By all accounts, Bernard Madoff isn't talking, and his wife, his sons, his brother and other key employees have lawyered up. ...more

March 14, 2009

Saying he was "deeply sorry and ashamed," Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty today to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history and was immediately led off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his seething victims in the courtroom. ...more

March 12, 2009

Bernard Madoff could soon find himself in a courtroom with some of the same devastated investors who he is accused of ripping off in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. ...more

March 7, 2009

As Arthur G. Nadel made his way to New York on Thursday under the watchful eye of U.S. marshals, the clock ticked away on the 30-day time limit faced by prosecutors to indict the man accused of a hedge fund swindle before they would have to set him free. ...more

February 6, 2009

In between belting out notes and practicing steps at rehearsals, the giggles slipped out. ...more

July 30, 2008

AVON PARK — A tenant who accused his landlord of beating him to collect rent found himself in jail after allegations surfaced that he was trying to extort money from the landlord in exchange for dropping charges, according to the sheriff's office. Roger Ray Vickery, 38, of 3603 Monza St., Sebring, was charged Friday with compounding a felony crime, punishable by death or life imprisonment, and fraud-swindle to gain money or property less than $20,000. In late May, Vickery accused his landlord, Thomas Gordon Ramsey, 46, and two other men of beating him and robbing him to collect rent. ...more

June 23, 2008

The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing boat captain this morning, according to a news release. The Coast Guard had been searching for Lindsay Forde, 56, of Hollywood since it received a call Friday evening from Michael Swindle, 56, of Tampa, who hired Forde to captain his 46-foot vessel, Extra Labor. ...more

October 2, 2007

BAYPORT - The Coast Guard used helicopters Sunday in the search for a boat captain who had disappeared from a 46-foot pleasure craft in the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 30, 2007