In a ceremony held today during the Commission Meeting in Jensen Beach, Officer Specialist Elisha Cernuto of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was awarded the prestigious 2023 Shikar-Safari Officer of the Year. The accolade, presented by the conservation-focused organization Shikar-Safari Club International, recognizes outstanding performance and achievementContinue Reading
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (NYSE: RYAM) (the “Company”) announced today that Bryan D. Yokley has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective October 1, 2023. “We are pleased to welcome Bryan to our Board of Directors and look forward to the benefit of his insight, experience and expertise,” statedContinue Reading
A Florida man was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating an investment scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of over $55 million. According to court documents, Michael Glaspie, 72, of Palm City, marketed an investment opportunity under the name “CoinDeal” or “Coin Deal.” Glaspie claimed thatContinue Reading
A federal grand jury in Orlando returned an indictment, unsealed yesterday, charging three Florida men with crimes related to their respective roles in a tax refund fraud scheme. According to the indictment, from 2015 to 2018, Christopher Johnson, of Orlando, and Jasen Harvey, of Tampa, allegedly conspired to promote aContinue Reading
Jason R. Moore, 43, of Milton, has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. Moore’s heinous crimes were committed in the Republic of Fiji between March 2013 and February 2016. The investigation, conducted jointly by HSIContinue Reading
Two Puerto Rican men pleaded guilty today to federal charges of conspiracy to commit a hate crime and obstruction of justice, arising out of an assault with a dangerous weapon against a transgender woman because of her gender identity. According to court documents, on Feb. 24, 2020, at around 12:29 a.m.Continue Reading
In a Maryland courtroom, Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, also known as Impaciente, received a life sentence for his involvement in a series of criminal activities related to the notorious transnational criminal organization, La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Court documents revealed that on March 8, 2019, Ortega-Ayala, aged 30 and hailing from Greenbelt,Continue Reading
September 26 marks the 50th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a groundbreaking civil rights law that requires equal opportunity for people with disabilities. It prohibits disability discrimination in programs conducted by federal agencies, programs receiving federal financial assistance, federal employment and federal contractors’ employment practices. It also requiresContinue Reading
A Florida man pleaded guilty today to distributing at least $16.7 million of adulterated HIV drugs that were ultimately dispensed to unsuspecting patients throughout the country. According to court documents, Armando Herrera, 43, of Miami, and his co-conspirators established companies in Florida, Texas, Washington, and California that they used toContinue Reading
A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner yesterday for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting more than $200 million in false and fraudulent claims for expensive genetic testing and medical equipment that the Medicare beneficiaries did not need. According to court documents andContinue Reading