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While online phishing scams aren't new, they've become more pernicious. That's largely thanks to artificial intelligence.

Former Miami-Dade County school board member Lubby Navarro was sentenced to more than a year prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to using up to $100,000 in district funds for personal, and often luxurious, expenses.

"All I care about is the truth," Republican Rep. Alex Andrade told "The Florida Roundup." He describes more information he obtained in his Hope Florida Foundation investigation, addresses a call to remove him as a House subcommittee chairman and more.

Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, 41, was a member of a group that sent personalized letters to elderly Americans, falsely claiming they were entitled to a multimillion-dollar inheritance from a deceased family member overseas, according to court documents filed in Miami federal court.

“From AI-generated scams to cryptocurrency theft and robocalls threatening arrest, these crimes are devastating,” Cordero-Stutz told the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in a field hearing in Doral on Thursday morning. The hearing was chaired by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida.

As you start to gear up for the holidays — whether by shopping or donating — it can be all too easy to fall vulnerable to potential scammers. Here's how to navigate and avoid them.

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.