A federal jury on Friday convicted a Florida health care executive on 20 criminal counts in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
Jurors reached a partial verdict after four days of deliberating the fate of Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Jurors were undecided on six additional counts, but prosecutors accepted the verdict rather than send them back for further... [...]
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – “Desperate Housewives” actress Felicity Huffman has agreed to plead guilty along with a dozen other parents across the country to charges stemming from a wide-ranging college-admissions cheating scandal, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
The Department of Justice announced Monday that Huffman is pleading guilty to charges that she paid Newport Beach businessman Rick Singer – the mastermind... [...]
Two cousins getting ready to head to a Miami Dolphins game in 2017 were parked in a driveway when a Miami-Dade cop approached them. Officer Carlos Angulo allegedly ripped the men out of the car and pointed a gun at the driver's head, ultimately sending him to the emergency room.
In a second case that year, Angulo reportedly pointed a gun at a high-school teacher and track coach who was simply driving a student to practice.
Now,... [...]
A Florida prep school administrator accused of taking college admissions tests for students as part of a nationwide scheme in which wealthy parents bribed school officials for college entrance or arranged rigged entrance exams will change his plea to guilty, according to documents filed in federal court in Boston.
Mark Riddell, 36, plans to plead guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and a count of conspiracy to commit... [...]
MIAMI - Prosecutors requested Monday that a Mexican telenovela star be held in lieu of a $1 million bond, days after the death of a man the actor punched during a road rage incident in Miami.
Pablo Lyle, 32, appeared in court Monday, where the state announced it is considering charging him with second-degree murder in the death of 63-year-old Juan Ricardo Hernandez.
Lyle's attorneys argued that their client can't afford a $1... [...]
