Michael Tringali, indicted in July along with former partner Neil Mohamed Husani and two other men on federal charges that they orchestrated an $82.8 million scheme to defraud seven banks on Florida's west coast, is seeking a federal judge's permission to travel to Atlanta as needed for business. ...more

August 29, 2008

Rob Giammarco called it fraud. That was the last straw for fellow Spring Hill Fire Rescue Commissioner George Biro, who frequently has locked horns with Giammarco during the last year. ...more

August 29, 2008

Rob Giammarco called it fraud. That was the last straw for fellow Spring Hill Fire Rescue Commissioner George Biro, who frequently has locked horns with Giammarco during the last year. ...more

August 29, 2008

A business owner convicted of defrauding customers seeking male sexual enhancement products and a variety of herbal supplements was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. ...more

August 28, 2008

A Temple Terrace man stole more than $112,000 from a telecommunications consulting firm while serving as an operations manager, Temple Terrace police say. ...more

August 22, 2008

Miami is a hotbed of fraud, according to a Miami Herald investigative article. Say what? Miami? Fraud? Of course Miami is known as a hotbed of illegal activity and has been for some time. But this is different on some level. The fraud uncovered by the FBI, according to the Herald report, involves billions of Medicare dollars stolen from taxpayers. ...more

August 20, 2008

A federal court ordered the former president and founder of a hedge fund to pay nearly $300 million for defrauding clients. ...more

August 20, 2008

The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday, when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. ...more

July 30, 2008

CORY LAKE ISLES - The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget. If the CDD board approves the new budget in August, homeowners would be faced with a $1,106 increase in next year's assessments. ...more

July 24, 2008

Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children. ...more

July 24, 2008