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By Jay Weaver Ivan Valdes, who rose from cutting grass to managing a large maintenance division at Miami International Airport, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to running a racket that stole millions from a light-bulb procurement program. Arrested last...

Gerald Klein, along with family and friends, celebrated with wide smiles and hugs in a courtroom Friday after learning the 81-year-old former pain clinic doctor no longer faces the prospect of going to prison. "I'm relieved and...

Originally published in Palm Beach Post The former doctor once charged with the murder of a patient at a Jeff George-run pain clinic was sentenced to four years’ probation Friday on a single charge of illegally selling Xanax to Donald Trump’s former chef. The sentence...

Originally published in The Miami Herald By: Charles Rabin Paola Vargas-Ortiz has spent the past four weeks at a mental-health facility, ever since police found her infant son dead in a freezer at her father’s Homestead home. On Thursday, Miami-Dade homicide...

By Jay Weaver Frank Spinosa was once an unassuming banker — until he crossed paths with his opposite, the brash lawyer Scott Rothstein. Spinosa, a one-time TD Bank regional vice president in Fort Lauderdale, sought to please his seemingly deep-pocketed customer, going...

By Manuel Rooig-Franzia and Scott Higham MIAMI — On Dec. 16, 1987, a teenager named Marco Rubio arrived home from school in West Miami to find his mother in anguish. Earlier that day, federal drug agents raided a house a few miles away that his brother-in-law,...

By Jay Weaver About $150,000 in “unexplained” income was deposited into the bank account of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Juan F. Martinez in 2010. His wife, testifying at his federal corruption trial, said she didn't know where all the money came from —...

By Sharon Lawson and Juan Ortega Wednesday’s development comes after a Florida Highway Patrol investigation, which looked into whether Juan “Johnny” Herrera was the driver of his Mercedes on the night of the accident A former Miami police officer on Wednesday turned...

By Paula McMohan and Sun Sentinel Federal prosecutors last week quietly dropped a criminal charge against an elderly Boca Raton millionaire they accused of laundering money for a Fort Lauderdale family of psychics charged with fleecing clients. Peter...

Miami's new public corruption squad flexed its first muscles Thursday with the announcement of eight arrests, including three police officers and a city administrator in a crackdown the mayor said would end Miami's ``culture of corruption.'' Yet the significance of...

Oscuros Detalles de Operaciones Cambiarias Vinculadas a Venezuela Gerardo Reyes, Jay Weaver y Casto Ocando El Nuevo Herald 04/05/2009 GERARDO REYES, JAY WEAVER y CASTO OCANDO El Nuevo Herald Cualquier podría imaginar que la sede de una compañía del sur de la Florida...

Money-Laundering Suspect a Man of Contrasts Rama Vyasulu, the Miami businessman whose arrest has caused havoc in Venezuelan financial circles, is a major figure in U.S.-Venezuelan trade. 04/05/2009 BY GERARDO REYES, JAY WEAVER AND CASTO OCANDO EL NUEVO HERALD The...

Plea Entered In Davie Crash Case The Miami Herald 01/20/2007 Miami Herald, The (FL) 2007-01-20 Section: Broward & State Edition: Broward Page: 5B Trenton Daniel, tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com A Miami-Dade police officer accused of leaving the scene of a fatal highway...

Father's 11-Year Battle Finally Freed Son The Miami Herald 08/11/2005 The Miami Herald, 2005-08-11 Section: Metro & State Edition: Final Page: 6B SARA BLUMENTHAL, sblumenthal@herald.com Sergio Radillo Sr. lived to see his dream come true: After serving 11 years in...