A South Florida organization of prosecutors that includes Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle is telling the Florida Supreme Court that the latest version of the state’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law is unconstitutional.
The League of Prosecutors, in newly filed court documents, asked justices to strike down the law because it unlawfully forces state attorneys to try cases involving self-defense... [...]
State securities regulators brought enforcement actions last year resulting in 1,985 years of prison time and probation, a 47% increase over the prior year.
State securities regulators brought enforcement actions last year resulting in 1,985 years of prison time and probation, a 47% increase over the prior year, with actions against advisors outnumbering those against broker-dealers.
The North American Securities Administrators... [...]
Michael Ralph Casey. (Photo credit: FBI)
Michael R. Casey had pleaded not guilty on several federal felony mail and wire fraud conspiracy charges before absconding to Mexico in 2014. Since being extradited back to Florida in July, he's changed his tune.
Michael R. Casey, the former Greenberg Traurig attorney who jumped bail in 2014 while being tried for his involvement in a $21 million securities fraud scheme, has pleaded guilty to one... [...]
Since opening a club on Ocean Drive, former rapper Akinyele Adams has racked up a long rap sheet: at least five arrests in two years.
The alleged crime? Turning up the music too loud at V-Live, a club Adams owns on the iconic South Beach street that combines soul food, music and scantily clad dancers who twirl around poles but don’t strip naked.
V-Live has also been cited more than 10 times by Miami Beach’s code compliance... [...]
A French national has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to using cryptocurrency to facilitate drug deals on the dark web.
Gal Vallerius was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. to 20 years in prison on Monday. The proceedings, which took place in the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, followed Vallerius’ entry of a guilty plea on charges of conspiracy to distribute narcotics as well as... [...]
