Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony was paid $65,000 last year by a for-profit opioid training company led by a Boca Raton man who ran a telemarketing scam that bilked millions from people who were told they were donating to police, firefighter, veterans and cancer research charities.
The company that paid Tony, whose sheriff’s salary was $293,784 in 2025, is the Opioid Training Institute LLC (OTI), according to his recent financial disclosure report. OTI is part of Fort Lauderdale’s Zschool, an online program management company.
On March 31, 2026 Sheriff Tony appeared before Florida’s Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement (SCOA), an advisory board that reviews how state opioid settlement funds are spent, tracks results and makes recommends on funding priorities to the governor and legislature for the coming year…