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FTC Action: Medical ‘Discount’ Card Scammers Banned from Selling Healthcare-Related Products
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Washington, DC - A mother-son marketing team who allegedly tricked Spanish-speaking and other consumers into buying phony medical discount cards will be banned from selling any healthcare-related products under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
Science Envoy Travels to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Washington, DC - U.S. Science Envoy Dr. Peter Hotez will travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia November 14-17 to continue dialogue with senior public health and scientific leaders on partnership opportunities in vaccine research and development with academic and research communities.
How California could get smarter about droughts and flooding
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- Written by Nathanael Johnson
Sacramento, California - First comes the drought, then the deluge. It’s not just that climate change is making the weather more extreme, with hotter dry spells and warmer winters that transform mountain snowpack to water. It’s also that the drought has actually made flooding more likely by diminishing the soil’s capacity to soak up moisture. It’s as if dryness defends its turf against wetness - baking the dirt into an impermeable crust, or turning it into a hydrophobic crumb that causes raindrops to bead off.
Not yours truly
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC
Washington, DC - Whether it was turn-of-the-century conman George C. Parker or Peaches O’Day, Mae West’s character in the movie “Every Day’s a Holiday,” the annals of consumer protection are filled with stories of people attempting to sell the Brooklyn Bridge or other things they don’t own. Announced as part of Operation Collection Protection, a lawsuit filed by the FTC and the New York Attorney General alleges a variation on that theme.
FTC, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Sue Tech Support Scammers That Took More Than $17 Million From Consumers
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Washington, DC - A federal court has granted a request by the Federal Trade Commission to shut down a tech support scam that allegedly bilked consumers out of more than $17 million by pretending to represent Microsoft, Apple and other major tech companies.
State Department Terrorist Designation
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Washington, DC - The Department of State has designated Maghomed Maghomedzakirovich Abdurakhmanov as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which imposes sanctions and penalties on terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. As a result of this designation, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which Abdurakhmanov has any interest is blocked and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with Abdurakhmanov.
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