-
/
7394 SEEN/
John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge among marquee names in suit against troubled Florida law firm
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A large Florida law firm whose founding partner was suspended by the Florida Supreme Court last month for betraying clients faces more trouble from a state lawsuit alleging that its top partner in Fort Lauderdale aided a stock swindle. -
/
8952 SEEN/
Regulators fine, censure Fort Lauderdale stock brokerage linked to Wexler campaign controversy
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A Fort Lauderdale-based securities firm with a checkered past, and its two principal owners, have been hit with $800,000 in fines related to a pump-and-dump penny stock scheme. -
/
10960 SEEN/
FBI asked questions about $150,000 campaign investment before Wexler quit
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Months before popular Democrat Robert Wexler abruptly quit Congress last year federal agents interviewed two South Florida businessmen about his campaign’s unconventional $150,000 investment in a real estate venture. -
/
9949 SEEN/
Star witness Adam Kidan and Bacardi lobbyist to testify in Texas conspiracy trial of Tom DeLay
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Adam Kidan, the Broward State Attorney’s star witness in the pending Gus Boulis murder trial, has been subpoenaed to testify this month in the Texas election law conspiracy trial of the once powerful Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. -
‘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.
Support Florida Bulldog
Florida Bulldog’s year end fundraising season started Nov. 1 and runs through the end of the year. We are now in our 16th year of providing free, in-depth watchdog reporting on stories of public importance. We exist thanks to your generosity.
Right now your contribution means more than ever. Contributions up to $1,000 will be matched dollar for dollar by NewsMatch a collaborative fundraising movement to support fact-based and nonpartisan journalism in the U.S. In keeping with transparency, we publicly acknowledge all donors on site.
If you believe in the value of watchdog journalism, please make your tax-deductible contribution today.
We are a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Join Our Email List
Florida Bulldog delivers fact-based watchdog reporting as a public service that’s essential to a free and democratic society. We are nonprofit, independent, nonpartisan, experienced. No fake news here.