Miami Criminal Defense Law Blog

One type of drug crime authorities have been focusing on more and more as of late are prescription drug crimes. If a person is accused of prescription drug crimes, such as illegal prescription drug possession or illegally selling prescription drugs, he or she can face significant charges. Major criminal punishments can be given to a person if he or she is convicted of prescription drug charges. A conviction on prescription drug charges can also have major impacts on a person's professional life and how he or she is viewed in his or her community.

Recently, a prescription drug crime case has arisen in Florida. The case involves a 23-year-old man from Port Charlotte. The man has been accused of illegally selling prescription drugs.

The adolescent brain is hard-wired to make mistakes. Most of us can recall poor choices we made in our teens that we would take back if we could. Of course, some of those choices have more serious consequences than others. There's no going backward to change the past, but for juveniles who commit homicide or other violent crimes, one mistake can destroy the rest of their lives as they know it. 

Adults who are convicted of homicide tend to face either a lifetime in prison or the death penalty, depending on the state where they're prosecuted. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled back in 2005 that the death penalty was unconstitutional for offenders under the age of 18. And last year, the high court decided that automatic life sentences without the possibility of parole violated the Eighth Amendment, which protects against cruel and unusual punishment.

A person can face serious criminal charges if he or she is accused of having committed health care fraud. This can be seen in a Medicaid fraud case that has recently arisen in Florida.

The case involves a 29-year-old woman. It has been alleged that the woman, through the company she ran, submitted numerous claims to Florida's Medicaid program for services that were never actually provided. According to authorities, the woman used a variety of different methods to obtain the information needed to make such claims, including offering Medicaid recipients gift cards to get them to give her their Medicaid information.

One type of fraud that has been getting a lot of attention in the media and from authorities as of late is insurance fraud involving staged accidents. Being accused of having been involved in a staged accident scheme can be a very serious matter.

Recently, a case has arisen in Florida involving an alleged staged accident. The case involves two 45-year-old men. The two were accused of having participated in an insurance fraud scheme and having each received payments of $2,000 for having played a role in the scheme.