The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges on Monday against a payday loan company based in Miami, and its CEO for a securities fraud scheme that raised at least $66 million through the sale of promissory notes to more than 500 retail investors,
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Salvatore Colonna, 69, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced on November 30, 2018, to 78 months in prison for his role in a $16 million precious metals and securities fraud scheme and ordered to pay approximately $13 million in restitution. According to court
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A federal judge delayed the criminal trial of Palm House developer Robert Matthews, his wife and a real estate attorney until next summer. All three defendants, who are free on bond, face charges related to the unfinished Palm House hotel-condominium project in
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The Sun Sentinel published an article today asking “What is it about South Florida that makes the region such an effective hatchery for scams and schemes?” Today’s article cites to a 2015 article that calls South Florida the nation’s organized fraud capital,
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