Tag: Q1 2015
North Miami Man Pleads Guilty in $2.4M Tax Refund Scam
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Jeaneno Florent, a 38-year-old North Miami resident, has copped to his involvement in a multi-million dollar tax refund scheme, pleading guilty to wire fraud. The scam, which flooded the Internal Revenue Service with fraudulent claims, is estimated to have reached $2.4 million. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, along…
Eltonya Wiley Pleads Guilty in ID Theft Scheme
Eltonya Wiley, 40, of Lady Lake, has finally come clean after a years-long web of identity theft. The Southern District of Florida’s U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer and the IRS-CI have announced Wiley’s guilty plea for her role in a massive scheme that stole over ninety patients’ identities. The victims were patients at Villages Endocopy,…
Goldberg Sentenced for Child Enticement in Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH – Gary Goldberg, a 49-year-old resident of Palm Beach County, has been handed a 156-month prison sentence by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra for enticing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activities. The charge stems from Goldberg’s actions that involved paying two teenagers, aged 17 and 15, to allow him…
Rabuffo’s $49.6M Mortgage Fraud: Trio Sentenced
MIAMI – Miami’s Domenico “Dom” Rabuffo isn’t the only one behind bars in his $49.6 million mortgage fraud scheme. The DOJ announced yesterday that Rabuffo’s ex-wife, Mae Rabuffo, has been sentenced to 14 years for her part in the elaborate scheme, while two recruiters, Raymond E. “Ray” Olivier and Curtis Allen Davis, were each handed…
Miami Woman Gets 36 Months in Tax Fraud Scheme
MIAMI, FL – Crystal Booker, 31, of Miami-Dade County, will spend the next three years in federal prison for her participation in a brazen scheme to steal identities and file fraudulent income tax returns. U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn handed down the 36-month sentence today, followed by three years of supervised release. Booker previously…
Tax Refund Scheme Nets Millions: Two Down in Miami
MIAMI, FL – Two South Florida men are facing serious time after a federal jury convicted them today in a sprawling tax refund scheme that bilked the IRS out of millions. Herve Wilmore Jr., 29, of Aventura, and Delvin Jean Baptiste, a/k/a “Doo Doo,” 29, of Miramar, were found guilty on multiple counts related to…
Qazi Brothers Hit with New Terror Charges and Assault on Marshals
FLORIDA – The Qazi brothers, Raees Alam Qazi, 22, and Sheheryar Alam Qazi, 32, have been slammed with additional terrorism violations and charged with attempting to murder two Deputy U.S. Marshals, according to a press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ) USAO. These brothers, naturalized U.S. citizens originally from Pakistan, were previously charged in…
Miami Dock Builder Calvo Sentenced for Illegal Waterfront Builds
Miami Dock Builder Calvo Sentenced for Illegal Waterfront Builds MIAMI, FL – Jose Miguel Calvo, a Miami-based dock builder, is facing the consequences after being sentenced to one year of probation for flagrantly violating federal law. Calvo was busted for constructing illegal structures – docks and piers – in U.S. navigable waters without obtaining the…
Pembroke Pines Woman Sentenced to 17 Years for Medicare Fraud
Fort Lauderdale – A Broward County resident was handed a 17-year sentence today for masterminding a massive Medicare fraud scheme that bilked the federal healthcare program out of millions. Alejandra Collazo, 43, from Pembroke Pines, Florida, and her co-defendant Ricardo Corria, 49, of Miami, were both sentenced in a grim courtroom drama. Collazo, who falsely…
Davie Tax Scammer Pleads Guilty To $22M Fraud Scheme
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Howard, a 56-year-old from Davie, Florida, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive tax refund fraud scheme that siphoned over $22 million from the IRS. The fraudulent activities were carried out through his tax preparation business, QTS1, Inc., under the guise of Quality Tax Service. Howard’s scheme involved using both stolen…
