Category: fraud/waste/mismanagement
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Turmoil at Miami public radio station WDNA leads to accusations of wage-theft, misuse of grant funds
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
The jazzy vibes at Miami-based public access radio station WDNA have been less than harmonious the past two years. -
17 BSO deputies charged with PPP fraud in South Florida’s broadest police scandal in decades
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org -
Broward Health scandal flares again with guilty plea by former purchasing executive
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Five years after tax-supported Broward Health was rocked by a costly kickback scandal and news the FBI was investigating alleged corruption in the hospital network’s purchasing department, the government has gotten its first guilt plea in the case. -
Meet the man at the center of a shadowy multimillion-dollar ‘scam PAC’ network
By Roger Sollenberger
Salon
A super PAC that claims to advocate for wounded veterans raised millions of dollars this year, but spent only $18,000 of it on political activity. The rest of the money was spun off to administrative and marketing services, including to three companies belonging to one person — a former long-shot Democratic congressional candidate, self-published author, certified nutrition-label reader and serial hustler in East Tennessee named Alan Bohms. -
First guilty pleas in Port Everglades’ ongoing spending scandal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The first two guilty pleas in the continuing probe into out-of-control P-Card spending by Port Everglades employees were entered Wednesday in federal court in Miami – with more pleas and arrests expected to follow. -
Assignment of benefits scams rip off tens of millions of dollars a year
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
Over the last several years, the assignment of benefits by consumers has become a major source of fraud, abuse and overpricing. Insurance companies estimate that AOB abuse costs Florida property owners and insurance companies tens of millions of dollars a year.
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