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U.S. Department of Justice

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    South Florida at Center of National Medicare Fraud Crackdown

    The Department of Justice this week announced a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud that snagged 107 people for an alleged $452 million in false billing. The Department of Health and Human Services reported it was the largest group of false billings targeted at one time in the history of their Me ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    The World's Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

    The Department of Justice this week announced a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud that snagged 107 people for an alleged $452 million in false billing. The Department of Health and Human Services reported it was the largest group of false billings targeted at one time in the history of their Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Allen West Suddenly So Concerned About Due Process, Condemns New Black Panther Party Ransom on George Zimmerman

    ​Congressman Allen West took to Facebook this afternoon to "vehemently condemn" the $10,000 bounty put out by the New Black Panther Party for the "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin.West called the ransom "reprehensible" and called on the Department of Justice t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Pill Mill Expert Witness' Newly Disclosed Criminal Past Could Spark Wave of Appeals

    ​Dr. Arthur Jordan, an expert witness paid $300 per hour by federal prosecutors to testify in a number of pill mill cases, has a bizarre criminal past that the government kept secret for years. The new information could be used to appeal a slew of pill mill convictions throughout the country.An At ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Alcee Hastings Avoids Full Investigation on Sexual-Harassment Allegations -- for Now

    The House Committee on Ethics announced today that it won't start a full-on investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Alcee Hastings.This all stems from a complaint -- an accompanying federal lawsuit that's still alive -- from a woman named Winsome Packer, who worked on the U ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    Obama's War on Weed Represents a Strange About-Face on Medical Marijuana

    The House Committee on Ethics announced today that it won't start a full-on investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Alcee Hastings.This all stems from a complaint -- an accompanying federal lawsuit that's still alive -- from a woman named Winsome Packer, who worked on the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    West Palm Beach Court of Appeal: Toy Guns Don't Constitute Armed Robbery

    sandboxworld.comIf this were a bank, this would not be an armed robbery, according to Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal.​According to a decision last week out of Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach, an armed robbery isn't really an armed robbery if the "weapon" use ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    State Rep: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Doesn't Count as Teaching Black History in Schools

    ​In 1994, then-Gov. Lawton Chiles signed into law a statute that requires Florida high school kids be taught about the Holocaust and the history of black Americans.Now, the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) of Tallahassee has filed a grievance with the Justice Department, claiming that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    ICE Chief Anthony Mangione Indicted in Federal Court on Kiddie-Porn Charges

    ​Update: Mangione pleaded not guilty to all counts. He "showed no emotion" in court, according to the Miami Herald. The head law enforcement official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in South Florida, Anthony Mangione, has been indicted in federal court on counts of transporting, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Scott Rothstein Saga: Howard Kusnick Gets Two Years Up the River

    Howard Kusnick (left).​Howard Kusnick -- a former lawyer at Scott Rothstein's now-defunct law firm and associate to his $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme -- was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.Kusnick is now the second person in the current round of Rothstein-related indictments to receive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Surprise! Rick Scott Also Had "Fatal Flaws" as a CEO

    Apparently, Scott has always been this scary.​"People close to Mr. Scott characterized his downfall in terms suitable for a Greek tragedy, portraying him as a brilliant and incisive businessman who was undone by his fatal flaws. Those flaws, they said, included an arrogance and aggressiveness that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    U.S. Marshals: Alleged Broward Teenaged-Boy Molester Kenneth Andrew Craig Found in Brazil

    amw.comKenneth Andrew Craig​Kenneth Andrew Craig -- who cops say skipped court 12 years ago after being caught allegedly doing perverted things with young boys in a Deerfield Beach motel room -- was arrested in Rio de Janeiro.The U.S. Marshals Service says Craig, now 42, was arrested earlier in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Broward Public Defender Files Department of Justice Complaint Over 'Roiding BSO Deputies

    hypermuscles.comSteroids? I don't know what you're talking about.​Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein thinks that deputies from the Broward Sheriff's Office are juiced up like Barry Bonds wannabes and that they've been hiding it for several years.Finkelstein's complaint, sent to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Bill Nelson Warns Rick Scott to Veto Election Bill or Face a Federal Investigation

    State lawmakers want to keep people from having sex with animals. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants to keep lawmakers from screwing voters.​Although it seems like Gov. Rick Scott will make the bold and progressive move of banning bestiality, he still plans to screw voters. The election overhaul bill, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Voter Suppression Back in Style; Let's Party Like It's 1869

    Screw the 15th Amendment. This is Florida.​Florida's legislative attack on voter rights easily passed the House last week and looks like it will surely sail through the Senate to become law. We're not alone, though. Our state's attempt to disenfranchise a massive amount of its citizens is actuall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    The Sylvia Poitier Case for Dummies

    It began as a little Pulp blog post back in December 2008 and has now grown up into a federal case. Last week, I told you about the investigation involving Broward County Judge and former Sunrise Mayor Steven Feren. Well, the Justice Department on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Sunrise in re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    WTFlorida: 10 Reasons Why Florida is Better at Everything

    Miche Ratto​Here in Florida we're really good at a lot of things. Topping the list we have: growing indoor marijuana, staging car accidents, and throwing children in jail. And boy are we good at all of those things.To learn more about the awesome state you live in click the image.

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Civil Rights Group Says Rick Scott Violated The Voting Rights Act With New Restrictions On Felons

    Wave bye bye to your voting rights​A few weeks ago, Rick Scott reintroduced Florida to Jim Crow-style voting laws, which essentially disenfranchise a large percentage of African Americans and just so happen to boost Scott's chances at reelection. The law brought back draconian restrictions on felo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Rick Scott, Former CEO of Fraud Hospital Chain, Considers Privitizing FL Hospitals

    Rick Scott, your governor.​When Rick Scott starts considering hospital privatization, it's worth revisiting his past. The Sun-Sentinel reported that Scott established a commission to investigate whether the state could trim a layer of budgetary fat by selling  government-run hospitals to priv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Report: BSO Falsified Super Bowl Papers for Sheriff's Son With NFL in Dark

    U.S. Department of Justice Sheriff Al Lamberti at last year's Super Bowl security press conference. From left to right: FBI Special Agent in Charge John Gillies, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, ATF Special Agent in Charge Hugo Barrera, Miami Dade Police Department ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    PBSO Launches New Program to Manage Sex Offenders, Not Just Exile Them

    Professor Jill Levenson says not all sex offenders are alike.​In a world where residency restrictions exile convicted sex offenders to live under bridges and on park benches, a glimmer of sanity has emerged. Working with psychology professors at Lynn University, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Whistleblowers Like This One Needed to Clean Up South Florida Health-Care Industry

    Flickr: Cine FanaticoAs Matt Damon proves, executive informants are glamorous! (The mustache is encouraged but not required.)​South Florida is arguably the health-care fraud capital of the U.S. There's so much fraud, it's hard to blame the crook who reasons that stealing merely a million dollars w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Are Greyhound Track Owners in Business With a Mexican Cartel Financier?

    flickr.comJorge Hank Rhon​Earlier this year, the American Greyhound Track Owners Association, which is headquartered at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, took on a new member with a questionable, controversial past. At the AGTOA's spring conference, held in Las Vegas, then-President Karen Keelan called ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Juice Obtains Civil Suit Filing Against Chiquita Listing 242 Plaintiffs

    Today's suit alleges Chiquita funded AUC terrorists​The Juice has obtained the 110-page civil suit filed yesterday in West Palm Beach Federal District Court on behalf of 242 Colombian plaintiffs against Chiquita Brands International. The suit, brought by Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, which ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Could GEO Group House Haitians in Guantánamo?

    The GEO GroupThe GEO Group's Migrant Operations Center in Cuba.​As a tent city rises at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station to house a possible influx of Haitian earthquake victims, speculation is swirling that refugees could also be sheltered in a less hospitable place: Gitmo's Migrant Operations C ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2009

    With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore Sells the Same Old Shtick

    The GEO GroupThe GEO Group's Migrant Operations Center in Cuba.​As a tent city rises at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station to house a possible influx of Haitian earthquake victims, speculation is swirling that refugees could also be sheltered in a less hospitable place: Gitmo's Migrant Operations C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Plantation Accountant, Firm Barred From Filing Taxes for Clients

    In a deal that will have to come with a career change, Carole Exantus of Plantation accepted a permanent injunction against filing tax returns on clients' behalf in order to settle a case with U.S. Justice Department attorneys who had sued her for fraud. From the release:The court found that [Exantu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    [Updated] Payday: Bernie Gets a Buck Fifty

    U.S. Department of JusticeCareful trying your Ponzi act with inmates' cigarettes, Bern.It's the day that Bernard Madoff gets to pay for his $65 billion sin. If you had money to invest -- and here I'm assuming you're not one of his victims -- then would you invest it on a bet that today the convicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Broward Man at Center of National Scandal in Philippines

    Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada would have been "pleased" by the murder of a journalist, an affidavit taken in Florida claims.This February, 47-year-old Cezar Mancao went to the Philippine consulate in Fort Lauderdale to give a sworn affidavit. When the contents of his testimony were l ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    With a Bullet

    Corruption-busting lawyer Bruce Udolf wants to be Broward sheriff. After the Ken Jenne experience, though, are voters too suspicious of lawyers turned cops?

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    Rx for Plunder

    Looting the Treasury was never so easy

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    DeGroot On King Ken

    Looting the Treasury was never so easy

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2006

    Deerfield Editor Resigns

    Looting the Treasury was never so easy

  • Culture

    July 28, 2005

    Artbeat

    Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    To Re-Catch a Thief

    For the old cat burglars, all that's left is a movie script, a book proposal, and undying hatred for one another

  • Calendar

    July 31, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    For the old cat burglars, all that's left is a movie script, a book proposal, and undying hatred for one another

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Happy on the Outside

    Everglades National Park's subsurface tsuris

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Barred For Life

    The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

    A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Girlhood, Interrupted

    When Elrinda Jones disappeared, the cops didn't seem to care

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Big Cypress Buyout

    Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    The Campaign that Wasn't

    An insider in the governor's race tells his tawdry tale

  • Culture

    August 8, 2002

    Do the Math

    The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

  • Music

    January 24, 2002

    Black Sunday

    One night a week in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the world is a ghetto

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    The Perils of Marilise

    A child of a Tonton Macoute family escaped political violence in Haiti - and then her real troubles began

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Waiting For Otto

    Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    Elián Plus One

    Conflict of interest. Anti-Cuban high jinks. A cover-up. It must be the Florida INS.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Undercurrents

    You call this damage control?

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Cold-Blooded Smuggling

    The recent bust of a Hollywood importer sheds light on an illegal reptile trade that has adventurous smugglers making easy money

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    To Protect and Flatten

    The weapon du jour of South Florida cops is the Sage SL-6, a gun that shoots big rubber bullets that hurt like hell but don't kill. They hope.

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