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You See A Church Congregation, Florida Man Sees Victims For His Next Fraud

Author Jim Monaghan

FLORIDA MAN STRIKES AGAIN!

DATELINE – Naples FL

I don’t know about you, but when I go to church, it’s maybe for some quiet time, kind of relax a little bit, clear my conscience, maybe spend some quiet time with the Lord, be with some friends, a sense of community.

Well, when Naples, Florida Man Brent Seaman attended his church, he saw pews filled with investment fraud targets, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

There’s a lot going on here.

An SEC complaint said that Seaman ripped off $35 million from about 60 of those people in what turned into a Ponzi scheme. Congregation apparently has a lot of money. Many of these investors were elderly, retired, and connected to the Naples church where Seaman was an active member, according to the complaint filed in Miami Federal Court.

These are his friends. These are his neighbors. “Hey, have I got a deal for you!”

Legally, Seaman and a couple of companies that he’s involved with were charged, but he does not admit or deny the complaint’s allegations. However, he has agreed to let a court decide just how deep he will have to go into his wallet for disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty.

Oh, but wait, there’s more, because Florida Woman gets involved, and that would be Brent Seamans wife, Jana. She has agreed to pay more than $750,000 in disgorgement and interest. There’s another holding company of which she is the manager, and they’ve got to pay a ton of money as well.

Now, neither Florida Man nor Florida Woman has yet been charged in criminal court.

And yes, there’s even more, because Seaman filed for bankruptcy back in 2014. And one of these companies that he claims he owned, well, supposedly, it had just $98 in its bank account.

Seaman misappropriated millions of investor funds for his own use and used millions of additional investor funds to make Ponzi like distributions to investors.

The scheme lasted until September of last year. And this isn’t even his first time pulling something like this, because online federal court records show that back in March of 2001, he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Indianapolis federal court and was sentenced to 17 months in prison and $940,000 in restitution.

So, again, we’re waiting to find out exactly what happened here. But I don’t know about you, but I think inside a church, whether you believe or not, whether you’re a believer, you don’t go to church, you do whatever, I think that’s the last place I’m trying to pull something like this off.

Top 5 “Florida Man Strikes Again” Stories For July 2023

With each passing day, Florida Man Strikes Again takes us on one new adventure after another.

Whether it’s vast quantities of illegal drugs, high-speed chases. grand theft auto, the possibilities are endless.

And let’s not leave Florida Woman out of the mix, either, because she can throw a mean burrito!

If nothing else, the antics of Florida Man (and Woman) certainly help keep Florida Attorney in business. And speaking of which, can you even begin to imagine what it must be like being an entry-level public defender in the Sunshine State these days?

It’s enough to make you think Saul Goodman might want to see if he can work a plea deal to get himself out of jail. There’s certainly a large client base just waiting for him.

Herewith are our five favorite Florida Man Strikes Again stories for the month of July.

  • Florida Man Probably Doesn’t Want To Be A Contestant On Sheriff Ivey’s Game Show

    Not only is this our favorite Florida Man story for July, it’s one of our favorites so far in 2023!

    Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey is a no-nonsense kind of guy.

    He also has a pretty good sense of humor, as you can see from the Facebook page for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone who can refer to himself and his fellow officers as “the Po-Po” sounds like a guy you might want to share a beer with.

    Well, it seems that Sheriff Ivey is the host of a new game show called Wheel of Fugitive and while he’s not above poking fun at himself, it’s also pretty obvious that he means business.

    And when Sheriff Ivey means business, it also means that Florida Man probably shouldn’t want to be a contestant.

    Florida Man Probably Doesn’t Want To Be A Contestant On Sheriff Ivey’s Game Show

  • The Fake ID Card Was Probably the Least of Problems For Florida Man

    Having a fake ID card isn’t all that unusual. You can pretty much ask any college student who may or may not have reached the legal drinking age yet.

    When it comes to Florida Man, the fake ID card he had was probably the least of his problems when police caught up with him.

    <strong>Florida Man Omar Feliciano</strong> somehow attracted the attention of deputies from Volusia County at the worst possible time.

    For one, he was holding 88 games of cocaine.

    But – as is often the case with Florida Man – wait, because there’s more.

    The Fake ID Card Was Probably the Least of Problems For Florida Man

  • Florida Woman Takes A Page From 50 Cent and Gets Arrested

    Florida Woman‘s aim was a bit off. Remember 50 Cent‘s attempt to throw out the first pitch at a Mets game a few years ago?

    Florida Woman Sarah Ann Kochera took a page from 50 Cent at Rick’s Reef restaurant when she got into an argument with someone (we think it was her boyfriend) and tossed a burrito at him, which resulted in her being arrested.

    She missed.

    And hit someone else.

    And now she’s under arrest.

    Florida Woman Takes A Page From 50 Cent and Gets Arrested

  • Florida Man Will Never Get His Driver’s License With A Stunt Like This

    Florida Man Gary Lamar Miller will never get his Florida driver’s license if he keeps pulling a stunt like the one he tried a few days ago.

    Miller was clocked doing 117 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone on I-75 shortly after midnight a few days ago. With the police now in pursuit, Florida Man led them on a high-speed chase.

    Despite flashing lights and sirens, Miller refused to pull over and revved his Nissan SUV to more than 120 MPH before exiting the interstate highway and finally stopping his vehicle in front of a gated community.

    If the police were less than thrilled with Miller’s antics behind the wheel, you can imagine their reaction when he told one of the arresting officers that the high speed chase made him feel as if he were in the video game Grand Theft Auto.

    To top things off, Miller only had a learner’s permit to drive and was driving illegally.

    Florida Man Will Never Get His Driver’s License With A Stunt Like This

  • Drag Racing Florida Man Is the Only One To Ever Shut Down A Bridge

    When Florida Man takes a road trip, he goes all out!

    When Graham Liberal, some kind of Florida Man social media star, arrived in the Steel City from the Sunshine State last week, it was with the intention of setting up some kind of car meet for his social media content.

    What ended up happening was a crowd of 300 people and around 50 cars gathering to shut down the Fort Pitt Bridge around 3 AM last Friday morning.

    Drag Racing Florida Man Is the Only One To Ever Shut Down A Bridge

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