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South Florida Number One in Identity Theft for Second-Straight Year

Ah, identity theft. The scourge of our web-retail purchasing nation and a damned pain in the ass to try to fix. South Florida is the mecca of identity theft. Because, of course it is! And now, for the second straight year, we've got a monkey-fisted death grip on the number-one ranking, according ... More >>

Republicans Against Limiting Kids' Unhealthy Food Ads

Mmm, tastes like diabetes.​Doctors along with the Obama administration have proposed a way to change childrens' diets in an effort to halt the obesity epidemic. The suggestion is to limit or ban fast-food or unhealthy ads from kids' TV shows.Republicans have responded with a resounding "no," feari ... More >>

Will High-Society Boca Couple Keep Their Mansion After Legal Loss?

Photo from BocaResort.comLori and David Keezer in a 2006 issue of Boca Club Life.​Just look at that happy, handsome couple! A May-December romance that surely had little to do with David Keezer's vast wealth. Indeed, Palm Beach County records show that the Keezers' crib in the Royal Palm Yacht &am ... More >>

Cash4Gold Portrayed as Predator by New York Congressman

In a Washington, D.C., news conference Tuesday, Congressman Anthony D. Weiner declared Pompano Beach-based Cash4Gold "a golden opportunity for citizens to be ripped off."Wait, you mean we can't trust Hammer and deathbed-ridden Ed McMahon?Weiner's news conference is a prelude to legislation he's craf ... More >>

Nutritional Supplement Maker in Boca Convicted of Fraud

Flickr: DarkHairedGirl​Poor Frank Sarcona, AKA Frank Sarcone, AKA Dave Johnson. Whatever the chap's name, he lacks the creativity to concoct new scams. Sarcona -- let's stick with that -- was convicted last week by a federal jury for a host of fraud charges, after he violated the terms of an injun ... More >>

Weston Congresswoman Lands Promotion; Will Help Us Get More Stuff

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Weston Democrat (not to be confused with the Westin Diplomat), has been named the vice chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, which is a long way of saying she's in a better position to get us more stuf ... More >>

Calling All Debtors

Tailpipe

Energizer Con Man

In the Name of Mr. Burns

Exxxxxcellent!

Doing Time in the Boiler Room

How to make that "wonderful weekend in Orlando" sound like a month at the Taj Mahal

Spam Sandwich

South Florida's Eddy Marin went from cocaine to porn to spam

Dem Blues

The left, turning right, was plain wrong

Call Me Now! ...And Pay Me Later

With all the millions Miss Cleo brings in, her Broward-based bosses have little trouble paying their way out of those pesky lawsuits

It Happens

Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park's the funniest show on TV.

Letters to the Editor

Letters for January 25, 2001

Paying the Price

Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed

The Grift of Gab

Stephen Tashman made a small fortune launching Telecard Dispensing Corporation. If only his investors had been so lucky.

The Doctor Will Sell You Now

Supplied by Rexall Showcase of Boca Raton, doctors and other distributors are pitching alternative forms of medicine that may not work in ways that may not be legal