State v. Nunez

This appeal is brought by the State of Florida following a dismissal of a criminal prosecution under Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.190(c)(4). We affirm.

Rafael Nunez (“Nunez”) is a businessman accused of perpetrating fraud on five groups of investors by selling them allegedly worthless code enforcement and minimum housing liens from a pool that his company, Collections USA (“Collections”), purchased from the City of Homestead in 1992.1 The original purchase price of the liens was a heavily discounted $70,000 for liens with a face value of $1,000,000. The City’s duties to Collections at closing and…