• I-Team Investigations
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    Workers say pay was under minimum wage

    Former employees accuse a bay area businessman of using deceptive practices when it came to their pay. Workers' claims caught the attention of the Department of Labor.

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      Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores

      Which Tampa Bay area restaurants were found to have zero violations during a recent health inspection?

      • China First Buffet

        Dirty Dining: China First Buffet

        China First Buffet was shut down in January after an inspector found roaches in the kitchen and rice and shrimp salad exposed to vermin.  It wasn't the first time the state closed the place because of roach activity.

      1. Lifestyle Lift under state investigation

        Lifestyle Lift under state investigation

        A company that refers to itself as the largest group of facial plastic surgeons in the country is facing a state investigation. Some patients and ex-employees say they are deceiving customers.

      2. I-Team: Felons collect for charity

        I-Team: Felons collect for charity

        The law requires charities to disclose whether any employees have been convicted of any crime arising from raising money for a charity.  But as one official puts it, "There is no real active watchdog."

      3. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores

        Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores

        Which Tampa Bay area restaurants were found to have zero violations during a recent health inspection?

      4. Ethics commission to pursue Jim Norman

        Ethics commission to pursue Jim Norman

        According to Dover activist George Niemann, who filed an ethics complaint and attended today’s closed-door hearing, the Ethics Commission found probable cause on three of six counts filed against Jim Norman.

      1. Marine recruiter crossed the line

      2. I-Team: Dishwasher fires worry consumers

      3. I-Team: Not all state workers raise-less


      4. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores


      5. Law enforcement aims at felons with guns

      6. Dirty Dining: Classic Homestyle Buffet


      7. Dirty Dining: La Iguana Loca

      8. Dad of terror suspect reacts to arrest

      9. I-Team: Ethics hearing coming for Norman


      10. Dirty Dining: Waffle House in Brandon

      11. Rep: Eliminate student transfer rules

      12. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores


      1. Dishwasher dangers?


      2. Dirty Dining: Suzie Q's Diner

      3. Dirty Dining: Cici's Pizza


      4. Dirty Dining: Bearded Clam Restaurant

      5. I-Team: Students pay for college sports


      6. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores


      7. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores


      8. I-Team: Patients sign away rights

      9. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores


      10. I-Team: 911 used as medical hotline

      11. Behind the Kitchen Door: Perfect scores


      12. I-TEAM: School board spends $$$ on swamp

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      • Meet the I-Team

      1. Jackie Callaway

        Jackie Callaway

        Jackie Callaway is the ABC Action News consumer advocate, Taking Action For You every day.

        • Alan Cohn

          Alan Cohn

          Alan Cohn is the chief investigative reporter at ABC Action News

          • Michael George

            Michael George

            Michael is always looking to uncover stories important to our community. He is interested in exposing government workers wasting time on the job and ways in which your tax dollars are being misused.

            • Wendy Ryan

              Wendy Ryan

              Wendy Ryan co-anchors the 6 and 11 o'clock editions. She also launched the popular “Dirty Dining” franchise shortly after joining ABC Action News.

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