By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Q Link Wireless CEO Issa Asad and his company pleaded guilty on Oct.15 in Miami federal court to bilking more than $100 million from a government program that provides free or discounted phone service to people in need. The sentence prosecutors are recommending: five years, which is equal to one year for every $20 million he stole.
Ten years earlier, while the feds say Asad was in the middle of committing his enormous fraud, he got an even better deal in Broward Circuit Court.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward Sheriff’s sergeant cleared of battery and falsifying records in the controversial 2019 takedown and arrest of a black teenager amid a mob that had gathered outside a Tamarac McDonalds has sued Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and two members of his command staff.
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.