At a press conference in St. Pete on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order invalidating all remaining local emergency COVID-19 orders. The bill will take effect July 1, 2020, but DeSantis said the order will take effect immediately. “I think this is…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Suspends All Local COVID-19 Emergency Orders Effective Immediately
Software company, SAP SE, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, has agreed to pay combined penalties of more than $8 million as part of a global resolution with the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ), Commerce and Treasury. In voluntary disclosures the company made to the three agencies,…
Read More German Based SAP Admits to Thousands Of Illegal Exports Of Its Software Products To Iran, Entered Non-Prosecution Agreement With DOJ
Heather Lynn Pratt, of Fort Myers, Florida, has admitted to bankruptcy fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced on Friday. Pratt, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of “Fraudulent Concealment of Bankruptcy Assets.” At the time of the offense, Pratt was employed by Emerald…
Read More Florida Woman Admits To Bankruptcy Fraud In West Virginia
A Utah man was arrested Thursday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the Presidential election. Landon…
Read More Utah Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach
Florida’s legislature passed a sweeping overhaul to the state’s voting laws that included new identification requirements and restrictions on mail-in voting and drop boxes. The legislation, which Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to soon sign into law, passed the Senate in a 23-17 vote…
Read More Florida Legislature Passes Election Reform Bill, DeSantis Says ‘I Will Sign It’
PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A 45-year-old man is dead after firing a gun at a woman and then turning the weapon on himself. Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Hudson Ridge apartments on State Road 52 just before noon on Thursday to serve an…
Read More 45-Year-Old Man Shoots Himself After Attempted Murder Of A Woman
SPRING HILL, Fla. – The “Lucky Star” in Spring Hill, wasn’t all that lucky. On Wednesday at 10:30 p.m., the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 4576 Commercial Way in Spring Hill. According to investigators, the business, “Lucky…
Read More Search Warrant At Spring Hill’s ‘Lucky Star’ Turns Up Illegal Gambling Room And Drugs, 5 Arrested
TAMPA, Fla. – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced the filing of a criminal complaint charging Jamel Muldrew, 32, Houston, TX, with sex trafficking of a minor, interstate transportation of a person to engage in prostitution, and enticement of a person to travel interstate…
Read More Texas Man Arrested In Tampa, Charged With Sex Trafficking Of A Minor
Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced today that the United States has obtained a final civil judgment ordering the forfeiture of $8,417,261.38 in proceeds from bank fraud and money laundering offenses related to COVID Relief Fraud. According to court documents, it is alleged that…
Read More Florida Family Run ‘Church’ Ordered Forfeiture Of $8.4M In Fraudulent PPP Loans
POLK COUNTY, Fla. -In early 2021, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) initiated a joint investigation of a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Juarez Mexican Drug Cartel. The primary…
Read More $50 Million In Mexican Drug Cartel Meth Seized In Multi-State “Operation Dirty Water”