WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The FBI issued the following news release: JACKSONVILLE, FL--The FBI Jacksonville Field Office has received reports of efforts by scammers to target Florida residents through unsolicited telephone calls in which the caller claims to be a representative of the FBI Fort Walton Beach Resident Agency. There are many versions of the government impersonation scam, and they all exploit aggressive, intimidation tactics. Typically, a scammer contacts a victim via phone, text or   more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Crystal Denean Harvell (37, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a line of credit scheme and one count of wire fraud involving COVID relief fraud through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Harvell faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each coun  more