A Daytona-area man who admitted to sex trafficking two women by force, fraud, or coercion was sentenced to 327 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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.