A whopping 14 individuals were arrested on Wednesday, March 11 in connection with a healthcare fraud scheme that scammed more than $130 million from major public companies, the city of Miami, and Miami-Dade County public schools. They are being accused of submitting...
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South Florida Man who Helped Smuggle Baseball Star Yasiel Puig from Cuba Sentenced to One Month in Prison
On Friday, March 6 Gilberto Suarez of South Florida was sentenced to one month in prison plus five months of house arrest for his role in smuggling baseball star Yasiel Puig from Cuba. Suarez's plea agreement also mandates that he no longer be involved in Aldemys...
Psychiatrist Found Guilty as Medicare Fraud Convictions Continue
Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz was convicted by a jury yesterday in another case of Medicare fraud In South Florida. Kaplowoitz was on the payroll at Hollywood Pavilion, a Broward County psychiatric facility. The same jury also found Tiffany Foster, who had served in an...
Woman Posing as Doctor in Hialeah Clinic Convicted on Criminal Charges Medicare Fraud Case
Alejandra Collaza will serve 17 years for Medicare scam that cost taxpayers $8.5 million dollars. Collazo's Hialeah clinic did a booming business. Masquerading as a doctor, Collazo wrote 2,200 false prescriptions for referrals to home-healthcare agencies.Collazo...
Police Officer in Miami Arrested for Misconduct
Miami-Dade police officer Joshua Zacarias was arrested on Tuesday, February 3 and charged with official misconduct. The charge stems for a hit-and-run accident that took place at the Miami Lakes district station. Zacarias originally reported that the damage was caused...
Miami Drug Dealer Charged with Murder in Overdose Death of Community Activist
Recently, Miami-Dade prosecutors charged Raymundo Rodriguez Fernandez in the March 2014 death of Cheri Rollins. Rollins was a well-respected advocate for gay and lesbian rights and a vocal proponent against school privatization in Philadelphia, where she lived. On the...
Driver arrested in fatal Key Biscayne accident
Tragedy struck early on the morning Wednesday, January 21, when a driver struck two bicyclists who were traveling along the eastbound lanes of Crandon Boulevard near Crandon Park Marina. One of the bicyclists, Walter Reyes, died on the scene. The second bicyclist,...
Carlos Acevedo, convicted MLB steroid dealer, sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison
A few weeks back we wrote about the pending performance-enhancing drug use by Alex Rodriguez. The investigation cited eight defendants including Carlos Acevedo who partnered with Anthony Bosch. Acevedo and Bosch shut down their anti-aging clinic called Biogenesis of...
Social Media and Criminal Justice
Instagram is more than just a mobile photo and video social networking service. It has become a valuable source of evidence for today's law enforcement. There are numerous cases in South Florida where Instagram users have posted incriminating photos to the site; these...
Arrest Made in Deadly Bus Stop Crash in Deerfield Beach
Broward Sheriff's Department officers have arrested Mark Jusevic on charges of DUI manslaughter, failure to render aid, and failure to remain at an accident scene involving a death. The charges are in connection to a deadly accident that took place on Sunday, December...






