
Crime
Tampa CPA and Attorney Indicted for Embezzling $890,000 From Client
Federal grand jury charges Melissia Gauthreaux with six counts of wire fraud for stealing more than $890,000 from a client over four years.

Federal grand jury charges Melissia Gauthreaux with six counts of wire fraud for stealing more than $890,000 from a client over four years.
Previously deported Nicaraguan national Ernesto Ortega Padgett sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in Miami for a $29 million bank impersonation scheme.

Federal indictment charges Colleen Kieran, 57, with six counts of wire fraud for allegedly embezzling $3.9 million from a Seminole County business.

Tomás Niembro, 64, former CEO of Nodus International Bank, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and sanctions violations in Miami federal court.