Curt Anderson

May 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Federal prosecutors dropped the remaining tax evasion conspiracy charge against two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves and his sister on Friday, clearing the Brazilian driver of all the charges that once threatened to derail his career.Castroneves, 34 and the pole sitter for Sunday's Indy 500, and his 35-year-old sister Katiucia were acquitted of other tax evasion charges by a jury April 17.

By CURT ANDERSON

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May 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - Florida owes more than $11.5 million to thousands of Broward County homeowners whose citrus trees were chopped down during a failed effort to control a harmful disease, a jury ruled.The amount was far less than the plaintiffs had sought, leading attorneys for the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to declare partial victory.

By CURT ANDERSON

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March 02, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - On top of the world a few months ago, Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing with the Stars" champ Helio Castroneves faces possible prison time if convicted at a tax evasion trial that began Monday with jury selection.Castroneves, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, smiled broadly as he entered Miami's downtown federal courthouse.

By CURT ANDERSON

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July 03, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Curt Anderson

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March 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - An Iranian woman who surrendered to U.S. authorities hoping to get probation was instead sentenced Friday to more than five years in federal prison for her role in a scheme to smuggle military night-vision goggles to Iran.U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn imposed the sentence on 31-year-old Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan, a mother of twin daughters who insisted during her trial in December that she was innocent.

By CURT ANDERSON

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November 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - A prominent and politically connected South Florida attorney was being investigated by his own firm for financial irregularities in an investment business that led his law partner to seek dissolution Monday.The attorney, Scott Rothstein, and partner Stuart Rosenfeldt founded the firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler in 2002.

By CURT ANDERSON

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July 24, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Curt Anderson

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April 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By CURT ANDERSON

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May 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Officers fighting networks of indoor marijuana factories took out what they called a major operation Wednesday in a secluded back room of a house where a nice older lady sold ice cream to kids.The raid targeted a sophisticated pot-growing operation that could net more than $300,000 a year, authorities said.

By CURT ANDERSON

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November 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - Former Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Friday after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges.Jenne, 60, pleaded guilty in September to tax evasion and mail fraud conspiracy charges involving a series of questionable transactions, including money and favors from Broward Sheriff's Office vendors and payments made on his behalf for a Mercedes-Benz convertible.

By Curt Anderson

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