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Ten Sentenced for Involvement in Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Racketeering Conspiracy
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Houston, Texas - Ten Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members and associates were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
Man Sentenced for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Using Names Stolen from Nursing Homes
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Birmingham, Alabama - A Pike Road, Alabama, man was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison today for committing stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) crimes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.
CDC Year in Review: “Mission: Critical”
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Washington, DC - It’s been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America’s public health agency continues its emergency response to the most complex Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola, however, is far from the only critical mission CDC undertook in 2014.
American Preparatory Academy Groundbreaking
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Las Vegas, Nevada - American Preparatory Academy - Las Vegas will break ground on its flagship Nevada campus this Friday, December 19th at 4:00 p.m. PST. The school will be built at the Southwest corner of Jim Rogers Way (formerly Solutions Ave) and Patrick Lane (just east of Durango and north of Sunset) in the UNLV Research Park. The public is invited to this event.
Former Rite Aid Vice President and New Jersey Businessman Charged in $14.6 Million Fraud & Kickback Scheme
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Washington, DC - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Rite Aid Corporation Vice President and a New Jersey businessman have been charged in connection with a $14.6 million, surplus inventory sales/kickback scheme.
More than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use smokeless tobacco
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Washington, DC - The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco finds that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use these harmful products. The report, Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective, is being released today by the CDC and the National Cancer Institute at the National Conference on Smoking or Health in Mumbai, India. Thirty-two leading experts from around the world contributed to the report.