fraud

A court clerk says a loophole in state law makes it easy for criminals to commit fraud.

The money was taken by an outside source posing as a city vendor.

The Leon County Sheriff’s Office is warning about an uptick in cases in which a caller tells the victim they must pay up for missing jury duty.

A woman told a Florida Senate committee about squatters who refused to leave a rental property she was trying to sell. She says they caused nearly $40,000 in damage.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Tiffany Carr surrendered Monday at a sheriff’s office in North Carolina after an arrest warrant was issued last week.

Republican Joseph Harding pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud.

The Florida lawmaker who sponsored the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law has been indicted on charges of defrauding a federal coronavirus loan program for small businesses.

Hurricane Ian brought the deadliest destruction Florida has seen in years, and with it, likely billions of dollars in damages. Florida officials and property insurers are warning people left vulnerable after the storm to not become victims twice and fall prey to common scams.

Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum pleaded not guilty to all federal charges brought against him on Wednesday before he was released pending trial.

A divided federal appeals court Thursday overturned the conviction of former Jacksonville Congresswoman Corrine Brown on fraud and tax charges, ruling that a juror was improperly removed from her trial because he said the “Holy Spirit” told him Brown was not guilty.