A Florida man was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for running a bitcoin exchange that is suspected of laundering money for a group of hackers who targeted publishing and financial firms as part of a complex securities fraud.
After an investigation spanning nearly two years, a South Florida man has been arrested in the killing of a Toronto-born Florida State University professor.
Florida lawmakers want virtual currencies like bitcoin covered under the state’s money-laundering statute, a change that supporters claim would ensure criminals cannot use Internet-based currencies to conceal financial activities, according to The Miami Herald. Law enforcement officials support the measure but some bitcoin enthusiasts say it will undermine bitcoin.
BONITA SPRINGS – Mother of two, Dr. Teresa Ann Sievers, 46, is the victim of a homicide in Bonita Springs and Lee County Sheriff’s Office authorities are now asking for anyone who heard or saw anything in connection to this to call them.
Lies and excessive force are what Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says got a deputy fired.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday on multiple charges of child pornography.
A rookie Jacksonville cop was arrested and fired after being caught on shocking video beating up a handcuffed strip club employee.
A Sarasota, Florida, cop seen on a video tossing peanuts at a handcuffed homeless man has resigned, officials said Tuesday.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A Florida businessman has sued his ex-fiancee alleging that she and her parents conspired to steal $2.1 million in gold, diamonds and other jewelry after their breakup last summer.
A former Gulf Breeze attorney has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $3.7 million in restitution for fraud and embezzlement.
