Tag: Florida
Meth Kingpin Gets 6+ Years
⏱ 2 min read A North Fort Myers meth kingpin has been brought down, sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for cooking up and selling the devil’s dust to desperate users. Michael Peacock, 39, was part of a notorious crew flooding the Palmona Park neighborhood with the toxic stuff. In July…
Neapolitan Swindler’s $3.7M Wire Fraud Scheme Cracked
⏱ 2 min read A Naples man is accused of swindling victims out of $3.7 million in a long-running wire fraud scheme that promised significant returns on upfront payments. Leonard W. Krane allegedly told victims he possessed substantial funds overseas, but required tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to access them. Between August 2017…
Tallahassee Dealer Lands 13 Years for Meth, Fentanyl and Stolen Gun
⏱ 2 min read In a Tallahassee, Florida, drug house, agents found a stash of methamphetamine and fentanyl, a stolen handgun, and cash worth $2,900. Ramon Velazquez Rodas, 46, was the alleged kingpin behind this operation, but his luck ran out when agents busted in on August 11, 2022. Rodas, a convicted felon, couldn’t possess…
Plant City Man Charged with Threatening Trump
⏱ 2 min read A photo on Instagram sparked a federal arrest in Plant City, Florida. Nick Cruz-Lopez, 20, posted a picture of himself holding an AR-15 style rifle with the caption ‘MAGA Otwt to kill trump.’ The United States Secret Service quickly tracked down Cruz-Lopez on April 2, 2026, and arrested him. Cruz-Lopez is…
Fake Passports, Stolen Cash: Camden Con Man Sentenced
⏱ 2 min read Michael Scott Hillwig, 59, swiped identities and cash from unsuspecting Americans, using fake passports to drain bank accounts in South Carolina and Florida. According to court docs, Hillwig lifted personal info from online sources, then used fake passports bearing victims’ info to withdraw funds from bank accounts in Bonifay, Niceville, and…
Panama City Beach Man in Child Porn Ring Busted
⏱ 2 min read A Panama City Beach man’s sickening secrets have finally been exposed. David Carlton Lee, 59, is accused of transporting, possessing, and accessing child pornography, according to federal indictment. Lee, a resident of Panama City Beach, Florida, appeared in court for his arraignment, where he’s facing multiple child pornography charges. US Immigration…
Alexander Hartman, Insurance Fraud, Palm Beach FL, 2019
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – A Palm Beach County man is trading sun and sand for a federal prison cell after being sentenced for a brazen $1.4 million insurance fraud. Alexander Hartman, the owner and operator of Alexander Insurance Consultants (AIC), received 33 months behind bars Friday for systematically defrauding Premium Assignment Corporation (PAC). Hartman,…
Yanio Montes De Oca, Money Laundering, Miami FL, 2021
ALBANY, NY – Yanio Montes De Oca, 33, of Miami, Florida, has confessed to his role in a sophisticated money laundering operation fueled by a nationwide scheme to steal credit and debit card information from gas pumps. The operation targeted unsuspecting customers in Upstate and Central New York, leaving them vulnerable to fraud and financial…
Heidi Cid, PPP Fraud, Miami FL, 2023
MIAMI, FL – A Miami federal grand jury has slapped charges on three residents accused of running a brazen scheme to siphon over $14.5 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, a federal lifeline meant to keep businesses afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Heidi Cid, 54, Lazaro Verdecia Hernandez, 36, and Yadier Rodriguez Arteaga, 38, all…
Eugene Brewington, Timeshare Fraud, Orlando FL, 2016
ORLANDO, FL – Eugene Warren Brewington, 34, of Orlando, Florida, will spend the next nine years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of masterminding a ruthless timeshare resale fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza delivered the sentence Friday, along with a hefty $704,326.55 judgment to cover the funds stolen from…
