by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 29, 2014 | Medicare fraud
Wael Bakry, 42, does not dispute the $4.1 million he was paid by Medicare. However, according to Bakry, the Medicare data released this month can be “deceiving.” One person, he said, could not provide all of that care alone. He hasn’t been charged or arrested yet so,...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 29, 2014 | Criminal Defense
In a 20-count indictment, Michael G. Grimm, a Republican from Staten Island now in his second term, was accused of underreporting wages and revenue while running an Upper East Side restaurant, essentially keeping two sets of records. Prosecutors say that Mr. Grimm...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 28, 2014 | Mail Fraud
Allen Weintraub, of Boynton Beach, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Donald Graham to 111 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Weintraub pled guilty to two counts of mail fraud. He targeted and defrauded potential investors...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 28, 2014 | Local News
The charging documents say that both defendants agreed to make use of their respective positions within the BSO (Broward Sheriff’s Office) to unlawfully continue the interests of RRA (Rothstein, Rosenfeldt and Adler P.A.), its chairman and CEO Scott W. Rothstein, and...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 25, 2014 | Drug Offenses, Drug trafficking
Cornelis Jan,Slomp, 22,is accused of selling a very large amount of drugs: 104 kilos of MDMA, 566,000 ecstasy pills,4 kilos of cocaine, as well as LSD and marijuana on the controversial website....
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 25, 2014 | Marijuana law
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens came out in support for marijuana legalization. I wish he came out with this, 40 years ago… but better late than never, I always say....
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 24, 2014 | Local News
Charlie Crist, a Republican that is now said to be a Democrat, was all business as he tried to convince the crowd to help him defeat Scott, who claims to spend $100 million to win a second term. Rick Scott does not support legalized marijuana...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 24, 2014 | Local News
Amateur butcher, Yonisley Garcia, 28, was charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty. Authorities have arrested him at an illegal West Miami-Dade slaughterhouse where pigs were shot, stabbed, beaten with sledgehammers and gutted and boiled while alive. He made...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 22, 2014 | Marijuana law
Despite the overly strict requirements proposed by the legislature, efforts to legalize a specific strain of marijuana that has been helping children with intractable epilepsy faced a new obstacle Monday as the governor’s chief medical advisor said he opposed it...
by Paul Petruzzi | Apr 22, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Texas Governor Rick Perry hired a criminal-defense lawyer, as he is being investigated for violating state law by vetoing funding for the state ethics office. Texans for Public Justice, claim Perry may have intentionally slashed the ethics unit’s funding in a bid to...