A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort
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Florida man convicted of posing as flight attendant to score more than 100 free flights
CBS News Live CBS News Miami Live A federal jury has convicted a 35-year-old South Florida man who fraudulently booked more than 120 free airline
Former Hialeah Police Chief Sergio Velazquez pleads not guilty to fraud, grand theft charges
Arrested for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds, former Hialeah Police Chief Sergio Velazquez appeared in court Tuesday where he entered
Retired IRS agent gets 12 years for scamming elderly California woman out of life savings
A retired IRS agent from Southern California has been sentenced to state prison after she was convicted of defrauding an elderly San Francisco Bay Area
Two Ukrainian women on visas illegally voted in the 2024 U.S. election in Palm Beach, DOJ says
CBS News Miami Live Two Ukrainian women living in South Florida on temporary visas have been federally charged with unlawfully voting in the 2024 U.S.
Sean Kingston, mother found guilty in federal fraud case
CBS News Miami Live A federal jury found singer and rapper Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, guilty on all charges Friday evening in
Jury deliberating in Sean Kingston, mother’s federal fraud trial
CBS News Miami Live Jurors were deliberating Friday afternoon in the federal fraud trial of rapper Sean Kingston and his mother, who are accused of
Florida man sentenced to 6 years for $4 million COVID relief fraud, splurging on diamond grills
CBS News Miami Live A Florida man who stole more than $4 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits and used the money to buy luxury items,
Federal fraud trial for rapper Sean Kingston, his mother gets underway in Fort Lauderdale
The federal fraud trial of rapper Sean Kingston and his mother got underway Tuesday morning in Fort Lauderdale. The singer, whose real name is Kisean
South Florida tax preparer sentenced to prison for $20 million IRS fraud
CBS News Miami Live A Hialeah tax preparer has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for orchestrating a $20 million tax fraud