S. Fla. Man Gets 4+ Years In Prison For Metals Fraud
A West Palm Beach man was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a $1.3 million precious metals investment fraud scheme.
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A West Palm Beach man was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a $1.3 million precious metals investment fraud scheme.
Two executives at what was the nation's largest private mortgage lender will be sentenced for their roles in a $3 billion fraud that contributed to the sixth-largest bank collapse in U.S. history.
A fourth person who worked with convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein turned himself in to face criminal charges Wednesday after three others already surrendered to authorities to face federal charges in the $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme.
A third person who worked with convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein turned himself in to face criminal charges Tuesday after two others surrendered to authorities last week to face federal charges in the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
Two people who worked with convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein turned themselves in to face criminal charges Friday morning. Two others are also facing federal charges for their alleged roles in the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
The late J. Edgar Hoover must be steaming. An email scam that invokes the good name of the FBI is making the rounds.
A South Florida financial adviser has been sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $1 million in client funds.
The Town of Golden Beach announced Tuesday that Police Chief Jim Skinner tendered his resignation effective immediately.
A CBS4 I-Team investigation spent six months tracking how much money thieves steal from taxpayers through tax refund fraud. The total amount might astound you.
A Broward County assisted living facility owner was arrested after she allegedly defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $100,000.
Two Golden Beach police officers were arrested Tuesday for allegedly working off-duty overtime details while on-duty, also known as a double-dipping scam.
A Miami woman is facing a grand theft charge for what might be considered a hair-raising crime, solved only when Hollywood police convinced her to flip her wig. Underneath the fake hair, they found real money and a very strange hiding place.
A Miami Beach parking enforcement officer was arrested after he allegedly stole credit cards and cash from a vehicle and racked up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges.
In an unusual move, the Justice Department wants to retrofit a Miami federal courtroom with two jury boxes for a massive insurance fraud trial.
A man Bal Harbour police have called "a person of interest" in a shooting outside of the upscale and trendy Bal Harbour shops last week appeared in bond court Sunday on a completely different matter.
Business owners are going to new lengths to protect their assets: they are spying on their own employees.
Federal authorities are calling it the largest international Medicare fraud bust to date. The arrests out of Bogota, Colombia, follow a joint investigation into Medicare fraud by the CBS4 I-Team and CBS's newsmagazine 60 MINUTES.
A South Florida businessman who convinced investors to back his proposal to build low cost housing in Haiti in the weeks after last year's earthquake is now being sued for not delivering.
Mortgage fraud. It's a growing crime that federal prosecutors now say costs taxpayers, legitimate homeowners and banks billions of dollars every year. The fraud has become so bad that experts say it has driven up the cost of any loans you might need.
A 27-year-old man accused of fraudulently collecting rent from numerous tenants in North Miami will not be prosecuted.
State prosecutors say a Miami police officer misused funds from a charity to pay her son's education.
Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff told a reporter for New York Magazine that his investors were "greedy" and that he is a "good person."
Opening statements are underway in the trial of former Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones on bribery and grand theft charges.
Several Miami Beach property owners and residents say they placed their trust in a man whose company replaced and repaired glass, windows and mirrors.
Florida's automobile insurance rates are among the highest in the nation and experts say fraudulent claims drive up the price hurting everyone's pocketbooks.
