Category: Federal Court
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BSO’s boner: Inmate says five-day erection, impotence followed medication mistake
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A former Broward County Jail inmate says he became impotent after he was forced to swallow a powerful anti-psychotic drug he wasn’t prescribed, then suffered a painful erection for five days before nurses and jailers finally responded to his pleas for help. -
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Wexler congressional aide got kickback in campaign deal; pleads guilty to federal tax charge
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
An aide and fundraiser to former Congressman Robert Wexler has pleaded guilty in federal court to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service about a $15,000 kickback she received during a controversial real estate transaction by the South Florida Democrat’s campaign. -
Weston mom’s lawsuit alleging false advertising by Enfamil leads to $12 million settlement
By Donna Gehrke-White
BrowardBulldog.org
The manufacturer of Enfamil has agreed to pay up to $12 million to settle a class-action lawsuit after a Weston mom alleged in federal court that the pricey, but popular baby formula had falsely advertised that it contained nutrients not available in other products. -
High-living ex-stockbroker who can no longer shear clients, arrested by FBI for bilking banks
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Two years after federal arbitrators found he had fleeced millions of dollars from clients with whom he once worshipped, disgraced South Florida stockbroker Gary Jay Gross was among 15 defendants charged last week in a large bank fraud scheme. -
Broward cardiologist and GOP fundraiser Zachariah cleared of insider stock trading charges
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
In a stinging rebuke to the government, a federal judge Monday cleared Fort Lauderdale heart doctor and top Republican fundraiser Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah of civil insider stock trading charges. -
‘Victims everywhere’ in $100 million Certified Services worker’s compensation fraud
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The $100 million-plus scam behind the collapse of Fort Lauderdale’s Certified Services is a classic South Florida courtroom tale of greed and woe. Hundreds of investors who bought Certified’s publicly traded stock were wiped out as insiders looted the company, buying luxury cars and diamonds. Insurance companies who did business with Certified got stiffed for tens of millions of dollars in claims.
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