Hate crimes in Florida continue to increase every year and in significant amounts after the 2016 Presidential Election. This is something of great concerns because Florida has always been the destination of choice for many immigrants and their families due to its cultural diversity. According to the Office of the…
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The Securities Act of 1933 Revisited
The Securities Act of 1933 is referred to as the “truth in securities” law. The act has two intended and effected results: It prohibits deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities. It does that by requiring that all investors in the capital and equity markets receive significant information…
Federal Violation of Probation
Increasingly the U.S. Attorney’s office has been actively pursuing men and women who were placed on Federal probation but have either stopped checking in or have violated their probation with a new arrest. Federal probation is a sentence, just as is Florida state probation. Violations of probation are most frequently…
Conflict of Interest or Insider Trading? Donald Trump, Jared Kushner and the Trump Organization
On January 10th, 2017, it was announced that Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was appointed as Senior Advisor to the future President. News reports of “conflict of interest” by Donald Trump, Jared Kushner and the Trump family have morphed into allegations of insider trading, a crime punishable by prison and…
Can Donald Trump be Impeached?
Impeachment is governed by Article II Section Four of the U.S. Constitution, which states that the President shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Treasons is levying war against the United States, or in adhering to their enemies,…
One Year Ago, Cecil the Lion Died
Source: Wikipedia The Daily Mail reports that Walter Palmer, the Minnesota millionaire dentist, is thriving and Cecil the Lion….is still dead. But the first anniversary year of the killing has revived the protest by those who are still outraged at the staged killing of the park animal. Dr. Walter Palmer,…
One Billion Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme in South Florida
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 22, 2016 the unsealing of what will be an epic Medicare fraud sweep involving members of the South Florida community, both in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. This is the largest Medicare Fraud crime federal indictment in the history of the U.S. Department of…
Human Trafficking and U.S. Federal Task Force
Slavery and trafficking are synonymous. Human trafficking includes Philippine young women who are transported to Saudi Arabia and confined as domestic servants, as well as commercial sex operations. Human trafficking is defined as the use of fraud, coercion or force to exercise physical and psychological control of an individual to…
Arrest Mateen’s Wife for Aiding and Abetting Mass Murder in Orlando?
Noor Zahi Salman, (the second and current wife of the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen), told the FBI she knew of Mateen’s plan for a mass murder shooting, accompanied him to scout out potential targets, went with him to the Pulse Club in Orlando, and accompanied him to buy a holster and…
Miami Judge Declares Florida’s Revised Death Penalty Law Unconstitutional
Earlier this month, a Miami judge declared Florida’s revised death penalty law unconstitutional, saying jurors should agree to execution unanimously, contrary to what the new law says. Circuit Court Judge for Miami-Dade County, Milton Hirsch, said that Florida’s new death penalty law, which enacted a “super majority” system where 10…