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By Business Observer Staff |
February 1, 2012

Real estate group elects board

Fort Myers' Real Estate Investment Society has new leaders for 2012.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Business Observer Staff |
September 16, 2016

Engineering firm appoints leader

Snell Engineering works in the commercial, residential and municipal sectors.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff |
February 4, 2015

Lee multifamily permits jump

Builders in Lee County pulled significantly more multifamily building permits in January than they did the same month one year ago.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Louis Llovio |
January 24, 2025

National gym chain signs St. Petersburg, Fort Myers leases

EōS Fitness, which has seven locations along the Gulf Coast, is opening its first SWFL gym next year as part of its expansion statewide.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Business Observer Staff |
October 2, 2013

Hall voted after guilty plea

Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall voted on the county's crucial annual budget after she admitted stealing campaign funds, documents show.

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By Business Observer Staff |
July 20, 2011

Broker gets light sentence

Bradenton mortgage broker aided prosecution of co-conspirator.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff |
November 17, 2015

Woman sentenced for role in investor scheme

Victoria Snow and Brian Newton both face prison terms.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Elizabeth King |
April 13, 2026

AI-based system elevates cardiac care at Manatee Memorial

A new platform helps cardiologists identify blockages and reduces the need for invasive techniques.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Louis Llovio |
July 17, 2023

Tampa school's former business manager sentenced in $1.1M tuition scam

The Largo man was charged by federal prosecutors for scheming to move tuition payments into personal accounts and giving false information to get more than $1 million in mortgages.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Louis Llovio |
July 1, 2023

Boiler room co-conspirator to pay $14 million and serve 11 years

A Georgia woman was sentenced in Tampa for using bank accounts to launder money from an international boiler room scam.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff |
September 24, 2010

Fraudsters multiply with unemployment

The Better Business Bureau of West Florida has issued a warning about various scam artists attempting to take advantage of jobless residents along the Gulf Coast.

News

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By Business Observer Staff |
July 24, 2013

International fraud scheme netted more than $137M

Telemarketers in Spain boiler rooms sold fraudulent penny stocks.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff |
May 12, 2016

Pair charged in BP oil spill settlement scam

A federal grand jury indicted two Fort Myers Beach men for allegedly filing false claims to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement fund.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Business Observer Staff |
June 2, 2016

Broker pleads guilty to mortgage scheme

He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years imprisonment.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff |
October 31, 2014

Former area money manager accused of $1.5M theft

Credit Suisse is suing Galbraith Capital Investment Management and its manager for money it says it accidentally sent the hedge fund.

News

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By Business Observer Staff |
September 30, 2015

Woman filed 1,000 false tax returns; used dead people

A federal judge sentenced a Tampa woman who filed more than 1,000 false tax returns using stolen identities.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Adam Hughes |
December 16, 2005

Provisional Situation

Gulf Coast banks lowered their loss reserves during the real estate boom. Watch this bookkeeping entry going forward. It will say a lot about the economy - and quality of a bank's loans.

Entrepreneurs

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By Business Observer Staff |
December 21, 2007

Man of Steel

Mario Longi has helped build Tampa-based Gerdau AmeriSteel into the nation's No. 2 steel recycler. He's aiming higher.

Entrepreneurs

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By Louis Llovio |
October 21, 2022

Sarasota man behind $80M Ponzi scheme gets decades in prison

57-year-old convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and money laundering sentenced to federal prison for “insidious scheme.”

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff |
September 17, 2010

TerraCap buys land for future development

A New York City and Cape Coral-based private equity firm purchased 13.6 acres in Coconut Point for $2.5 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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Real estate group elects board

Engineering firm appoints leader

Lee multifamily permits jump

National gym chain signs St. Petersburg, Fort Myers leases

Hall voted after guilty plea

Broker gets light sentence

Woman sentenced for role in investor scheme

AI-based system elevates cardiac care at Manatee Memorial

Tampa school's former business manager sentenced in $1.1M tuition scam

Boiler room co-conspirator to pay $14 million and serve 11 years

Fraudsters multiply with unemployment

International fraud scheme netted more than $137M

Pair charged in BP oil spill settlement scam

Broker pleads guilty to mortgage scheme

Former area money manager accused of $1.5M theft

Woman filed 1,000 false tax returns; used dead people

Provisional Situation

Man of Steel

Sarasota man behind $80M Ponzi scheme gets decades in prison

TerraCap buys land for future development

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