Tag: Racketeering

Michael MolineMay 15, 2018
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9min333
Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a racketeering lawsuit Tuesday, blaming five major pharmaceutical companies for instigating the opioid drug crisis and alleging “a campaign of misrepresentations and omissions” about the powerful painkillers to doctors and consumers. Bondi’s office filed the 54-page complaint in Pasco County, which it identified as among the state’s hardest hit areas, […]

Drew WilsonMarch 30, 2016
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3min220
Two Orlando residents accused of siphoning thousands in food stamp benefits from the government were arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Florida chief financial officer Jeff Atwater announced. “Today, two criminals found themselves exactly where they belong, and that’s behind bars,” Atwater said. “By stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in public assistance […]


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