{"id":287,"date":"2018-01-12T10:42:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=287"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:10:06","slug":"criminal-intent-florida-fraud-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/criminal-intent-florida-fraud-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Intent in Florida Fraud Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida prosecutors have the burden in many white collar and other criminal cases to prove that the person charged with crime actually intended to commit it. Getting inside a person\u2019s head at the time of the offense is easier said than done, so prosecutors often rely on evidence about the person\u2019s words and actions to prove that he or she had criminal intent. A recent real estate <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ca11.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/files\/201514084.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fraud case<\/a> out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a good example of how that works.The defendant was charged with various fraud crimes related to his operation of PIM, a Florida company that offered clients the opportunity to invest in property on the Bahamas island of Rum Cay. The company solicited clients to buy the property directly or loan money to the PIM with Rum Cay land as a security. They targeted people who had recently lost money in stock and precious metals markets by offering them a credit for those stocks and precious metals that was more than the market value, according to the court. They also managed to get pro football legend Joe Montana to sign on as a pitch man in return for a parcel of Rum Cay property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPIM, in fact, was a scam,\u201d the Eleventh Circuit said. The Rum Cay land in which it said it was selling interests was actually owned by a Bahamian company \u201cowned by a convicted felon and embroiled in litigation over title to the land.\u201d PIM didn\u2019t tell its investors about that piece of the puzzle, however, until after they transferred money. Investors never received title to the property, the court said, but the defendant gave exorbitant commissions to PIM salespersons and spent millions of dollars for his own benefits. He was eventually convicted and sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. He was also ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitution.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/criminal-intent-florida-fraud-cases\/#more-287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida prosecutors have the burden in many white collar and other criminal cases to prove that the person charged with crime actually intended to commit it. Getting inside a person\u2019s head at the time of the offense is easier said than done, so prosecutors often rely on evidence about the person\u2019s words and actions to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fraud"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fraud Case: Criminal Intent Fraud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dealing with white collar charges? See how this ruling on criminal intent fraud may help or hurt your defense in Clearwater. 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