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In 2021, Tiffany Carr agreed to pay millions to settle lawsuits centered on the state’s attempt to claw back “exorbitant” compensation paid to coalition leaders.

Republican Rep. Joseph Harding pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud.

The defendants allegedly took part in a scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three Florida-based nursing schools, according to recently unsealed federal indictments.

Customers began wondering why small bottles of Fireball Cinnamon were being sold in places that typically don't sell liquor in many states, such as gas stations and grocery stores.

An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million belonging to sprinter Usain Bolt has led to one of the largest fraud scandals to hit the Caribbean island. One top official has been forced to resign.

An NPR analysis of data released by the Small Business Administration shows the vast majority of Paycheck Protection Program loans have been forgiven, even though the program was rampant with fraud.

A Florida lawmaker who sponsored a controversial measure that critics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law has resigned his seat after being indicted on a fraud charge.

A jury found Elizabeth Holmes' former business and romantic partner guilty in July on all 12 felony counts of defrauding Theranos investors and the patients that used the company's faulty blood tests.

The Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” has been indicted on charges of defrauding a federal coronavirus loan program for small businesses.

Trump and his company have repeatedly faced criminal investigations but this case marks the first time his company has been charged, tried, and convicted on criminal charges.

Several current and former board members on one of Florida’s largest homeowners associations have been charged with stealing more than $2 million of residents’ money.