White-collar crimes in Florida are usually non-violent and involve money or business dealings. While those committing these crimes do not usually physically hurt anyone, the damage done to financial circumstances can be devastating. There are several high profile...
White Collar Crimes
Police: Body cam shows former cop stealing as he makes arrests
Fort Myers racing fans have for years made the nearly 5-hour trek northeast to visit the Daytona International Speedway in Volusia County. A former county sheriff's deputy there is hoping to pull away from allegations that his own body camera shows him stealing money...
Measure calling for criminal penalties for condo violations advances to Gov. Scott
At this time last year, two news agencies published an eye-opening report detailing the findings of a joint investigation into various condominium board scandals across the Sunshine State. What was discovered -- evidence of everything from electoral fraud to...
White collar case involves Florida bank
We read recently of a case that has a classic good news/bad news component to it. The good news is that felony and misdemeanor charges were dropped against a man. The bad news is that the charges were dropped because he has been sentenced to five years and five months...
Florida couple charged with bank fraud and more
A drive southeast from Fort Myers to the other side of Florida will bring you to Hollywood. That is the home of a man and woman charged recently with bank fraud and other white collar crimes.Officials say the man, 64, and woman, 51, forged documents as part of a...
Police: Nine Florida ID theft suspects reeled in
You have probably seen mouse glue traps in the hardware store. While the traps might be effective in catching unwanted rodents, the sticky devices are also apparently useful as tools to snag mail from post office collection boxes.The scheme is called "fishing." Nine...
Top Volkswagen executive arrested on white collar charges
A top automaker executive recently got an unexpected jolt while on a Florida vacation. The director of Volkswagen's regulatory compliance efforts was arrested on white collar crime charges.Oliver Schmidt is suspected of knowing that VW installed software that enabled...
Dermatologist awaiting sentencing on insurance fraud and more
After being indicted on Oct. 20, 2015 a federal court sitting in Florida found a dermatologist guilty of several crimes. The 69-year-old will be sentenced after the U.S. Probation Office's presentence investigation is completed and reported. Along with 52 counts of...