Nik Patel may have been sentenced to 25 years in prison, but the legal cases surrounding his loan frauds — now pushing close to $200 million — are far from over.
Patel filed a formal appeal of his sentence in Chicago federal court Wednesday, which will be reviewed by the United States Court of…
The Justice Department has joined a Central Florida woman’s whistleblower lawsuit against an Oviedo-based medical supply company, Central Medical Systems Inc. and its owner Alan Trent Harley.
The suit alleges Harley falsely billed Medicare for wound care supplies over six years, violating the False…
Two Orlando-area lawyers, Christopher Phillip Hancock and Jacqueline Marie Kinsella, were suspended indefinitely by the Florida Supreme Court under unusual circumstances in two unrelated cases.
Kinsella, 33, of Goldenrod, pleaded no contest in local courts to petty larceny, a misdemeanor, for stealing…
Nik Patel’s traveling companion Kevin Timirchand – who was arrested by the FBI in January as he tried to flee to Ecuador with the infamous fraudster – pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Orlando federal court Tuesday morning.
Timirchand admitted in court and in a plea agreement that he helped Patel…
Port Canaveral is now getting post-Panamax cargo ships, the largest cargo vessels in its history, the port said in an announcement Monday.
Post-Panamax refers to larger cargo ships that are able to fit through the Panama Canal following its widening in 2016. Port Miami saw its first such ship in…