Arizona News
Celebrating Small Business Week In Arizona
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 27 September 2020 27 September 2020
Phoenix, Arizona - Last week, Arizona joined the nation in celebrating Small Business Week and is recognizing the more than 592,000 small businesses throughout the state. Small Business Week honors the entrepreneurs, small business owners and employees who help power the economy and support their communities.
Used Car Dealer Indicted on Fraud and Theft Charges
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 27 September 2020 27 September 2020
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that a State Grand Jury indicted Farhad Kankash, owner of Onyx Motor Sports and Main Auto Group car dealerships, on seven counts of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices and seven counts of Theft, involving over $350,000.
Former Vice Principal of Closed Goodyear Charter School Sentenced For Her Role In Enrolling Fake Students
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 27 September 2020 27 September 2020
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced former charter school principal, Joann Vega, was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay $2,538,722 in restitution for her role in enrolling fake students to obtain funding from the Arizona Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vega is the second defendant to be sentenced in this case.
C.R. Bard and Becton, Dickinson and Company to Pay $1.15 Million to Arizona in Pelvic Mesh Device Multistate Settlement
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 27 September 2020 27 September 2020
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich Thursday announced that C.R. Bard, Inc. and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Company have agreed to pay $1.15 million to Arizona in penalties. The settlement with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office is part of a $60 million settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations that C.R. Bard deceptively marketed its transvaginal surgical mesh devices.
FBI Warns of Sextortion Attempts in Arizona
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- Published: 20 September 2020 20 September 2020
Yuma, Arizona - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about recent incidents in Arizona involving sextortion. The FBI is seeing cases that involve an adult coercing teenagers through social media into producing sexual images and videos online.