Congressman Alcee Hastings

At the event, school president (and owner) Alex Amor handed out the Congressman Alcee Hastings Annual Leadership Scholarship. The award gave two students $2,500. A Hastings' spokesperson has not yet returned a request seeking comment.  

South Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings has close ties to FastTrain College, a for-profit school whose Jacksonville campus was raided by the FBI Wednesday. read more  

The FBI raided campuses of Florida-based FastTrain College on Wednesday. The for-profit school has multiple ties to Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL), who has been a fervent backer of for-profit education companies. This industry has lobbied ...  

So don't get me wound up on it, Hastings, because I would then talk a considerable amount of time about the failure of the national media to allow for greater information and particularly the local media – and if they don't like it, tell them I said so."  

A Florida congressman impeached as a federal judge and currently under House Ethics Committee scrutiny has earned yet another recognition for his transgressions, this time nepotism. Alcee Hastings, one of only six federal judges to be removed from the bench, is in a class of his own when it comes to nepotism. This month he was ranked No. 1 out of 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives for paying salaries and fees to family members...