Mario Ariza

They rented the houses on Airbnb, and made sure the cribs had spots to park a boat. But the drug smugglers weren't interested in the waterfront view.

They rented waterfront Airbnb homes to smuggle piles of cocaine, authorities say

January 28, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.

They rented the houses on Airbnb, and made sure the cribs had spots to park a boat. But the drug smugglers weren't interested in the waterfront view. Instead, the traffickers...

Smugglers nabbed nearly 6,000 protected turtles from Florida to be sold as pets in China

January 21, 2020 at 7:12 p.m.

These smugglers snatched 5,581 protected turtles from Florida and shipped them to Hong Kong, so the reptiles could be resold as pets in China, authorities say. One of the turtle...

In this Aug. 7, 2015, file photo, Philip Esformes arrives at the 15th Annual Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, in Los Angeles. The Florida health care executive is facing sentencing following his conviction on 20 criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme. A Miami federal judge Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, is set to sentence 50-year-old Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history.

Nursing home mogul Philip Esformes sentenced to 20 years for $1.3 billion Medicaid fraud

June 14, 2024 at 6:39 p.m.

Former Illinois and Florida nursing home mogul Philip Esformes wept and pleaded for mercy Thursday before being sentenced to 20 years in prison for what the U.S. Justice Department called...

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