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2008

September 15, 2008 SEVEN CHARGED IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
September 11, 2008 TWO MIAMI PHYSICIANS PLEAD GUILTY AND ADMIT ORDERING $6.8 MILLION WORTH OF UNNECESSARY HIV INFUSION TREATMENTS
September 11, 2008 ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD CHARGE
September 9, 2008 MIAMI HIV CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN A $14 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
September 5, 2008 TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS OF A CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING INDICTED
September 4, 2008 TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN BROWARD COUNTY MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
September 3, 2008 MAN SENTENCED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES IN FLORIDA
August 29, 2008 FOUR INDIVIDUALS CHARGED AND ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF FRAUDULENT NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN DOCUMENTS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS
August 29, 2008 CONVICTED MEDICARE FRAUD DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO LAUNDERING MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT PROCEEDS
August 28, 2008 MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
August 28, 2008 DME DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
August 26, 2008 MIAMI PHYSICIAN AND HIV CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR PLEAD GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLES IN A $37 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
August 22, 2008 ‘BANDANA BANDIT’ PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK ROBBERY
August 19, 2008 SEVEN CHARGED IN INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY CONSPIRACY
August 15, 2008 SMUGGLING RING ORGANIZER GETS TEN-YEAR MAXIMUM SENTENCE
August 14, 2008 FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE OF TRAVELING TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR
August 13, 2008 FORMER FUGITIVE HEDGE FUND MANAGER SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME
July 28, 2008 ITALIAN MARINE HOSE MANUFACTURER AND MARINE HOSE EXECUTIVES AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN WORLDWIDE BID-RIGGING CONSPIRACY
July 25, 2008 FORMER WEAPONS SERGEANT PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF GOVERNMENT MUNITIONS
July 24, 2008 DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOE COOL VOYAGE
July 23, 2008 THREE FORMER HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY TO MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FRAUD
July 22, 2008 TWO PHARMED DIRECTORS CHARGED IN WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY AND TAX EVASION SCHEME
July 18, 2008 FIVE STATE CORRECTIONAL GUARDS CHARGED FEDERALLY FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
July 17, 2008 NINETEEN, INCLUDING TWO MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICERS, CHARGED IN LIBERTY CITY COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING
July 17, 2008 HEDGE FUND ADVISORS SENTENCED IN $194 MILLION HEDGE FUND COLLAPSE
July 16, 2008 TWO FAMILIES CHARGED FOR OPERATING $11.5 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
July 11, 2008 MIAMI DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
July 10, 2008 FRENCH NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PAINTINGS BY MONET, SISLEY, AND BRUEGHEL
July 10, 2008 HIV INFUSION CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
July 9, 2008 SEVEN BROWARD RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $10 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
July 2, 2008 DME DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO $148 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
July 2, 2008 OWNER OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY SENTENCED TO 130 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
July 1, 2008 STUART RESIDENTS CHARGED IN FOREIGN CURRENCY TELEMARKETING SCHEME
June 27, 2008 FRENCH NATIONAL CHARGED IN INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PAINTINGS BY MONET, SISLEY, AND BRUEGHEL
June 27, 2008 MEDICARE FRAUD CONVICTIONS RESULT IN PRISON TERMS FOR MOTHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS
June 25, 2008 MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
June 23, 2008 BROWARD SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED IN UNDERCOVER CORRUPTION PROBE
June 20, 2008 FIVE PHYSICIANS AND ONE CLINIC OWNER CHARGED IN INFUSION FRAUD MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SCHEME
June 19, 2008 MORTGAGE FRAUD PROSECUTIONS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BUTTRESS ON-GOING MORTGAGE FRAUD CRACKDOWN
June 17, 2008 COLOMBIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER EXTRADITED TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES
June 16, 2008 BOILER ROOM TRADER CHARGED WITH FRAUD PLEADS GUILTY
June 11, 2008 THREE MIAMI AREA BROTHERS AND PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CHARGED IN $110 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
June 6, 2008 CONVICTION RETURNED ON MORTGAGE FRAUD AND TAX EVASION INDICTMENT
June 5, 2008 FORMER FUGITIVE FINANCIER SALMAN SHARIFF PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD IN HEDGE FUND SCHEME
June 5, 2008 THREE FORMER HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES CHARGED IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FRAUD
May 30, 2008 TWO CITY OF MIAMI POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN UNDERCOVER CORRUPTION PROBE
May 30, 2008 BAHAMIAN DRUG KINGPIN SAMUEL KNOWLES SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
May 29, 2008 THREE MIAMI AREA DOCTORS AND SIX OTHERS CHARGED IN $56 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEMES
May 28, 2008 MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF MEDICARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
May 23, 2008 UPDATE ON MISSING ILLINOIS GIRL
May 22, 2008 FORMER U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PATROL OFFICER SENTENCED IN BRIBERY AND ALIEN SMUGGLING OPERATION
May 20, 2008 SCHOOLTEACHER AND EX-HUSBAND SENTENCED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING CHARGES
May 16, 2008 FOUR ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SCAM
May 16, 2008 10 YEAR SENTENCE FOR ORCHESTRATOR OF SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME
May 13, 2008 PALM BEACH COUNTY MAN SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD, BANKRUPTCY AND MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
May 13, 2008 14 MEMBERS OF COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY GROUP EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE U.S. DRUG CHARGES
May 12, 2008 BROWARD MAN RE-INDICTED ON ARMS EXPORT CHARGES
May 9, 2008 KEY WEST DIVER SENTENCED FOR STEALING PEARLS FROM SALVAGE SHIP
May 7, 2008 COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY LEADER EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE U.S. DRUG CHARGES
May 7, 2008 MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES IN FLORIDA
May 6, 2008

DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF WIRE AND SECURITIES FRAUD

May 5, 2008 MIRAMAR MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS ON MULTIPLE FRAUD CHARGES
April 30, 2008 MIAMI JURY CONVICTS DERMATOLOGIST OF MEDICARE FRAUD
April 25, 2008 TWO MEN SENTENCED ON OXYCODONE CHARGES
April 24, 2008 ORCHESTRATORS OF MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED
April 24, 2008 MIAMI JURY CONVICTS PHARMACY OWNER OF MEDICARE FRAUD
April 23, 2008 PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH MORTGAGE FRAUD
April 23, 2008 FOREIGN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO ACTING AS AN ILLEGAL AGENT OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT
April 17, 2008 HEDGE FUND ADVISOR PLEADS GUILTY IN $194 MILLION HEDGE FUND COLLAPSE
April 11, 2008 ARTHUR VANMOOR SENTENCED TO 210 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR SELLING FAKE CANCER CURE
April 7, 2008 FT. LAUDERDALE MAN SENTENCED TO 110 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT ON $3.5 MILLION WIRE FRAUD SCHEME
April 3, 2008 TWO MEN SENTENCED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
April 2, 2008 TAX CHARGES ADDED TO MORTGAGE FRAUD INDICTMENT
April 2, 2008 OWNER OF MEDICARE BILLING SERVICE SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN $170 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
April 2, 2008 FBI INVESTIGATING ATTEMPTED JEWELRY HEIST
April 2, 2008 “BIG BOY BANDIT” STRIKES AGAIN
April 2, 2008 SEVEN MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $11 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
April 1, 2008 MIAMI-DADE DME AND CLINIC OWNERS INDICTED FOR USING STOLEN PATIENT INFORMATION IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
March 31, 2008 TWO FLORIDA MEN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
March 25, 2008 TWO MIAMI RESIDENTS SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 1500 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
March 24, 2008 FUGITIVE FINANCIER SALMAN SHARIFF ARRESTED
March 22, 2008 FBI SEEKS PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING “NOTE BOMB BANDIT”
March 21, 2008 FBI SEEKS PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING “BIG BOY BANDIT”
March 20, 2008 MIAMI DME OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO MEDICARE FRAUD
March 20, 2008 U.S., BRAZILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT DISMANTLE $50 MILLION SECURITIES FRAUD ORGANIZATION
March 17, 2008 HEALTH CARE FRAUD DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 39 MONTHS IN JAIL IN DME FRAUD SCHEME
March 7, 2008 LAND DEVELOPER GETS FIVE YEARS IN PALM BEACH LAND DEAL
March 7, 2008 MEDICAL BILLER PLEADS GUILTY IN LABORATORY SCAM
March 7, 2008 MEDICARE FRAUD ORGANIZER SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS IN $7 MILLION FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
March 7, 2008 MIAMI JURY CONVICTS PHYSICIAN AND THREE BUSINESS OWNERS OF MEDICARE FRAUD
March 7, 2008 BROTHERS ARRESTED FOR PASSPORT MISUSE AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
March 7, 2008 PHONY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT SENTENCED ON IMPERSONATION CHARGES
March 5, 2008 JURY CONVICTS DRUG KINGPIN SAMUEL KNOWLES ON IMPORTATION OF SEVERAL THOUSAND KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE
March 4, 2008 THREE MIAMI-AREA RESIDENTS FOUND GUILTY OF FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING CHARGES
March 3, 2008 FOREIGN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO ACT AS AN ILLEGAL AGENT OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT
February 26, 2008 ORGANIZER PLEADS GUILTY TO MEDICARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
February 20, 2008
February 19, 2008 INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERER EXTRADITED FROM SWITZERLAND PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED
February 19, 2008 FORMER LANCER GROUP HEDGE FUND MANAGER MICHAEL LAUER AND FOUR OTHERS INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY AND WIRE FRAUD CHARGES
February 7, 2008 BENEDICT P. KUEHNE, TWO OTHERS, INDICTED ON MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
January 30, 2008 TWO HAITIANS SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERMS FOR PLOT TO TAKE HOSTAGE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN BOY IN HAITI
January 29, 2008 FOURTEEN SOUTH FLORIDA GANG MEMBERS CHARGED IN RICO CONSPIRACY; ANOTHER CHARGED SEPARATELY FOR ROBBERY
January 28, 2008 SENIOR MEMBER OF FARC NARCO-TERRORIST ORGANIZATION SENTENCED TO SIXTY YEARS FOR HOSTAGE-TAKING CONSPIRACY
January 25, 2008 ATTORNEY FOR FORMER CHAIRMAN OF PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION SENTENCED TO PRISON
January 25, 2008 TWO CHARGED IN WORLD BANK BOND FRAUD SCHEME
January 25, 2008 FOREIGN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO BEING ILLEGAL AGENT OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
January 24, 2008 GAMBINO FAMILY MEMBER AND FIVE OTHERS CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING ACTIVITY
January 23, 2008 NINE MIAMI DEFENDANTS IN STRIKE FORCE CASES SENTENCED FOR $56.5 MILLION IN MEDICARE FRAUD
January 22, 2008 MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
January 22, 2008 ORCHESTRATOR OF SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY
January 22, 2008 JOSE PADILLA AND CO-DEFENDANTS SENTENCED ON TERRORISM CHARGES
January 18, 2008 ARTHUR VANMOOR CONVICTED ON 19 COUNTS FOR SELLING FAKE CANCER CURE
January 11, 2008 FORMER PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT ON HONEST SERVICES FRAUD CONSPIRACY
January 10, 2008 HEALTH CARE FRAUD DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN JAIL IN INFUSION FRAUD SCHEME

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