Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...002); (3-55) Medicaid provider fraud, in violation of section 409.920(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2002); (56-129) split-fee patient brokering, in violation of section 817.505(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2002); and (130) white collar crime, in violation of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2002)....

...rges (counts one and two) of the information, which are based on violations of chapter 817, Florida Statutes. B. White Collar Crime The defendants raised similar challenges to count 130 in the information, which charged the defendants with violating section 775.0844, the White Collar Crime Victim Protection Act. The defendants argued that section 817.505 was not a proper predicate upon which to base the white collar crime charge. The trial court again agreed and dismissed this count. Section 775.0844(2), Florida Statutes (2002), provides: Due to the frequency with which victims, particularly elderly victims, are deceived and cheated by criminals who commit nonviolent frauds and swindles, frequently through the use of the Internet...

...frequently causing the loss of substantial amounts of property, it is the intent of the Legislature to enhance the sanctions imposed for nonviolent frauds and swindles, protect the public's property, and assist in prosecuting white collar criminals. Section 775.0844(3)(a)(4) provides that white collar crime means the commission or conspiracy to commit any felony offense specified in "[c]hapter 817, relating to fraudulent practices." *781 The Fifth District affirmed the trial court's dismissal of...

...Counts 56-129 charged various defendants with patient brokering by engaging in a split-fee arrangement in violation of section 817.505, Florida Statutes. Count 130 charged all defendants with violating the White Collar Crime Victim Protection Act, section 775.0844, Florida Statutes....

...denied, 634 So.2d 627 (Fla.1994) (lewdness and assignation were not predicates to support RICO prosecution for committing crime "relating to prostitution"). White Collar Crime In count 130, the defendants were charged with violating Florida's White Collar Crime Victim Protection Act, section 775.0844, by committing at least two white collar crimes, including patient brokering in violation of section 817.505. Section 775.0844(3) provides in part as follows: 775.0844....

white collar crime, a first-degree felony, see § 775.0844(4), (5)(c), Fla. Stat. (2003), and was sentenced

Victim Protection Act, section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2010). Section 775.0844(8) provides that a person

find that a defendant can be convicted of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2005), aggravated white

count of aggravated white collar crime under section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2007),1 with the grand

aggravated white collar crime in violation of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2010). Charges were filed

aggravated white collar crime, a violation of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes, for the failure to remit

...adlocked on a verdict. Trial on the remaining counts was reset for February 16, 2010. On January 15, 2010, however, the State filed a third amended information, which charged Appellees with one count of aggravated white-collar crime, in violation of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2005), a first-degree felony (count one), and eleven counts of defrauding a financial institution....

...We find no error in the dismissal of counts two through eight and count twelve. These counts alleged new crimes and are barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse, however, the dismissal as to count one, which charged Appellees with first-degree aggravated white-collar crime, in violation of section 775.0844, Florida Statutes (2006)....

...elderly persons, as defined in section 825.101(5), (b) twenty or more persons, as defined in section 1.01, or (c) the State of Florida, any state agency, any of the state's political subdivisions, or any agency of the state's political subdivisions. § 775.0844(5), Fla....