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Jay Weaver @jayhweaver

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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Jay Weaver@jayhweaver
9 May 2021
Replying to @OneHeraldGuild @BHnewsguild @mcclatchy
McClatchy, which owns the Miami Herald and 28 other newspapers, talks a good game when it comes to matters of social justice, but it treats employees badly in its own house -- especially mothers with babies. McClatchy has refused to pay parental leave at the Herald. Barbaric.
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Nursing school operator pleads guilty to selling fake diplomas in South Florida miamiherald.com/news/busines… For more great content like this subscribe to the Miami Herald app here: miamiherald.com/subscribe

Nursing school operator pleads guilty to selling fake diplomas in South Florida

“We as patients put our trust in nurses — that they are equipped to perform the job. That’s the ideal situation.”

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They swindled Medicare in $35 million scheme. What is their punishment? miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

They swindled Medicare in $35 million scheme. What is their punishment?

An Aventura man who owned a chain of medical-equipment companies was convicted of paying bribes to get patients.

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FBI adds Palm Beach woman to new Most Wanted Fraudsters list. Here’s why Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/c…

FBI adds Palm Beach woman to new Most Wanted Fraudsters list. Here’s why

Nationwide, Elaine Angene Escoe is one of the first eight fugitives to make the FBI’s new list.

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Rishi Kapoor’s fraud victims will likely get very little of their money back Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

Rishi Kapoor’s fraud victims will likely get very little of their money back

Lawyer Bernice Lee, the receiver in the SEC’s case against the developer, faces the difficult task of recovering stolen funds.

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South Florida nursing-school scandal heads to its end with trial of former owner Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

South Florida nursing-school scandal heads to its end with trial of former owner

Carleen Noreus, charged with selling fake diplomas, owned two nursing schools in Plantation and West Palm Beach.

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Prosecutor renamed Trump-case records as dessert recipes and sent to self: feds Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

Prosecutor renamed Trump-case records as dessert recipes and sent to self: feds

Carmen Mercedes Lineberger worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for nearly two decades.

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Cuban pilot charged in 1996 shoot-down is sentenced to 7 months for visa fraud Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

Cuban pilot charged in 1996 shoot-down is sentenced to 7 months for visa fraud

Luis Raul Gonzalez-Pardo Rodriguez, 65, served in the Cuban Air Force for nearly three decades.

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Boy accused of killing stepsister on ship is free, but judge to talk to Marshals Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

Boy accused of killing stepsister on ship is free, but judge to talk to Marshals

Since February, Timothy Hudson has been allowed to stay with an uncle in the Tampa area as he awaits trial on rape and murder charges.

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Over 120 lawyers renew ethics complaint against ex-AG Pam Bondi with Florida Bar Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/politic…

‘Pathetic stunt’ or addressing ‘misconduct?’ Group files complaint against Bondi

Florida lawyer Pam Bondi served as the U.S. attorney general in the Trump administration from February 2025 to April 2026.

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Miami developer Rishi Kapoor pleads guilty. How much will he repay his victims? Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

Miami developer Rishi Kapoor admits guilt and promises to repay victims. Can he?

Rishi Kapoor pleaded guilty to money-laundering and payroll-tax conspiracy charges.

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Indictment of Raul Castro for 1996 shoot-down expected to be unsealed in Miami next week Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/nation-…

Indictment of Raul Castro for 1996 shoot-down expected to be unsealed in Miami next week

“The indictment is symbolic, the symbolism of indicting one of the arch enemies of the Cuban American community.”

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Miami developer Rishi Kapoor to plead guilty to money laundering in fraud scheme Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

Living the high life will come at steep cost for Miami developer Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor once headed a development company that planned to build mixed-use residential projects in Miami, Coral Gables and Miami Beach.

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‘Cuban Mafia’ boss caught in Mexico is expected to face charges in Miami Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

‘Cuban Mafia’ boss caught in Mexico is expected to face charges in Miami

Remigio Valdes La O, aka “El Milo,” faces a racketeering indictment that has already charged eight defendants with smuggling thousands of Cuban nationals into the United States.

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U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/po… via @NYTimes

U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities

Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.

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Federal jury convicts four South Florida men in assassination of Haiti’s president Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/nation-…

Federal jury convicts four South Florida men in assassination of Haiti’s president

“This case is very simple,” prosecutor Sean McLaughlin told jurors during closing arguments. “This is a case about greed, arrogance and power.”

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Miami jury begins deliberations in Haiti presidential assassination trial - Possible verdict today?miamiherald.com/news/nation-…

Miami jury begins deliberations in Haiti presidential assassination trial

Four South Florida men will soon learn their fate on charges of conspiring to kidnap or kill Haiti President Jovenel Moïse.

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7 South Florida men accused of taking part in huge insider-trading scheme Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/c…

7 South Florida men accused of taking part in huge insider-trading scheme

They are accused of using confidential information stolen from law firms to buy stocks in dozens of mergers and acquisitions.

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Purported Epstein Suicide Note Is Released

A federal judge released the note, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated that Mr. Epstein wrote it.

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‘We have lost a legend.’ Judge James Lawrence King dies at 98 in Pinecrest Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/a…

‘We have lost a legend.’ Judge James Lawrence King dies at 98 in Pinecrest

U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King, a Miami native, was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970.

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Ex-Rep. David Rivera is convicted on all counts in case tied to Venezuela miamiherald.com/news/local/a… For more great content like this subscribe to the Miami Herald app here: miamiherald.com/subscribe

From Congress to prison: David Rivera is convicted in case tied to Venezuela

Former South Florida congressman faces several years in prison.

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