by annfitz | Dec 6, 2018 | Conspiracy, Federal Crime, Fraud, Guilty Plea, Health Care Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime
Alexander Ros Lazo, 54, of Homestead, an owner and operator of T.L.C. Health Services Inc., a home health agency, pleaded guilty this week to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez of the Southern District of...
by annfitz | Dec 4, 2018 | Conspiracy, Fraud, Guilty Plea, Investment Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
Salvatore Colonna, 69, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced on November 30, 2018, to 78 months in prison for his role in a $16 million precious metals and securities fraud scheme and ordered to pay approximately $13 million in restitution. According to court documents,...
by annfitz | Nov 30, 2018 | Cooperation Agreements, Federal Crime, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Guilty Plea, Mandatory Minimums, White Collar Crime
Substantial Assistance Cooperation agreements are usually embodied in the text of a plea agreement and require the defendant to perform some act of “substantial assistance” to the government. Substantial assistance can involve providing information that...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Nov 8, 2018 | Conspiracy, Credit Card Fraud, Credit Card Skimming, Cyber Crimes, Federal Crime, Fraud, Guilty Plea, Identity Theft, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
A former West Palm Beach, Florida resident pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Conspiracy, Federal Crime, Fraud, Guilty Plea, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
A Fort Lauderdale broker for Liberty International Financial Services (“Liberty”) has pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the Southern District of Florida. According to the plea documents, from January 2010 through October 2013,...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Federal Trial, Guilty Plea, Mandatory Minimums, Sixth Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court, White Collar Crime
In a recent publication, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) found, “There is ample evidence that federal criminal defendants are being coerced to plead guilty because the penalty for exercising their constitutional rights is simply too high...
