Human Rights
Eugene Man Sentenced to 65 Months for Insurance Fraud
Timothy Devon Huntley, Jr., 45, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan to serve a 65-month term in federal prison for committing aggravated identity theft and wire fraud as part of an insurance fraud scheme. He was sentenced to serve a 24-month term of prison for aggravated identity theft consecutive to a 41-month term of prison for wire fraud. He was also ordered to pay $196,854.20 in restitution to the insurance companies he defrauded. He pled guilty to the offenses on March 15, 2011.
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Former CFO of New Jersey-Based Printing Supply Company Sentenced to 56 Months in Prison for Embezzlement Scheme
The former chief financial officer of the New Jersey-based Harold M. Pitman Company was sentenced today to 56 months in prison for embezzling more than $2 million from his former employer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
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Miami-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for his role in two separate fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Somalia: UN official warns famine could spread without adequate relief funding
Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
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Top UN envoy urges restraint after two Palestinians killed in Israeli operation
A senior United Nations envoy today called on Israeli authorities to exercise maximum restraint after two Palestinians were killed during a military operation in a West Bank refugee camp.
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Dozo as protector, dozo as assailant
"The war is over...Dozos target only criminals"
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America’s Army Platform Trains Soldiers in Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Picatinny recently received a patent for the process to train Soldiers to operate robotic vehicles, such as the Talon and PackBot, using a virtual operator control unit within a virtual environment, based upon the “America’s Army” interactive videogame.
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SRI LANKA: Senior Tamil journalist brutally attacked by armed men in Jaffna - JDS News
A top editor of the Jaffna-based 'Uthayan' newspaper has been brutally attacked and seriously wounded by unknown armed men on Friday (29) in the heart of the heavily-guarded northern Jaffna town.
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SRI LANKA: Over 600 war children still missing
Kulasekran has been looking for her son for three years
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