Category Archives: Federal Criminal Defense
TAMPA BAY FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE SINCE 1976
are you being investigated for A FEDERAL CRIME? Certain criminal offenses are selectively prosecuted in federal court by branches of the Office of the United States Attorney, rather than in Florida state courts by local prosecutors. Federal cases involve serious crimes in which the federal government has an express interest such as those that… Read More »
Convicted Lab Owner Forced to Surrender $187M in Healthcare Fraud Proceeds
A U.S. District Court judge ordered a defendant accused of healthcare fraud to fork over $187 million in allegedly fraudulent proceeds. The US Justice Department also seized over $30 million in proceeds including money from personal bank accounts, a 2018 Ferrari Spider, and a 2019 Land Rover. In this article, the Tampa, FL federal… Read More »
Florida Nurse Convicted for Bilking Medicare out of $200M
A Florida jury convicted a nurse practitioner of health care fraud for the role she played in bilking Medicare of $200 million in a health care fraud scheme. According to the indictment, she signed thousands of orders for orthotic braces and medically unnecessary genetic tests that were all billed to Medicare. In this article,… Read More »
Florida Residents Face Federal Charges in Telemedicine Fraud
Ten Florida residents are facing federal charges after authorities say they conducted an illegal nationwide telemedicine scheme that ran in Broward County from 2014 to 2016. The individuals are accused of recruiting patients and prescribing unneeded specialty medications that were considerably more expensive than readily available generics. How the Fraud Worked Those accused of… Read More »
The Four Steps In Most Federal Criminal Cases
Federal crimes are incredibly scary, mostly because federal penalties are often so severe. The criminal process and procedure are unfamiliar to most targets of a prosecutor’s wrath. The investigators are usually not local law enforcement officers in familiar uniforms. Instead, they are usually from the alphabet soup of federal law enforcement agencies like the… Read More »
FORMER TRUMP AIDE VOWS TO TEAR UP FEDERAL SUBPOENA
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg seems to be headed toward a contempt of court charge as he defiantly stated that he will refuse to comply with a federal subpoena. Nunberg said Monday that he has been subpoenaed to appear in front of a federal grand jury investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election… Read More »