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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2012
Banker imprisoned for one year

Mark Leetzow was also ordered to pay $3.34M in a widespread mortgage fraud case.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2013
Lee commissioner faces prison time

Tammy Hall agrees to plead guilty to embezzling campaign money for personal expenditures.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2012
Four charged in $1.85M scheme

Three Tampa residents accused of conspiracy in a new mortgage fraud case.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2012
Building around America's pastime

Creating strong, long-term relationships with its subcontractors has paid off in an interesting way for Ed Taylor Construction.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2012
Business owners get prison time

Two Hillsborough residents sentenced to federal prison for battery theft operation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2014
Clearwater woman charged with fraud

The U.S. attorney's office accuses Victoria Snow and Brian Newton of using falsified invoices to steal more than $6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2016
Former Tampa area banker imprisoned for embezzlement

Michael Johnson of Odessa was also ordered to repay $152,783.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2016
Tampa woman convicted in $2.5M health care scam

Garcia Lorenzo is the owner of Gold Care Home Health Services Inc.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2015
Prison ordered in $13.6M kickback scheme

Brendan Bolger previously pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2014
Title agency owner heads to prison in $4.7M scam

Sarasota County resident Stephen Cormier pleaded guilty to charges last year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Links to Profit

Golf clubs are notorious money losers, but one entrepreneur believes he's found a profitable way to run such a club.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 23, 2022
Transactions: May 17-23

Multiple vacant Collier County land deals highlight this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2013
Prominent investor Mallah buys Saddlebrook Village

The price equated to $44,642 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 1, 2022
Sundial in St. Petersburg sold, according to City Council documents

The downtown lifestyle center sold to a Safety Harbor developer, says agenda item for Feb. 10 meeting.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2017
Business seeks to sprout

Sprouts Farmers Market has selected Sarasota and Tampa as the latest proving grounds for a so-far successful strategy of selling natural and organic foods at discount prices.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2014
Lutgert Cos. buys 11 acres for new Mercato residences

The Lutgert Cos. purchased 11.25 acres of vacant residential land in North Naples for $13.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Musca Properties LLC buys Renaissance Center

The price equated to $149 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2013
New York investors buy North Naples' Uptown Center for $11.2 million

The price equated to $149 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
Benderson Development Co. LLC buys Dillard's in Southgate Mall

University Park-based Benderson Development Co. LLC purchased the 96,312-square-foot Dillard's department store at Southgate Mall for $10 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 2, 2025
Naples senior living facility borrows $76 million

The owners of The Carlisle Naples, who paid more than $100 million in 2021, have borrowed the money after making improvements.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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