Two American citizens who live in South Florida— Miamian Garland Creedle and Keys resident Peter Sean Brown — sued Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties after being wrongly held in jail and nearly deported thanks to mistaken paperwork from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Frighteningly, those two people are not alone. According to a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union, ICE erred in issuing 420 "detainer... [...]
New Florida Governor Ron DeSanits signed his first bill into law on Monday, and it’s a substantial one.
DeSantis signed SB 182, making it legal for patients who are prescribed smokable medical marijuana to obtain it and use it.
Since taking office, DeSantis has pushed for lawmakers to repeal Florida’s ban on smokable medical marijuana.
“Over 70 percent of Florida voters approved medical marijuana in 2016,” said Governor... [...]
A South Florida lawyer helped pull off a $19.7 million fraud — a pump-and-dump stock scheme involving shell companies.
Now, federal prosecutors thinks James Schneider of Hillsboro Beach is trying to play them in a modern version of an old-fashioned shell game, keeping the government looking in one place while hiding his money in another.
Schneider, 77, was sentenced in Miami federal court to seven years in federal prison on Feb. 15... [...]
Wealthy Miami Beach businessman Philip Esformes was covering his bases to get his son into the University of Pennsylvania and its exclusive Wharton School.
He first approached Penn’s varsity basketball coach Jerome Allen in May 2013 about placing the son on his short list of recruits so he would be put on a fast track to gain acceptance to the Ivy League school. To make the dream a reality, Esformes plied the coach with bribes —... [...]
A Sunrise company runs tech support scam phone calls that target the technologically unsophisticated, especially senior citizens, according to a Broward Circuit Court filing by the Florida Attorney General’s Office.
Last week’s filing says American PC Corp. and company president Raju Sharma suckers victims into paying up to $1,700 to rid personal computers of non-existent viruses and malware.
“At best, APC leaves consumers’... [...]
