CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 641796
...Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. GROSS, J. Joseph G. Mogavero, Jr. appeals his conviction of two counts of acting as a mortgage broker without a license and two counts of collection of an advance fee by a loan broker. See §§
494.0018,
494.0025(3),
687.141(1), Fla....
...In a separate case, Mogavero appeals the revocation of his probation. We reverse the convictions under Chapter 494, because the trial court's instruction on the elements of the crime improperly expanded it beyond its statutory definition. We affirm the two convictions under section 687.141(1) and the revocation of probation....
...We also find no error in the trial court's determination that there had been no discovery violation. See Lopez v. Singletary,
634 So.2d 1054, 1058 (Fla.1993); Stark v. Regency Highland Condominium Ass'n,
418 So.2d 1058 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). On the appeal from the revocation of probation, we affirm. The two convictions under section
687.141(1) were sufficient to support a revocation of probation....
CopyPublished | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 16721, 2015 WL 6777152
...ry by the trial court, Darrell Pugh,
proceeding pro se, entered a plea agreement to a probationary sentence on seven
1Faretta v. California,
422 U.S. 806 (1975).
felony counts of unlawful acceptance of advance fees in violation of section
687.141,
Florida Statutes (2009)....
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 7535, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1639
...the company’s president after Rheinfrank’s departure. Appellants were specifically charged with violating the licensing provisions for retail installment contractors found in section
520.32, 2 Florida Statutes, and the loan broker provisions in section
687.141, 3 Florida Statutes....
...he Commerce Clause, they do not apply to Credicorp because they do not cover retail installment contracts not entered into in Florida; (3) because Credicorp is not a loan broker as defined in section
687.14(4), 4 it did not violate the provisions of section
687.141 by collecting an advance fee from borrowers in exchange for its services as a loan broker; and (4) the penalty 5 imposed is unduly harsh....
...ers 516, 520, 687 and 817, Florida Statutes. Before the final hearing, the Department withdrew its allegations that Credieorp violated chapters 516 and 817. The Department alleged Credieorp was a “loan broker” under chapter 687 and was violating section 687.141 by collecting an advance fee from boiTowers in exchange for its services as a loan broker and making misleading representations or omissions in connection with the offer or sale of its services....
...Therefore, the Department, as the agency responsible for compliance with the statute, did not abuse its discretion in finding that Credieorp entered into “retail installment contracts” in this state. IV The Loan Broker Act A We affirm the Department’s ruling that appellants violated provisions of sections 687.141(1) and (3)....
...s without a license, except that a license is not required for a retail seller whose retail installment transactions are limited to the honoring of credit cards issued by dealers in oil and petroleum products licensed to do business in this state. . Section 687.141 provides: No loan broker shall: (1) Assess or collect an advance fee from a borrower to provide services as a loan broker....
