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Alleged Leader in Florida Fraud Competent for Trial

The alleged leader of an $800 million South Florida insurance fraud scheme was found competent to stand trial Wednesday despite severe pain from a spinal cord ailment that requires him to take powerful drugs including morphine. U.S. District Judge Robert …

Massive Florida Insurance Fraud Trial Could Get 2 Juries

Never mind Washington’s budget problems. The Justice Department wants to retrofit a Miami federal courtroom with two jury boxes for a massive insurance fraud trial. Prosecutors have proposed the unusual two-jury solution to get around legal obstacles of trying all …