Jay Weaver

Miami

Federal Courts Reporter at Miami Herald

I write about bad guys who specialize in con jobs. Part of teams that won two Pulitzer Prizes and a Pulitzer finalist. Find out about my new book-link in bio.

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Broward businessman sentenced to 23 years after swindling Haitian investors

4 days ago | sun-sentinel.com | Jay Weaver

A South Florida moving company owner convicted of swindling millions of dollars from thousands of investors — including nurses, school teachers and military veterans — was sentenced to 23 years in prison in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Sanjay Singh, 45, borrowed hundreds of millions from the mostly working-class investors with promises of paying them double-digit returns and ownership of the trucks in his company, Royal Bengal Logistics Inc.
Trump pardons 2 Florida divers who freed 19 sharks and a giant grouper

4 days ago | bradenton.com | Jay Weaver

Two South Florida shark divers thought they were doing the right thing. But John Moore Jr. and Tanner Mansell were charged with theft and convicted in late 2022 for rescuing sharks and a goliath grouper from what they believed was an illegal fishing longline. This week, President Donald Trump pardoned the two men, erasing their criminal records in a case that their lawyers and critics viewed as “government overreach.”Their legal odyssey began on Aug.
Broward businessman sentenced to 23 years after swindling Haitian investors

4 days ago | miamiherald.com | Jay Weaver

A South Florida moving company owner convicted of swindling millions of dollars from thousands of investors — including nurses, school teachers and military veterans — was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Friday in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Sanjay Singh, 45, borrowed hundreds of millions from the mostly working-class investors with promises of paying them double-digit returns and ownership of the trucks in his company, Royal Bengal Logistics Inc.
Broward businessman sentenced to 23 years after swindling Haitian investors

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Jay Weaver

A South Florida moving company owner convicted of swindling millions of dollars from thousands of investors — including nurses, school teachers and military veterans — was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Friday in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Sanjay Singh, 45, borrowed hundreds of millions from the mostly working-class investors with promises of paying them double-digit returns and ownership of the trucks in his company, Royal Bengal Logistics Inc.
Trump pardons 2 Florida divers who freed 19 sharks and a giant grouper

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Jay Weaver

Two South Florida shark divers thought they were doing the right thing. But John Moore Jr. and Tanner Mansell were charged with theft and convicted in late 2022 for rescuing sharks and a goliath grouper from what they believed was an illegal fishing longline.
Supreme Court lets Trump end parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Jay Weaver |Verónica Egui Brito

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday cut off a lifeline to more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba and three other countries, as the justices overturned a federal judge's order that halted the Trump administration's plan to revoke their humanitarian parole.
Trump pardons 2 Florida divers who freed 19 sharks and grouper from longline

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Jay Weaver

Two South Florida shark divers thought they were doing the right thing. But John Moore Jr. and Tanner Mansell were charged with theft and convicted in late 2022 for rescuing sharks and a goliath grouper from what they believed was an illegal fishing longline. This week, President Donald Trump pardoned the two men, erasing their criminal records in a case that their lawyers and critics viewed as “government overreach.”Their legal odyssey began on Aug.
Supreme Court lets Trump administration end parole program for Cubans, other groups

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Jay Weaver

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday cut off a lifeline to more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba and three other countries, as the justices overturned a federal judge’s order that halted the Trump administration’s plan to revoke their humanitarian parole. The court granted the administration’s emergency request to lift the judge’s injunction protecting the paroled immigrants from being potentially deported while they pursue a lawsuit in federal court in Boston.
Trump pardons 2 Florida divers who freed 19 sharks and a giant grouper

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Jay Weaver

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Miami judge delays whether to hold Florida attorney general in contempt of court

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Jay Weaver

MIAMI — Despite strongly criticizing the state’s top legal officer, a Miami federal judge on Thursday put off deciding whether to hold Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court in a politically fraught immigration case. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams found Uthmeier violated her temporary restraining order to stop enforcing a new state law that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants to enter Florida after illegally crossing into the United States.