Ex-broker Stephen Costa sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, forfeits Kendall home

Ex-Miami real estate broker Stephen Manuel Costa is going to federal lock-up for his role in orchestrating a $78 million illegal prescription drug racket. Costa and his wife Annie Gonzalez, a Miami dermatologist with a regular segment on a Telemundo morning show, must also forfeit their five-bedroom house in Kendall as part of Costa’s conviction on two conspiracy counts.  On July 16, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles sentenced Costa to 14 years, court records show. Federal prosecutors charged the 40-year-old Costa for masterminding a scheme to sell illegally obtained prescription drugs from Puerto Rico to pharmacies in the continental […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.