A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale convicted Christian “Chris” Cruz, 45, of Pompano Beach, in an $11.4 million Medicare fraud conspiracy tied to medically unnecessary orthotic braces shipped to beneficiaries nationwide.
A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on charges that she and several co-defendants stole $5 million in FEMA funds, laundered the money, and funneled a substantial portion into her 2021 congressional campaign, even as she continues to deny the allegations and point to her federal funding work in Palm Beach County.
A Mexican national accused of helping run a forced labor scheme that exploited H-2A farmworkers across the Southeast has been extradited to Florida after a years-long investigation led by the Palm Beach County Human Trafficking Task Force.