MIAMI (AP) — Authorities have arrested two men for scams targeting South Florida’s Haitian-American community.
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said last week that Jacques Albert Calixte used his Miami charity Haitian American Association Against Cancer to steal nearly $300,000 in state funds intended to help screen Haitian-American women for cancer.
Authorities say Calixte provided false documents to receive payments between 2011 and 2013.
Earlier this month, Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation announced that Philippe Bourciquot allegedly used Haitian Creole radio ads to lure listeners into a Ponzi scheme. Investigators said Bourciquot had bilked roughly $3.1 million from over 300 investors since November 2012.
Miami-Dade County jail records didn’t show whether either man had an attorney. Calixte was held Monday on $90,000 bond, and Bourciquot was held on $200,000 bond.
