Crab scam nets charges for area man

Hillsborough County resident allegedly bilked investors out of $800,000.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 12:28 p.m. September 11, 2018
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/gillfoto.
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/gillfoto.
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TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Office of Financial Regulation has arrested Robert Lee Humphrey Jr., a Hillsborough County resident, on charges related to his alleged role in a crab fishery investment scam.

 

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