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Mescalero Apache Man Sentenced for Assaulting a Federal Officer
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
Las Cruces, New Mexico - Gerald Castillo, Jr., 30, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Ruidoso, New Mexico, was sentenced Monday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, to three years probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for assaulting a federal officer.
Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Almost Four Years in Prison for Role in $2.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
Miami, Florida - An owner of a now-defunct Miami pharmacy was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his participation in a scheme that caused Medicare to pay $2.5 million in false and fraudulent claims for prescription drugs that were never purchased.
Man Convicted of Terrorism Offenses After Trying to Join ISIS
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
Cincinnati, Ohio - Laith Waleed Alebbini, 28, of Dayton, Ohio, was convicted Thursday for attempting and conspiring to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Drug Maker Actelion Agrees to Pay $360 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
San Francisco, California - Pharmaceutical company Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (Actelion), based in South San Francisco, has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve claims that it illegally used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of thousands of Medicare patients taking Actelion’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs, in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
Endorsement enforcement: Deceptive diabetes claims challenged
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC Lesley Fair - FTC
- Published: 08 December 2018 08 December 2018
Washington, DC - Archeologists report that the first mention of diabetes was in a papyrus excavated from an Egyptian tomb. Roll the scroll out a bit and it wouldn’t surprise us to find an ad (in hieroglyphics, of course) for a pill or potion promising a miracle treatment.
Miura Golf Now Offers Fully Assembled Custom Clubs Direct to Consumers
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- Written by Mary Beth Lacy Mary Beth Lacy
- Published: 08 December 2018 08 December 2018
Scottsdale, Arizona - Legendary club maker Miura Golf announced that it now offers fully assembled premium golf clubs directly to golfers from its website, miuragolf.com. Miura's groundbreaking new e-commerce platform, launched over Thanksgiving weekend, allows golfers to pair Miura's highest quality forged steel club heads with matching shafts and grips from some of the game's top manufacturers for a custom built set of clubs.
Study Resolves Fine Details of How Microscopic Machines Can Fail
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- Written by Ben P. Stein Ben P. Stein
- Published: 08 December 2018 08 December 2018
Gaithersburg, Maryland - How long can tiny gears and other microscopic moving parts last before they wear out? What are the warning signs that these components are about to fail, which can happen in just a few tenths of a second?