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Oct 30, 2008
Phoenix, Arizona A $60 million settlement has been reached with Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) after a lengthy investigation by Attorneys General from 32 states and the District of Columbia into the companys promotion of the drugs Celebrex® and Bextra®. Arizonas share…
Oct 22, 2008
Three-Year Investigation Links Suspects to Murder, Drug, and Firearms Trafficking SAN FRANCISCO Twenty-two individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area were indicted on federal racketeering and other charges arising from their participation in La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, the U.S.…
Oct 22, 2008
A photograph of one of the letters. More than 50 identical or similar letters were sent to three different financial institutions in at least 11 states. A photograph of the envelope that was used with the letter above The FBI…
Oct 15, 2008
El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working anti-terrorism operations at the Bridge of Americas commercial cargo crossing in El Paso intercepted 6,820 pounds of marijuana in a commercial shipment of coffee. The tractor-trailer came across from…
Oct 15, 2008
Phoenix, Arizona - Douglas Ross Zuber, 40, of Phoenix, has been indicted on one count of money laundering, one count of theft and one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices. The charges relate to Zubers alleged embezzlement of nearly $11…
Oct 14, 2008
A federal judge has banned Kevin Trudeau from infomercials in which he has an interest for three years and ordered him to pay more than $5 million in profits from his book, The Weight Loss Cure ËœThey Dont Want You…
Oct 14, 2008
Phoenix, Ariz. - A multi-state settlement has been reached with Countrywide Financial Corp. (Countrywide), relating to the companys alleged use of deceptive practices in their mortgage lending business. According to the settlement, Bank of America, which acquired Countrywide Financial on…
Oct 5, 2008
Nearly 400,000 Countrywide Borrowers Could Benefit After Program Launches December 1 CALABASAS, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America announced the creation of a proactive home retention program that will systematically modify troubled mortgages with up to $8.4 billion in interest…
Oct 5, 2008
World News Originating from Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa All Week for the Great American Battleground Bus Tour With just 29 days until Election Day, ABCs World News with Charles Gibson is hitting the road this week, reporting from five…
Sep 30, 2008
October is here signaling the end of triple digit temperatures. Although highs this past week have hit over 100, the summer heat is beginning to ebb away into a memory as cooler temperatures bring anticipation of outdoor conversations, barbecues and…
Sep 30, 2008
Buffalo, N.Y. Approximately 75 pounds of methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), better known as the club-drug ecstasy was seized in New York. The seizure resulted in the arrest of a Canadian citizen. In September, CBP officers encountered Leonard Beasley, a 57-year-old Canadian citizen…
Sep 22, 2008
NEW YORK - New York Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-In-Charge John P. Gilbride, Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, and Ron Verrochio, Inspector in Charge of the New York Division, Postal Inspection Service, announced the arrest of 9 people in…