Tag: Q1 2015
Florida Dealer Pleads Guilty to Coral Trafficking
KEY WEST, FL – Curtis W. Waters, 53, of Weeki Wachee, Florida, has confessed to illegally plundering South Florida’s reefs, entering a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court for trafficking in protected marine life. The case, a grim example of environmental exploitation for profit, centers around the illegal sale of approximately 150 specimens of…
Miami Seafood Firm ‘True Nature’ Hooks $1M Fine in Labeling Scam
MIAMI, FL – A Miami-based seafood wholesaler, True Nature Seafood, LLC (TNS), is reeling after being slapped with a hefty $1 million penalty and five years of probation for a brazen scheme to mislabel imported fish. The company pleaded guilty to federal charges related to violations of the Lacey Act, a law designed to combat…
Miami Man Sentenced for $321K Social Security Fraud
Miami Man Sentenced for $321K Social Security Fraud MIAMI – Emmanuel A. Adeife, a Miami resident, has been sentenced to 76 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in identity theft schemes involving fraudulent Social Security benefits and income tax refunds. Adeife pleaded guilty to one count of access…
Borgella Guilty in $400K Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Paul Borgella, a 35-year-old resident of North Miami Beach, has been convicted by a federal jury of three counts of theft of government funds for his role in a massive identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. The scheme resulted in over $400,000 being defrauded from the U.S. Department of Treasury. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States…
Chiropractors & Recruiter Convicted in $Millions PIP Fraud
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – A federal jury in West Palm Beach delivered guilty verdicts today against four key players in a sprawling scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged automobile accidents and bogus chiropractic claims. The convictions mark a significant victory in “Operation Sledgehammer,” a four-year investigation that has exposed a network of fraud…
Miami Arms King Campo Sentenced to Life forMurder & Firearms Trafficking
Miami’s arms kingpin, Andres Campo, 26, was handed a life sentence today by U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga for his role in a monstrous plot of murder and firearms trafficking. Campo, convicted on all counts of a 12-count indictment, was found guilty of obstruction of justice by murder, possession of a firearm in furtherance…
Surfside Advisor Szafranski Indicted in Rothstein Ponzi Scheme
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning turn of events, Michael Szafranski, the 36-year-old registered investment advisor from Surfside, Florida, has been indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in direct connection with the notorious Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Scott W. Rothstein. The grand jury’s indictment unsealed today reveals that Szafranski, who was employed as an…
Big Money Team Leader Convicted in Miami Drug Ring
MIAMI – In a pivotal victory for law enforcement, the leader of Big Money Team (BMT) and three other gang members were convicted on multiple counts following a month-long trial. The defendants, Maurin Chacon, Christopher Altamirano, Rodolfo Portela, and James Dixon, all from Miami, Florida, face decades in federal prison for their roles in a…
Biogenesis Boss Gets Four Years for Steroid Ring
KEY BISCAYNE, FL – Anthony Bosch, 50, the man behind the notorious Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, will spend the next four years in federal prison. Bosch was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to illegally distribute testosterone and human growth hormone – not to the elderly seeking a fountain of youth, but to underage…
Wayne Pleads Guilty
Miami physician Christopher Gregory Wayne has pleaded guilty to a Medicare fraud scheme, admitting to executing a scheme to defraud the Medicare program and attempting to cause a loss in excess of $2,500,000 to Medicare. Wayne, an osteopathic physician residing in Miami, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr., to a criminal…
