by annfitz | Dec 10, 2018 | Conspiracy, Federal Crime, Federal Trial, Fraud, Money Laundering, Pump and Dump Scheme, Securities Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
James Schneider, a Boca Raton securities attorney was convicted by a federal jury last week after a two-week trial in Miami of one count conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, five counts of securities fraud, six counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit...
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 | Dec 2, 2018 | Embezzlement, Federal Crime, Fraud, Mail Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime
A former board member of a revered Palm Beach charity was sentenced on Friday for embezzling at least $2 million from its pension fund in a carefully orchestrated scheme that spanned 25 years. 69-year-old William Minor pleaded guilty in September to one count of...
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...
by annfitz | Nov 28, 2018 | Conspiracy, Federal Crime, Money Laundering, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime
Alejandro Andrade Cedeno (Andrade), 54, a Venezuelan citizen residing in Wellington, Florida and a former Venezuelan national treasurer, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in the West Palm Beach Division of the...
by annfitz | Nov 14, 2018 | Denaturalization, Federal Crime, Federal Trial, Immigration Fraud, Operation Janus, Southern District of Florida, U.S. Citizenship Application, U.S. Supreme Court, White Collar Crime
Etevaldo Ferreira De Souza, 47, of West Palm Beach, was found guilty by a jury on November 9 of one count of making false statements in a naturalization proceeding, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1015(a). According to the evidence presented at trial, De Souza was charged...
by annfitz | Nov 13, 2018 | Bank Fraud, Conspiracy, Federal Crime, Federal Trial, Fraud, Investment Fraud, Money Laundering, Securities Fraud, Southern District of Florida, Tax Evasion, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
A federal judge delayed the criminal trial of Palm House developer Robert Matthews, his wife and a real estate attorney until next summer. All three defendants, who are free on bond, face charges related to the unfinished Palm House hotel-condominium project in Palm...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Nov 12, 2018 | Call Center Schemes, Credit Card Skimming, Drug Treatment/Sober Home Fraud, Federal Crime, Fortune Telling Scams, Fraud, Gas Pump Skimmer, Hurricane Fraud, Identity Theft, Immigration Fraud, Insurance Scams, Investment Fraud, Lottery and Sweepstakes Scams, Securities Fraud, Sober Homes, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime
The Sun Sentinel published an article today asking “What is it about South Florida that makes the region such an effective hatchery for scams and schemes?” Today’s article cites to a 2015 article that calls South Florida the nation’s organized...
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...
