The gradual corruption of Rich Bobka
Editor’s note: Reporter Michael Braga has been covering the trial of Rich Bobka, one of the largest flipping fraud cases in Florida history. This is an anecdote gleaned from the trial in Tampa: “Rich More...
Bobka makes another appeal to be released on bond
Rich Bobka, a former Sarasota real estate agent who has been held at the Pinellas County Jail since his arrest in June, has filed another motion to be released on bond. Drafted by his Tampa attorney, Kevin T. Beck, More...
A fourth defendant wants to be tried separately from Adams and Bobka
Jeffrey Berghorn, one of the 15 defendants accused of conspiring in a decade-long flipping fraud scheme led by Craig Adams and Rich Bobka, has asked to be tried separately. Berghorn’s filing piggybacks on earlier More...
Flipping fraud defendant wants more specifics about what he did wrong
Jeffrey Berghorn, one of 15 defendants in the Craig Adams-Rich Bobka flipping fraud case, has asked the U.S. government to get more specific about what he is being charged with. In a motion filed by his attorney More...
Bobka’s bother and sister-in-law also want to be tried separately
Piggybacking on Joel Streinz’s motion to be tried separately from other defendants in the Craig Adams-Rich Bobka flipping fraud trial, Bobka’s brother (George Cavallo) and sister-in-law (Paula Hornberger) More...
Flipping fraud defendant wants to be tried separately
Joel Streinz, one of the 13 people accused of conspiring with Craig Adams and Rich Bobka in a decade-long flipping fraud scheme, has appealed to the U.S. District court to be tried separately from the other defendants. Represented More...
Bobka gives up on trying to defend himself
Three days after submitting another long and rambling request to be released from jail, former Sarasota real estate agent Rich Bobka abandoned his five-month quest to represent himself against federal flipping fraud More...
Three of Sarasota priciest home sales in October were Harbor Acres foreclosures
The highest priced home sold in Sarasota County in October was a 6,638-square-foot house on Manasota Key that Casy and Delores Schmidt bought for $4.8 million. Next on the list was a 4,500-square-foot house on Casey More...