Cliff Berry, Inc. v. State

Cliff Berry, Inc. (“CBI”), and Jeffrey Clint Smith (“Smith”) (collectively, “the defendants”) were convicted of two counts of first degree grand theft and two counts of organized scheme to defraud24 for their organized scheme to steal jet fuel and money from the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (“the Aviation Department”). This scheme, which spanned over a three-year period, involved: (1) the theft of hundreds of thousands of gallons of jet fuel, which the defendants sold for profit; and (2) the defendants’ submission of fraudulent invoices to the Aviation Department, resulting in the…