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Boca Raton couple losing condo unit they’ve owned for 32 years to investor who changed the rules
In a perfect world, a ruling by a Miami court supporting a bid to stop the termination of a condominium would be good news for Howard and Melissa Fellman, who...
‘Fraudulent’ crypto scheme raised more than $650 million, including from Haitian Americans, SEC says
A former Wellington couple have been accused in a crypto investment scheme that the SEC says generated more than $650 million from at least 200,000 investors, many of them Haitian...
Big Lots is closing most of its South Florida stores. Here’s where they are.
Discount retailer Big Lots is closing nearly 300 stores across the United States, including 26 in Florida. The chain cites inflation and reduced consumer spending, but analysts say competing chains...
37 years later after discovering Jupiter shipwreck, company still fights for right to hunt treasure
Jupiter Wrecks Inc., a company formed in 1987 after lifeguard Peter Leo discovered artifacts he believed were from a 17th century shipwreck site off Jupiter Inlet, continues to fight the...
New insurer offered Citizens customers steep premium hikes. Then the state stepped in.
Tampa-based Slide Insurance sent takeout offers with steep premium increases to thousands of customers of state-owned Citizens Insurance last year. More than 15,000 were transferred to Slide because they didn't...
CEO of Hollywood-based ‘sham’ health insurance agency sentenced to 25 years in prison
Steven Dorfman, CEO of Hollywood-based Simple Health Plans, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for spearheading fraudulent claims to convince people to buy alternative coverage options introduced by the...
SEC accuses two of participating in alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Haitian-Americans
Two men from Coconut Creek and Boynton Beach have been accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of selling investments to members of South Florida's Haitian-American community in a...
Florida home hardening program shuts down to new applicants after less than three weeks
A state grant program offering up to $10,000 for home-hardening improvements like new roofs and impact windows has stopped taking new applications from new participants.
Retail Roundup: Chewy opens newest vet clinic; The Gardens mall announces new stores
Coral Springs is the next South Florida city to try out a new vet care clinic opened by online pet supply retailer Chewy. Plus four new stores opened at The...
Citizens chooses higher rate hikes for South Florida than its own numbers indicate
For a change, South Florida policyholders could have enjoyed a much lower rate increase than the 14% approved by the company's Board of Governors. Indicated actuarial rate increases — which...