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 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 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 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 | Conspiracy, False Statements, Federal Crime, Fraud, Racketeering, RICO, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Ohio (Cincinnati) have charged twelve individuals with operating a multistate South Florida-based moving scam that allegedly victimized more than 900 people. Five of the twelve defendants have been arrested, including...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Federal Crime, Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
Emilio Vazquez, 47, of Coral Gables, Florida, was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty in April in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to 120 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for one count of wire fraud...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Bank Fraud, Conspiracy, False Statements, Federal Crime, Fraud, Securities Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an eight-count civil complaint against Palm Beach real estate developer Robert Matthews and another businessman, Joseph Walsh, Sr., accusing them of securities fraud for misusing millions of dollars solicited from...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Conspiracy, Federal Crime, Fraud, Mail Fraud, Securities Fraud, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
A complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission charges Dragon-Click Corp, its president Isaac Grossman, his wife Adriana Grossman, and her unregistered investment adviser Dragon Management, LLC with an ongoing fraudulent offering of Dragon-Click stock and...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Conspiracy, Federal Bond, Federal Crime, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Fraud, Mail Fraud, Obstruction of Justice, Southern District of Florida, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
Michael R. Casey, 71, a fugitive for over four years, wanted on federal charges related to an alleged $20 million investment fraud scheme, had his initial appearance yesterday before United States Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis in the Southern District of Florida,...
