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Former head of Florida domestic abuse agency charged with fraud, grand theft
Read full article: Former head of Florida domestic abuse agency charged with fraud, grand theftThe former head of a nonprofit domestic violence agency is charged with fraud and grand theft two years after she and the agency agreed to pay Florida $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Thursday.
Florida probes domestic violence agency that paid CEO $750K
Read full article: Florida probes domestic violence agency that paid CEO $750KRon DeSantis on Thursday ordered an investigation into a nonprofit domestic abuse agency whose CEO had received $7.5 million in compensation over a three-year span. The House on Thursday voted to subpoena Carr and the domestic violence coalition's board of directors. “As to the measures that we're taking, they're extraordinary, I would say, but these are extraordinary circumstances,” Republican House Speaker Jose Oliva told reporters after the vote. Since then, the House has sought coalition documents for 20 months. “This is not a good morning, and I think today will prove to be a bad day in the history of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence,” Leek told his committee before the full House met.