Monthly Archives: December 2020
The Rise and Fall of Serenity Ranch Recovery: Four Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Related to Operation of Nightmarish Sober Home
By now, the messiness of the addiction treatment industry in Florida has become legendary. The Florida shuffle, in which poorly managed sober living homes boot residents out as soon as their insurance companies stop paying, only for the former residents to be scooped up by “druggie buggies” and shuttled to another rehab facility which… Read More »
Dade City Scrap Metal Business Owner Accused of Buying Pickup Truck and Mercedes with PPP Loan Money
They say that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and this has turned out to be the case with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The federal government offered PPP loans to small businesses in the context of the CARES Act, in order to prevent job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic and… Read More »
Broward Basketball Coach Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Using PPP Funds to Pay Nonexistent Employees
This past spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and Floridians reacted either with panic or with denial and defiance, it was almost too easy to get approved for a paycheck protection program (PPP) loan. The PPP guidelines in the CARES Act were meant to make it easy for small business owners to get emergency… Read More »
NFL Player Accused of Making False Statements to Obtain a $1.2 Million PPP Loan
Everyone who plays for the National Football League knows that that paychecks can be huge, but they can end abruptly at any time. One serious injury can end your career, and in an instant, you can go from being one of the most highly paid people in the U.S. to just another person who… Read More »
