Monthly Archives: September 2015
Ferretting out health care fraud in Florida and Detroit
By Rich Lord / Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSeptember 27, 2015 The most successful Medicare Fraud Strike Force sent health care scammers scurrying all over the country — but hasn’t come close to running out of cases on its own turf. The Southern District of Florida accounted for 18 percent of health care fraud defendants nationwide from 2009 through… Read More »
Prosecutorial Misconduct
Our system of criminal justice, though largely inherited from Great Britain, has historically been more vulnerable to corruption by prosecutorial misconduct than that of our colonial antecedents. This has been variously attributed to the fact that prosecutors in our system, unlike that of the Brits (where the barrister alternates between prosecution and defense functions),… Read More »
The Prospects for Pursuing Corporate Executives
New York Times, September 14, 2015 By: Peter J. Henning The Justice Department wants the message to go out that federal prosecutors will be taking aim at executives over their role in corporate misconduct by issuing a new policy that requires companies to identify every wrongdoer within the organization, regardless of rank, or be… Read More »
Pair accused of defrauding real estate investors
An alleged vacation rental scheme in Florida has resulted in two people receiving various charges including fraud. According to federal prosecutors in the case, the pair defrauded 1,400 investors out of an estimated $300 million. Both of the accused individuals have pleaded not guilty to the charges. While waiting for their Key West federal… Read More »
Florida men charged in federal drug case
A cooperative effort by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Miami and Palm Beach officials has resulted in charges against men from Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach and Parkland. The men allegedly conspired to traffic in, possess, and distribute various drugs, including Alprazolam and counterfeit Xanax. Additionally, two of the men are charged with… Read More »
