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A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown, facing a federal trial on 23 counts related to fraud and tax evasion, seeks to have her trial pushed back to October. The filing in federal court Wednesday from attorney Bill Sheppard cites “77,000 pages of discovery that undersigned counsel is doing his best to review and digest.” Prosecution does not oppose the motion, […]

Jim RosicaJuly 23, 2016

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The former owner of the briefly popular and now-defunct Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox restaurant in Tallahassee was arrested Friday on felony tax evasion charges. Brian Cartenuto, 35, of Niceville, was booked on five counts of refusing to pay sales tax or file returns and one count of failing to remit sales tax between $20,000 and $100,000, court records show. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

Ask and ye shall receive. Jacksonville Rep. Reggie Fullwood wanted a “bill of particulars,” compelling federal prosecutors to lay out the list of who was defrauded in his case. “The Defendant has been made to understand the ‘another’ at issue is not the various contributors whose contributions may have been converted to Fullwood’s personal use. Thus, it is unclear from […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 23, 2014

My 9-year-old now tells me Santa Clause is fictional. So, I’m sending my letter to someone real, or…well, someone who exists, anyway: Dear Gov. Scott (and please share with GOP colleagues), It’s that time of year. No, not time to instruct staff to delete leftover sensitive emails or texts from the past year. No, not […]

Tag: tax evasion

Corrine Brown wants trial pushed back to October

Tucker Duke’s founder busted on tax charges again

Feds: Reggie Fullwood defrauded donors, state Division of Elections

Daniel Tilson: A Christmas letter to Gov. Rick Scott