According to charging papers, a man with links to the right-wing organization the Proud Boys was placed under arrest in Central Florida on federal charges as a result of his alleged ties to the assault on the Capitol building that happened in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. The man’s arrest…
Last week in Miami, a nurse appeared in federal court to face allegations of fraud linked to more than $450,000 in coronavirus relief fraud, according to prosecutors. The nurse is accused of defrauding a pair of government relief programs: the Paycheck Security Program (PPP) aimed at avoiding layoffs as a…
Close to 300 bricks of cocaine were confiscated by federal agents after an everyday X-ray baggage search during a U.S. Virgin Islands charter flight arrived on Tuesday night at a South Florida executive airport. After agents uncovered more than 300 kilos (700+ pounds) of cocaine in 294 plastic-wrapped cocaine bricks…
As an investigation into a 2019 shooting involving a Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper moves on, federal and state investigators from Louisiana paid a visit to Florida. In May 2019, a black Cadillac Escalade pulled up and opened fire while the rapper and his friends were leaving Trump International Beach Club.…
A court battle over a Florida bill that increased the age of purchasing rifles and other long weapons from 18 to 21 saw increased activity recently, with lawyers representing the National Rifle Association and state officials seeking to undermine expert witnesses from each side. Following the 2018 mass shooting at…
According to court documents, a Cuban-born man alleged to be secretly helping an international militant organization by posting recruitment videos on social media is being held in a Miami federal lockup. The 23-year-old man who resides close to Fort Myers was refused bail and convicted in Miami last week of…
A popular American rapper, singer, and songwriter is generating headlines after recently being charged with alleged possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charge is a federal offense and could land the rapper in prison for up to ten years. Documents filed in Miami federal court claim the…
A lawsuit surrounding Florida’s biggest health insurer and whether it broke antitrust regulations by prohibiting agents from offering products to a competing insurance provider is expected to be heard by a federal appeals court this week. The opposing insurance firm sought the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after…
A sealed federal lawsuit was finally unsealed earlier this week, revealing fraud allegations by a one-time senior executive of a highly regarded private Miami university. The lawsuit alleges that the healthcare system of the school billed Medicare millions of dollars in needless diagnostic testing and saddled patients with undisclosed costs…
A convicted felon is in the news for his recent lawsuits filed against South Florida landlords that decline to rent to convicted felons. The man suing spent over ten years in prison for nonviolent felonies such as grand theft, drug possession, and burglary. Over 100 landlords have been sued since…