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Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Prize Promotion Scam Affecting Elderly Victims
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New York - A second defendant charged with operating a multimillion mass-mailing fraud scheme pleaded guilty on Tuesday, May 14, in federal court on Long Island, the Department of Justice announced.
Former IRS Employee Convicted of Tax Evasion
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Las Vegas, Nevada - A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, convicted Craig P. Orrock, a former attorney and former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee, of tax evasion and obstructing the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan of IRS-Criminal Investigation.
$20 Million in Victim Grants Awarded to Nevada Community Agencies
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Carson City, Nevada - The Division of Child and Family Services has selected the agencies that will be awarded Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Formula Grant Program funding for the 2020 state fiscal year.
Senior Safety Fair
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Las Vegas, Nevada - Kim Harney-Moore, Director of the Nevada Senior Medicare Program (SMP) announced that SMP will be participating with other local agencies in a Senior Safety Fair on Wednesday, May 15th, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Ponderosa Ballroom at Sam’s Town, 5111 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas. The Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division administrates the SMP Program which is funded by the Health Care Fraud and Abuse control Program through a federal grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living.
NIH trial evaluates long-acting HIV medication unable to adhere to strict daily regimens
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Washington, DC - A clinical trial to evaluate long-acting antiretroviral therapy (ART) for maintaining HIV suppression in people for whom adhering to conventional daily oral ART has been a challenge has begun at research sites across the United States. The study, called Long-Acting Therapy to Improve Treatment Success in Daily Life, or LATITUDE, will help determine whether a combination of two experimental injectable formulations of ART are superior to conventional oral ART in managing HIV infection in this population.
Nevada Cardiologist Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Unlawful Distribution Of Opioids
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Reno, Nevada - Dr. Devendra I. Patel, aka Devendrakumar I. Patel, a northern Nevada cardiologist was sentenced Tuesday to three years and one month in federal prison for prescribing highly addictive pain pills Oxycodone and Hydrocodone at a high rate to his patients without a medical purpose.
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