior High is behind bars after police say that for the past five months she fraudulently wrote herself checks.
Police in North Miami Beach say they've arrested the leader of a large identity theft ring.
The husband of former Broward Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Wednesday for tax evasion.
A former Guantanamo Bay photographer is facing federal fraud charges Miami after authorities said he made a false statement in applying for a U.S. passport in 2006.
A former Miami soldier and who later served the US Government as a Guantanamo Bay photographer is facing federal fraud charges Miami over the passport he 0btained so he could serve in Iraq.
A Miami man convicted of Medicare fraud is listed on the federal government's list of wanted health care fugitives.
A fourth person who worked with convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein pled guilty Tuesday in West Palm Beach to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
