WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. FEMA has approved an additional $114 million to reimburse Florida communities for debris removal after Hurricanes Milton, Helene and Debby. This includes: $1,345,305 for Manatee County $6,529,810 for the city of Madeira Beach $4,581,559 for Charlotte County $2,868,489 for Highlands County $7,717,350 for city of Sarasota$10,817,250 for Polk C  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: Johanna Michely Garcia, the former Chief Executive Officer of MJ Capital Funding, LLC was sentenced to 240 months in prison today. On July 16, Garcia, 41, from Broward County, Fla., pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The conspiracy involved Garcia leading others, including Pavel Ramon Ruiz Hernandez, in an investment Ponzi fraud scheme to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Systemic HIPAA Security Rule violations lead to OCR's 6th penalty of the year Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty against Gulf Coast Pain Consultants, LLC d/b/a Clearway Pain Solutions Institute (Gulf Coast Pain Consultants) in Florida, concerning violations of the Health Insurance Por  more