Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,223 and in 2018 the estimated population was 2,439. It is part of the Sebring Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town has two nicknames: "Town of Murals" and "The Caladium Capital of the World". Lake Placid has 47 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, and 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid. There are... Show more 14 calladium farms, spanning 1,200 acres, and these plants have been grown in the area since the 1940s. In 2013, Reader's Digest named Lake Placid America's Most Interesting Town.The town is home to the Lake Placid Tower, a closed concrete block observation tower that is 240 feet tall according to early sources or 270 feet tall according to late sources. However, government sources exclude a 270-foot height, allowing only a 240-foot height.
An alleged large-scale text phishing scam has been shut down after police raided a storage unit containing electronic devices used to send "tens of thousands" of spam messages to Australian mobile phones. Cybercrime detectives arrested a 24-year-old man after searching the unit in Rosebery, Sydney on...
In recent years, we’ve seen a significant rise in tax fraud schemes, with cybercriminals using increasingly sophisticated methods. Among the major tax scams in 2024 are multi-factor authentication, tax refund, ATO social media misrepresentation, and tax lodgement scams. In this article, we look at these...
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