GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A Chinese national living in Apopka has been arrested for her alleged role in a fraud scheme that targeted and deceived an elderly Gainesville resident out of …
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A Georgia man has been arrested on multiple felony charges after allegedly attempting to defraud Florida’s Emergency Bridge Loan program. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested 31-year-old Carl …
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Two men from Texas and Florida were sentenced Thursday for leading a telemarketing scheme that defrauded Medicare by promoting medically unnecessary genetic testing, resulting in millions in losses. Paul Wexler, …
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A woman from the United Kingdom who traveled to Florida earlier this month was found dead in Marion County, and investigators say the man she met there is responsible for …
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POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Jennifer Garula-Mers, 53, former CEO of the East Polk County Association of Realtors, has been arrested on grand theft charges. Authorities say she stole more than …
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2019 double homicide in Orange County. Pablo Antonio Tavarez, 32, was convicted following the deaths …
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THE VILLAGES, Fla. – A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a violent home robbery in The Villages, Florida. Robert Leroy Connor II, 57, was convicted of …
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Florida authorities have arrested a man on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the death of a woman from the United Kingdom who went missing last month. …
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A man and a woman in Lee County, Florida, are accused of running a large-scale fraud scheme that targeted dozens of victims and caused thousands of dollars in losses, according …
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BOCA RATON, Fla. — A woman accused of stealing from multiple stores in Boca Raton has been arrested twice in connection with a series of organized retail thefts, police said. …