Tag: fraud
No Mothers Day Card For This Mother
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:10:04 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Laurie Williamson presented herself as a totally involved, concerned mother whose kids had medical problems. Over a ten year period, she took her kids from one doctor to the next, pointing out a variety of physical maladies she said the children were suffering. The children, ages 8, 11 and 13 now, showed symptoms of the afflictions that Williamson told the doctors the children were suffering. The doctors responded by ordering medical treatments and, sometimes surgeries, to treat them. As it turned out, it was all a lie as Laurie Williamson made up the medical maladies, coached the children to act like they were really ill, and collected a whole bunch of money from the state and people who bought into her tales of woe. All that is at an end as the 40-year-old Spring, Texas woman is facing the next 15 years behind bars.
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TnT Classic Culture of Corruption: US Military Procurement
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Sat Sep 22, 2007 at 11:47:14 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Some people could argue that the half a trillion dollars spent on Iraq thus far went towards some greater good. That may be the case, but you would find few defenders of an estimated $6 billion in military contracts signed under circumstances that now warrant a Pentagon criminal misconduct investigation.
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The Big Dig Bug
Thalia.
Posted to SciTech on Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 12:48:32 PM EST. RSS.
Not only has the Big Dig cost almost $15 Billion dollars, and countless frustrated hours in traffic, it has now claimed a life.
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