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Yosdan Castellanos of Orlando was sentenced earlier this month in Tampa federal court for running a Medicare fraud scheme. Castellanos was sentenced to more than five years in prison and must pay $738,000 in restitution to the U.S. government. Castellanos... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesA public insurance adjuster in Hernando County, north of Tampa, was sentenced to four months in jail and nine years probation last week for forging his client’s name on a settlement check, giving her a bad check in return and... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesHillsborough County FL prosecutors dropped DUI-manslaughter charges this week in a case that killed a Gibsonton, FL motorcyclist in November 2007. Jeffrey Freson of Deltona, FL had been facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Freson was charged... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Vehicular CrimesJoshua Altersberger pleaded guilty to first degree murder at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow, FL late last week. Prosecutors had previously filed notice of intent to seek the death penalty and the case was set for trial later this... [Read More]
A rare federal death penalty case was tried in Tampa this month. The case involved an execution-style murder in a Bartow drug house. Bartow is the county seat of Polk County, just east of Tampa and Hillsborough County. The U.S... [Read More]
The Adam Walsh Act was signed into law in 2006 and was largely concerned with the expansion of the National Sex Offender Registry and the grant of additional resources for Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces. One minor piece of... [Read More]
The New Yorker has dubbed Florida “The Ponzi State” and “ground zero of the national foreclosure crisis.” Last year, Fort Myers and Cape Coral had the highest foreclosure rates of anywhere in the entire United States. The first part of... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesAs the economy sinks lower, newspaper headlines are abuzz with reports of workplace fraud – embezzlement in the common parlance. Federal prosecutors in Tampa allege that this white collar crime occurred at the Tampa Tribune to the tune of about... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesFederal regulators suspended Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. from enrolling new customers in its Medicare-backed insurance and drug plans this week. Regulators cited several faults for the suspension including the forging of enrollment documents and providing misleading data to potential... [Read More]
Locations: Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesAttorney John Yanchek pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to an $82 million mortgage fraud scheme in the Tampa federal courthouse earlier this month. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida charged Yanchek with conspiracy, money laundering... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesManatee County Judge Doug Henderson threw out evidence gathered at a DUI checkpoint in March, 2008 at a hearing last month. Defense attorneys argued that the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office failed to follow their own guidelines in conducting the checkpoint. ... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Vehicular CrimesAfter three years of court battles, hundreds of DUI cases in Manatee and Sarasota Counties are now free to proceed. Some cases will certainly be tried, others dismissed. The results of breath tests taken by a machine called the Intoxilyzer... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Vehicular CrimesHis attorneys, William Bennett and Bjorn Brunvand, constructed a defense around the theory that [Phillup Alan Partin]‘s longtime friend Fred Kaufman killed the teenager. Partin and his daughter Patrisha were living with Kaufman at his Port Richey home at the... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Violent CrimesDefense attorney Bjorn E. Brunvand asserts in court papers that [Alex Toth] has severe psychiatric and medical problems that render him incompetent. According to a letter from physician Gary Levine of Suncoast Total Healthcare, Toth has been involved in “multiple... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar Crimes[Thane Covert] then appointed private lawyer Bjorn Brunvand to defend [John Allen Ditullio] at both pending trials. Brunvand, who was in court Wednesday after initially being appointed to assist Ditullio, said he needs to handle both cases to provide the... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Violent Crimes
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