Fresh Take FloridaNovember 14, 2024
This week’s appeals ruling could reduce his prison sentence by up to 5 years.
Tag: Racketeering
Fresh Take FloridaNovember 14, 2024
Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2024
7min0
Respected Okaloosa businessman seeks end to former partner’s ongoing harassment.
Peter SchorschFebruary 2, 2024
4min0
Artificial intelligence can provide innovative solutions, such as real time surveillance that notifies management of suspicious activity.
Associated PressAugust 15, 2023
15min0
‘The effort behind Jan. 6 didn’t stop on Jan. 6.’
Ryan NicolSeptember 1, 2021
4min1570
Cernech will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary and other benefits.
Ryan NicolAugust 28, 2021
3min1642
Prosecutors say Cernech worked with others to try to extort a real estate developer out of millions of dollars.
Michael MolineMay 15, 2018
9min333
Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a racketeering lawsuit Tuesday, blaming five major pharmaceutical companies for instigating the opioid drug crisis and alleging “a campaign of misrepresentations and omissions” about the powerful painkillers to doctors and consumers. Bondi’s office filed the 54-page complaint in Pasco County, which it identified as among the state’s hardest hit areas, […]
Jim RosicaAugust 8, 2016
2min625
It’s the kind of crime that’s enough to make you spit up: A Florida couple was convicted of charges that they systematically ripped off about $2 million worth of baby formula. Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s office announced the convictions Monday. It was all part of a “multi-state, multimillion dollar scheme that involved selling stolen formula […]
Drew WilsonMarch 30, 2016
3min220
Two Orlando residents accused of siphoning thousands in food stamp benefits from the government were arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Florida chief financial officer Jeff Atwater announced. “Today, two criminals found themselves exactly where they belong, and that’s behind bars,” Atwater said. “By stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in public assistance […]