In the wake of the highly publicized scandal and alleged Ponzi scheme involving Bernie Madoff, U.S. lawmakers announced a proposed bill that would provide for an additional $110 million, 50 FBI agents, 100 SEC Enforcement Officials and 50 Assistant U.S. Attorneys to deal with federal securities fraud cases. The bill…
A doctor in Columbia County, Florida (which is about an hour west of Jacksonville, Florida) was arrested on charges of assisting in obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and unauthorized possession of prescription forms. In a prior post, we discussed how law enforcement authorities in Jacksonville and other areas in…
Preston Parker, who plays wide receiver for Florida State, was arrested for DUI after local police allegedly found him asleep in the driver’s seat in the early morning hours. Parker’s vehicle was parked, but the key was in the ignition, the engine was running and his foot was on the…
Heartland Payment Systems is a credit card processing company that handles 100 million credit card transactions per month. They recently went public with the fact that their network was breached and unauthorized access was gained to those credit card transactions. The company did not know, or did not disclose, which…
The U.S. Justice Department issues a yearly report on the threat created by illegal drugs in the United States. This National Drug Threat Assessment is a lengthy report that discusses various drugs, where they come from, who is using them, who is selling them, how drug dealing is financed, the…
In Florida and across the country, prosecutors are bringing more criminal cases against people suspected of committing mortgage fraud. Mortgage fraud can be committed in a number of ways. Some examples include: buyers using fake identities to obtain loans and purchases houses, using fraudulent appraisals to inflate the price of…
Last Month, the Jacksonville, Florida law firm of Lasnetski Gihon Law which handles state and federal criminal defense, personal injury, wrongful death and business litigation matters in Jacksonville and throughout Florida and Georgia prepared a blog post about an issue that has potentially crippling ramifications for companies but of which…
As forensic technology is becoming more advanced, police across the country are solving fewer homicides. The FBI maintains records on murder clearances rates which refer to the percentages of murders that are solved in any given year. When murder clearance rates were first documented in the early 1960’s, about 90%…
A St. Augustine, Florida woman (Pamela Niland) allegedly dumped hazardous waste taken from Flagler Hospital, including vials of blood and drugs and old needles, into a dumpster belonging to a St. Johns County construction company, according to an article at Firstcoastnews.com. As most people know, hospitals and doctors’ offices have…
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) announced that three people were arrested (Alex Campbell, Frederick Campbell and Temario Wiley) on drug trafficking charges after police found a large amount of marijuana that had been delivered by UPS to a house on Praver Drive in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville police also seized $500,000…