Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Texas businesses should be alert that an old office supply scam – the “phoner toner” scam – has resurfaced in recent weeks. Several Texas Attorney General’s Office employees have reported that they received unsolicited telephone calls at work from office supply scam artists. The “phoner toner” scam usually involves several phone calls. In the first [...]

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Japan Tsumani Rescue Workers

Beware Of Charitable Scams During Japan Relief Effort: In wake of the earthquake and resulting tsunami that has caused widespread disaster in Japan and some areas of the United States, the Office of the Attorney General is cautioning generous Texans to carefully vet relief organizations before making any charitable contributions. By doing a little research, [...]

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11 Deepwater Horizon Victims Were Forgotten

March 11, 2011
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[ Commentary by Loren Steffy in the Houston Chronicle, March 11, 2011] Jason Anderson, Dale Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Gordon Jones, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl Kleppinger, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto and Adam Weise. They are the 11 workers who died when the Deepwater Horizon burned and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last year. Their [...]

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Fraudulent Text Message Scheme Leads to Criminal Charges

March 10, 2011
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AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged 24 defendants – including Jason Hope, the chief executive officer of Arizona-based Eye Level Holdings – with perpetuating a text messaging scheme that led to millions of dollars in unauthorized mobile phone charges. According to state investigators, the defendants used illicit websites to bait mobile phone [...]

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Record $68.5 Million Settlement with AstraZeneca over Seroquel

March 10, 2011

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 37 other state attorneys general today reached a record-breaking agreement with AstraZeneca, which the states investigated for improper marketing practices. The states’ $68.5 million settlement resolves a three-year investigation into AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical’s efforts to market the antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Under today’s settlement, the State of Texas will [...]

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JURY CONVICTS DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BUSINESS OWNER FOR FRAUD

March 10, 2011

From the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Texas: (HOUSTON) – A federal jury has convicted the owner of Memorial Medical Supply, a durable medical equipment business, of multiple counts of health care fraud and the payment of kickbacks arising from a multi-million dollar fraud upon Medicare and Medicaid, United States Attorney José [...]

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The Curious Cases of Three Men who Chose to become Slaves

March 3, 2011
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Texas history story found in the Harris County archives: (From DiscoverTexasHistory.com) Recognizing that the Nineteenth Century Court records are the best available resource to research the experiences of the first generations of African Americans to live in Harris County, this article tells the lawsuits brought by three “Free Men of Color” before the Civil War. [...]

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Texas Attorney General Abbott Addresses South Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking’s 2011 Conference

February 28, 2011

SAN ANTONIO – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today welcomed federal, state and local law enforcement officials, prosecutors and crime victim advocacy groups to the South Texas Coalition against Human Trafficking’s 2011 conference in San Antonio. Delivering the conference’s keynote address, Attorney General Abbott highlighted Texas law enforcement authorities’ joint efforts to combat human trafficking [...]

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What is Intellectual Property?

February 26, 2011

Intellectual property also referred to as IP  refers to creations of the mind including one’s writing,  inventions, photography, artistic work, symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. Intellectual Property is divided into two categories:  Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works [...]

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Houston Man Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud and Identity Theft

February 25, 2011

(HOUSTON) – A Nigerian national and Houston resident has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution to Medicare for health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Mento Nnana Kaluanya, 50, born in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was sentenced by [...]

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