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Federal Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Friday May 31, 2024 ( 7 items )  

'Warrior Medics' conduct Black Hawk medevac litter training, familiarization flights over Tampa Bay
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 30 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Thirty-eight "Warrior Medics" assigned to the Army Reserve Medical Command's Pinellas Park, Florida, headquarters and headquarters detachment, conducted litter training with a UH-60 Black Hawk military ambulance Saturday with Army Reserve crew chiefs from Golf Company, 5th General Support Aviation Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment here, followed by Bl  more

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Florida Felon Sentenced to Prison for Role in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Kickback Scheme After Pleading Guilty to COVID-19 Fraud and Unlawfully
MIAMI, Florida, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal, after admitting his role in a multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) kickback scheme and pleading guilty to carrying out a COVID-19 fraud scheme and being a felon in possessi  more

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Former Broward Deputy Sheriff Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
MIAMI, Florida, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Stephanie Diane Smith, 54, of Sunrise, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 7 months in prison for participating in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme in which she received two loans from the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP"). In March 2024, a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale found Smith guilty of two counts of wire fraud in connection with the sche  more

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Since February 2024, One Defendant Pled Guilty and Five Others Have Been Charged With Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death
MIAMI, Florida, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Deanne L. Reuter of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO), Sheriff Eric Flowers of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office (IRCSO), Chief Joe DeGiulio of the Boynton Beach  more

Florida Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme is Sentenced
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUPERT DE LAS CASAS, 64, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to approximately 85 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release for his parti  more

Justice Dept.: Naval Commander Sentenced for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material and Retaining Classified National Defense Information
WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Gregory Edward McLean, 40, of Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced today to 160 months for distributing child sexual abuse material and 120 months for unlawfully retaining classified national defense information. The sentences will be served concurrently. According to court documents, state law enforcement in Rhode Island received a cyber tipline report that a user of a particular messaging   more

May 30 U.S. Central Command Update
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 30 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - Between approximately 3:15 and 5 p.m. (Sanaa time) on May 30, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed eight uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen and over the Red Sea. Additionally, USCENTCOM forces alongside UK Armed Forces conducted strikes against 13 Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled  more