fraud

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.

According to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, over $1 million dollars of consumer fraud can happen with just one skimmer.

More charges have been filed against former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg. The charges include allegations Greenberg stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the county to buy cryptocurrency.

One of the nation’s largest drug testing laboratories will pay $256 million to settle allegations it over-billed the U.S. government for urine drug tests after a Melbourne whistleblower filed suit.

An Orlando man is facing 37 felonies for taking $1.8 million from investors. His company had a patented process to combine vegetable and coconut oils, billed as a health product.