Florida

Melvin Butzlaff was 87 and had dementia when he was reported missing by his daughter in 2014. He was last known to be with living with his son Robert Butzlaff. However, when officers interviewed Robert Butzlaff, he said his father was under the care...

Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint did not lie on his application for U.S. Citizenship about committing any crime for which he was arrested for. Nor did he misrepresent the receipt of any public benefits. He just waited till after he filed before he committed a...

A failed lawyer, CIA operative, and movie executive from Florida, Don Cisternino is now a failed fraudster. There must be transferable skills between these careers? However, failing at fraud leads to  charges and court appearances. On January 13, 2023, Cisternino was sentenced to eight...

Pastor Evan Edwards and his son, Josh Edwards, were the dynamic duo that ran ASLAN International Ministry, as president and vice president respectively. In April 2020, Josh allegedly applied for a COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program loan, claiming the religious nonprofit ASLAN had 486 employees...

To many foreigners, America is the Promised Land. A land of opportunity, where money grows on trees and streets are paved with gold. When Allen Levinson, a Nigerian national arrived in the U.S. in 2014 and didn’t see the money on the trees, he...

Criminals targeting pandemic relief funds have stolen close to $100 billion estimated so far. The number of cases is so astronomical that the government launched COVID-19 fraud strike force groups around the country dedicated only to pandemic related fraud.  But not all cases are...

Lexicographers for the Merriam-Webster Dictionary typically wait to add a word until they've determined that it has relatively widespread use, widely agreed-upon meaning, and seems to have staying power—meaning it's likely to be used for a long time. Thanks to fraudsters, the relatively new...

Michael Murphy was the owner of Cure Pharmacy in Jacksonville, Florida, a bona fide neighborhood store for locals to get prescriptions filled and to buy over-the-counter medications and health supplies. However, Cure Pharmacy was apparently not a normal business and Murphy invested in this...

Patrick Walsh knows about blimps. After all he is an international blimp magnate owner of Florida based AirSign AirShip Group, the world’s largest airship company. AirSign AirShip is the nation’s largest blimp manufacturer and their airships seen in the skies at such events as...

Like most of the fraudsters who scammed the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Paycheck Protection Program, Amber and Anthony Bruey, proud parents of four in Lehigh Acres, FL, developed a standard scheme to bilk the United States taxpayers. What puts Amber and Anthony...