The high-profile fraud allegations levied at Sam Bankman-Fried have captured several news cycles. Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas and denied bail. News reports about the FTX cryptocurrency exchange’s founder might provide insights to Florida residents wondering what constitutes criminal fraud. Bail
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The Anti-Kickback Statute The Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), is a federal criminal law that prohibits the knowing and willful payment of any form of compensation (called “remuneration”) to induce or reward patient referrals or the generation of business involving any item
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Section 924(c) of Title 18 of the United States Code is the federal statute that criminalizes using or possession of a firearm in the course of drug trafficking or some other violent crime in Florida. The statute provides for extremely harsh penalties,
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Money laundering occurs when money earned through illegal activities is put through a series of activities to hide its source of origin. For example, if a Florida drug dealer earns thousands in the sale of illicit drugs, he will not deposit that
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