WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that, as of Aug. 2, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has entered permanent injunctions that bar three Tulsa, Oklahoma-area men and two companies from running a fraudulent medical debt collection scheme that targeted current and former servicemembers and older Americans. In its civil complaint, the United States alleged that   more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Today, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Leslie Ann Ameen, 63, of Tulsa, for Wire Fraud. She was ordered to serve 49 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Judge Frizzell further ordered Ameen to pay $8,293,611 in restitution. "Ameen significantly harmed a hospital that serves our community and is funded by  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 8 -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, issued the following news: * * * Together for a Cure: Fundraising Events Will Further Breast Cancer Research and Support Patients Now * * * Susan G. Komen(R), the world's leading breast cancer organization, is excited to announce 43 locations for the 2024 Susan G. Komen 3-Day, MORE THAN PINK Walk, Race for t  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 7 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc. and Wake Forest University, the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) has awarded $15.6 million in Institutional Impact Grants to 24 projects among 29 colleges and universities seeking to undertake a substantial and sustained effort to educate character in undergraduate populations across their institutions. These three-year grants range from $100,000 to $1 mil  more