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$80 million Pompano debt-relief scam: First of $32 million in seized assets auctioned off
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
A team of Miami-based attorneys has taken the first steps in auctioning off tens of millions of dollars in assets seized after a nationwide debt-relief scam headquartered in Pompano Beach was shut down last year by a District Court injunction. -
Broward Health goes dark; Gov. Scott clams up
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Things are getting stranger at Broward Health. On Friday, the taxpayer subsidized public hospital system began refusing to provide requested public information. On Monday, the governor’s office declined to explain why Rick Scott hasn’t suspended indicted district leaders. -
State knew Pompano gun maker in business with banned Russian firm when tax incentives offered
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s administration knew in 2015 when it offered $162,000 in tax-refund incentives to Pompano Beach assault rifle maker Kalashnikov USA that the company was doing business with a Russian arms giant that was blacklisted by the U.S. -
In blow to Kingdom, U.S. judge rejects Saudi effort to escape 9/11 lawsuit
By Brian P. McGlinchey
28pages.org
A federal judge in New York has rejected Saudi Arabia’s effort to be dismissed from a massive lawsuit accusing the kingdom of complicity in the 9/11 attacks. -
Rick Scott’s court-stacking plan has bad optics and perhaps a fatal flaw
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Rick Scott may not get a chance to stack the Florida Supreme Court, after all. The League of Women Voters of Florida is pursuing in the Florida Supreme Court a potent challenge to his power to reshape the court in his own image. -
Federal grand jury subpoenas state, city records in probe of maker of Russian assault rifles
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami federal grand jury has subpoenaed records from Gov. Rick Scott’s administration and Pompano Beach about an aborted economic incentives deal with the authorized U.S. manufacturer of Russian Kalashnikov assault rifles.
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