Ex-Republican lawmaker Frank Artiles received a 60-day jail sentence and was banned from engaging in political activity for his role in a ghost candidacy scheme. Search Query Show Search.

Frank Artiles had been found guilty in September of excessive campaign contributions, conspiring to make campaign contributions and procuring the falsification of a candidate oath form. He was ...

Frank Artiles, a former Marine and Republican state senator convicted last month of orchestrating a ghost candidate scheme that likely stole an election from a Democrat, was sentenced Monday to 60 ...

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, right, stands with his attorney Frank Quintero, left, and with friends and family sitting behind him during closing arguments on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Miami.

A Miami jury this week found Frank Artiles, a former state legislator and low-level political operative, guilty of three felony counts for paying tens of thousands of dollars to a third-party sham ...

Miami-Dade has grown used to shady political schemes and the impunity that often accompanies them. But, on Monday, we learned there are repercussions even in a county known for its “anything goes” ...

The defense cross-examines Alex Rodriguez in the trial against former state Sen. Frank Artiles in Miami-Dade County. CBS News Miami He received more than 6,000 votes as an independent candidate.

Former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles, an ex-Marine who more recently has shaped political campaigns as a lobbyist and consultant, was found guilty Monday of campaign finance violations in a trial ...

Former Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles listens to testimony at his Miami trial on Friday, September 27.

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.

After more than two weeks of trial, jurors on Monday found former Republican State Senator Frank Artiles guilty of most of his charges in a "ghost candidate" scheme.. Authorities claim Artiles ...