She found the moving company -- something called Prestige Worldwide Moving -- on the internet and the man who took her call that company, "Frank," seemed to know the business. Then Prestige Worldwide just seemed to disappear, along with her money. Jay Weisz also chose Prestige Worldwide for a move for his daughter from Minneapolis to Miami and got what he thought was a great price: $1,600. When it comes to Prestige Worldwide, Iannucci and Weisz are far from alone. The Florida Attorney General's Office said it forwarded all its complaints involving interstate travel to the feds, which had no comment.

The following day two unidentified police officers drove the prostitute to the airport and ordered her to return to her home state. Both Benjamin and Poole both recently pleaded guilty to crimes of their own and are awaiting sentencing. The government also alleged that Rosenfeldt committed campaign finance fraud by making more than $150,000 in contributions to the campaigns of John McCain and Charlie Crist that were illegally reimbursed by Rothstein. Rosenfeldt is cooperating with the government and is expected to plead guilty to the single conspiracy charge for which he faces a maximum of five years in prison. He is the 20th person charged in the scheme so far, with more arrests expected.

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers faced some high stakes Tuesday; not on the ice, but at Broward County Hall. With opposition building against the Florida Panthers' request for $86 million for free rent at the county-owned BB&T Center in Sunrise, a majority of county commissioners made it clear at a workshop meeting Tuesday that they're in favor of a major public giveaway to the hockey team. "If the Panthers leave and there is no professional sports team as a tenant then the value plummets," Kiar said. "I'm leaning somewhere between $4 million and $5.6 million," Sharief said. "My understanding of a partnership is there is a sharing of the responsibility, a sharing of the profits," Ryan said.

The man charged in the theft, Lt. Donald Gilbert, is a 26-year BSO veteran who makes $90,000 a year working in the jail. "It tarnishes the badge, not just for BSO but for law enforcement in general," said BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion. "Upon searching the purse, everything was found except for the cash that the woman had inside," Concepcion said. Gilbert told investigators that as a BSO lieutenant he'd never steal money, and that he'd just gotten lucky on the slots. "We're here to arrest people who commit crimes, even if it turns out to be a BSO deputy," Concepcion said.

SUNRISE, Fla. – A woman said Friday that the Broward County Public Schools district won't allow her 5-year-old son to bring his service dog with him when he begins kindergarten at Nob Hill Elementary in Sunrise on Monday. "He don't want to go to the school [without the dog]," said Monica Alboniga, whose son Anthony suffers from cerebral palsy. Alboniga showed Local 10 a letter from the Broward County School Board that said they needed liability insurance for Anthony's service dog, Stevie. According to a spokeswoman for Broward County Public Schools district, insurance isn't required for a service animal to be approved. However, the service animal must:

There's controversy brewing about a former employee at the Nova Southeastern University law school. This morning the law school's dean, Thorny Steele, confirmed that he had learned of allegations that the former faculty assistant had been accused of changing grades for law students in exchange for cash. But Steele said there was no investigation into the matter and that he had no intention of starting one based on "rumors." He also insisted the faculty assistant, whose name is being withheld at this time, recently left the employ of NSU on his own volition for reasons that had nothing to do with any allegations. The police officer gave the faculty assistant a trespass warning to stay off campus "until Human Resources determines if he will continue employment at NSU."

The next day Payton told those inside the city that he was resigning from the city after 36 years, 12 of them as manager. His last official day was Monday -- and Payton didn't even bother to go to the commission meeting that night. And the fact that he was the city manager's brother didn't sit right with many at the city, Bennett told me. According to a version in today's Miami Herald from Payton and other officials, Christopher Payton told his brother about the problem and Payton had underlings deal with it. The solution was to give Christopher Payton the low-level job in the parks department -- where Christopher Payton had an office and, according to Bennett, little work -- for another $50,000 a year.

"Wayne Spath and I have talked about him working in the community control division in the jail," Israel confirmed. "I've told him that and unless he sells or diverges the bail bonds business he wouldn't be considered," said Israel. "I am a big believer in the pretrial release program and it will always exist in some fashion," he said. Attempts to speak with Spath were unsuccessful, as those at his Brandy Bail Bonds office in Fort Lauderdale said he was out of town. It's expected that if he does "diverge" from the bail bonds business, he would give ownership of the business to his two daughers, Mia and Tia, who already have management roles there.

The findings against Broward Circuit Judge-Elect Laura Marie Watson are serious and University of Miami law professor Tony Alfieri says they could warrant suspension before she gets on the bench in January. The trial court also ruled that Watson and other defendants owed Stewart nearly $1 million in fees. "But the Watson law firm Scheduling Calendar shows that for most of the time less than 50% of her scheduleditems involved the Progressive claims. In addition, the case data that Laura Watson produced during the underlying Goldcoast case showed the Watson law firm averaged less than now claimed in attorney fees per claim on its Progressive cases." Ultimately it will be the JQC who will determine if Watson is fit for the bench.

Weisman's job was to sell the jewelry, including a 12.08 carat yellow diamond ring that she unloaded for $175,000. Weisman sold the diamond ring to Patrick Daoud, owner of Daoud's Fine Jewelry. But the diamond ring was only a small part of the treasure -- valued at more than $1 million -- Kim Rothstein allegedly stashed away from the FBI. t. One ladies 18 kt white gold diamond and Tahitian black pearl necklaceu. One pair of ladies 18 kt and platinum and pearl drop earings containing two round full cut center diamondsz.

Bill Scherer likes to say he's not a downtown power broker anymore, just a downtown lawyer. Rick Scott just appointed one of Scherer's most trusted associates -- Dave Di Pietro -- to the North Broward Hospital District board on Friday. Scherer is representing Von Allmen and others who lost money to Rothstein in a civil lawsuit. Di Pietro is a former Broward State Attorney's Office prosecutor who joined Scherer's firm, Conrad Scherer, a few years ago. Scott, not surprisingly, is supportive of the move, as is Scherer (and presumably Di Pietro).

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Four more people have been charged in connection with the billion-dollar Ponzi scheme that rocked Broward County in 2009. According to federal prosecutors, Caputi played several different roles to convince wealthy investors that it was safe to give Rothstein their money. Sometimes he acted as a corporate banker; other times, he portrayed a rich plaintiff who just won a multimillion-dollar settlement, prosecutors said. I mean, Rothstein must have been loving that," said Local 10?s Bob Norman, who broke the Rothstein story in 2009 and nearly every development since. Caputi's payoff was a big investment in the Pembroke Pines nightclub he owned with Rothstein, prosecutors said.