Monkey Business, Miracle Rescue, Waves Of Cocaine: Top Florida News

FLORIDA — This week in Florida, Patch covered three news stories about scams, reminding Florida residents that, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

In one case, two dozen people at three South Florida nursing schools were charged with issuing 7,500 fake diplomas, a 36-year-old Florida woman was accused of defrauding an 87-year-old holocaust survivor out of his life savings and a Plant City man was charged with acquiring Florida properties using fake mortgage documents.

See these stories and more on this week's Florida Patch sites.

• $4M Settlement Reached In Big Olaf Creamery Wrongful Death Lawsuit
• Judge Says DeSantis Illegally Suspended Hillsborough State Attorney
• 'It Had To Be A Miracle': FL Diver Lost At Sea Rescued By Family
• Ben Crump To Sue DeSantis For Banning African American Studies Course
• More Pay For Longtime FL Educators Part Of Teacher Bill Of Rights
• Multiple Violations Filed Against Suncoast Primate Sanctuary By USDA
• After Fall From Ladder, Rep. Greg Steube Home From Hospital
• WWE Wrestling Champ Ric Flair To Lead Gasparilla Pirate Fest Parade
• Man Catches Burmese Python With Bare Hands In FL Everglades: Watch
• 2 FL Oath Keepers Convicted In Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Attack: Report
• Bundles Of Cocaine Worth $2M Found On Florida Beaches
• Sudden Death Of Dolphin Hemingway Leaves Aquarium Staff Devastated
• 7,600 Fake Nursing Diplomas Issued By 3 South FL Schools: DOJ
• Plant City Man Accused Of Faking Mortgage Documents To Obtain Property
• Multi-State Swatting Incidents Tied To FL Teen: Wisconsin Police
• FL Woman Romanced Holocaust Survivor, Then Stole Life Savings: DOJ

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