Frank Artiles, the ex-Florida state senator accused of masterminding and funding a sham candidate to manipulate voters last November, was arrested and faces charges of felony campaign finance crimes.

MIAMI (WSVN) - Former Republican state Sen. Frank Artiles was sentenced to five years of probation and given 60 days in jail on Monday after he was convicted in September for breaking election ...

Frank Artiles, a Republican political operative, is at the center of the drama. He is facing felony charges on suspicion of offering Alexis “Alex” Rodriguez $50,000 to run as an independent ...

Frank Artiles, 51, was arrested back in March of 2021 on multiple charges including false swearing in connection with voting or elections, making or receiving two or more campaign contributions in ...

Former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles, R-Miami-Dade, received a 60-day jail sentence Monday after being found guilty of three of four counts against him in his “ghost candidate” criminal case in ...

Frank Artiles, the former lawmaker accused of paying a friend to run for a South Florida state Senate seat in 2020, is set to go to trial next February, nearly three years after his arrest.

Former state Sen. Frank Artiles’ defense team is asking a Miami District Court judge for the second time to hold back releasing potential evidence — including photographs, videos, emails, text ...

Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle on Thursday filed felony charges against former Sen. Frank Artiles for allegedly recruiting and paying an old pal nearly $45,000 to ...

Former lawmaker Frank Artiles was paid $15,000 a month by Data Targeting, a top GOP consulting firm, to work on South Florida Senate races.

Artiles’ defense attorney Frank Quintero had reminded jurors that ghost candidates are legal “so long as Florida election law is not violated.” But that’s precisely what the jury found.

The alleged sham candidate, Alex Pedro Rodriguez, under oath, said former state Sen. Frank Artiles was behind his ghost campaign where the plan was not to win, but only to disrupt the race.

The night before the official beginning of the Florida legislative session, Miami-area Rep. Frank Artiles was hanging out at a Tallahassee bar, Clydes & Costello's, into the early hours of the ...