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Seven More Arrests In Heating Oil Scam That Cheated Madison & Murrow High Schools
2016-02-25 21:29:00| Footwear - Topix.net
Seven more people have been arrested in connection to a city-wide fraud that involved ripping off scores of heating oil customers, including Edward R. Murrow and James Madison high school, prosecutors announced Wednesday. "The defendants are charged with running a scheme to systematically steal heating oil from a Brooklyn terminal to enrich themselves and we intend to now hold them accountable," Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson said in a press release announcing the charges.
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One Of The Country's Largest Fracking Companies Cheated...
2015-12-11 20:41:18| Paper - Topix.net
If allegations put forward this week are true, one of the nation's largest fracking companies may have to pay millions in Pennsylvania for underpaying royalties to landowners. Chesapeake Energy Corporation and others connected with their operations in Pennsylvania allegedly defrauded thousands of landowners, including seniors, Pennsylvania's Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane charged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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Early report sheds first light on why VW cheated, chairman warns emissions scandal could kill the company
2015-10-05 19:00:14| Extremetech
Evidence in VW's cheating scandal continues to come to light -- including the reason why the company chose to cheat in the first place.
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VW cheated on emissions tests, will have to fix half a million cars
2015-09-18 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Volkswagen could be in some very big trouble. According to the EPA, the German car manufacturer installed a device in nearly a half million Volkswagen and Audi vehicles that circumvented emissions control laws. The Obama administration has ordered Volkswagen to fix these vehicles, although they have yet to require a formal recall. The company could be forced to pay civil penalties of $37,500 per vehicle. The New York Times reports: The device is programmed to detect when the car is undergoing...
38 months' jail for real estate agent who cheated clients
2015-07-09 12:04:37| Real Estate - Topix.net
SINGAPORE: For cheating his clients of cash and property, a former real estate agent was on Thursday sentenced to 38 months' jail. Lau Wing Kuan, 40, pleaded guilty to three charges, one each for cheating, criminal breach of trust and forging a document of valuable security.
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