A Miami Lakes attorney is facing federal charges in a multi-million dollar embezzlement scheme involving investment funds, authorities said.
Rodolfo Mario Blanco, 60, is facing 11 counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
According to prosecutors, Blanco had been retained to serve as an escrow agent for an investment fund and had received several million dollars from corporate and individual investors between September and December of 2023…