Bond denied for Fla. man in debt scheme

Published June 13, 2014 6:03pm ET



ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of a company charged with defrauding third-party debt purchasers of more than $70 million has been denied bond.

A federal judge in Orlando Thursday said Leonard Potillo was a flight risk and ordered him detained pending a trial.

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