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Meridien Research named in lawsuit for research fraud

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Tampa-based Meridien Research could be in some pretty hot water. A former nurse for the medical research company is seeking damages in Hillsborough court as a whistleblower after she claims she was fired for uncovering research fraud. According to lawsuit documents, Cindy Anne Mannis worked as site director at Meridien’s Tampa location along with Dr. Cynthia Huffman, the site’s principal investigator. Meridien conducts clinical drug trials for major pharmaceutical and biotech companies that are seeing FDA approval on new medicines.…

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By nearly any measure, sunny South Florida is tops in fraud

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Psssst – Need a phony ID? A fraudulent tax refund? Insurance money from a sham car crash? Florida may have just what you’re looking for. Since the first settlers hacked their way into the mangrove tangles and drained much of the swampland, sunny South Florida has been virtually synonymous with shady deals and scams. Over the past decade or so, the three most populous South Florida counties – Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach – have become less renowned for old-school…

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Kathy Castor to host fraud prevention seminar in Tampa

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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is hosting a consumer protection and fraud protection workshop Wednesday from 10 a.m. until noon. While the event falls on April Fools Day, it’s no laughing matter. According to a Federal Trade Commission report, Florida has the highest per capita rate of reported fraud in the nation. The workshop will address ways for consumers to protect themselves from being victims of fraud. “These days, there are many more faces of fraud and scams can go viral rapidly.…

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Jim Greer asks for suit against RPOF to be put on hold

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Former Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer on Friday asked a Sanford judge to put a temporary hold on his lawsuit against the party and its new chairman while he battles criminal charges. Greer was arrested at his Oviedo home last week on theft, fraud and corruption charges. A statewide grand jury handed up an indictment, accusing him stealing $125,000 from the Republican Party of Florida. Party leaders first denied the existence of the severance contract and later admitted there was one —and…

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Jack Abramoff released from jail

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Ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, jailed for fraud and tax evasion, has been released to a halfway house, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Wednesday to The Associated Press and other news outlets. Abramoff was released Tuesday from a minimum-security prison in Maryland and sent to a halfway house in the mid-Atlantic area, prisons spokesman Edmond Ross told the AP. The wide-ranging Abramoff investigation led to the prosecution of GOP former Ohio congressman Bob Ney and other public officials and helped Democrats seize…

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Jeff Greene blasts Meek’s ties to developer charged with fraud

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Kendrick Meek’s rival in the Democratic Senate primary, Jeff Greene, wasted little time before seizing on today’s Miami Herald story showing his family’s ties to an accused crook. “Kendrick Meek’s behavior is completely outrageous,” Greene said in a statement. “We can no longer let the corrupt actions of these failed career politicians stand. Kendrick Meek is in the back pockets of the insidious special interests that are hurting our country and it must end now.”

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Jeff Greene blasts Kendrick Meek’s ties to developer charged with fraud

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Kendrick Meek’s rival in the Democratic Senate primary, Jeff Greene, wasted little time before seizing on today’s Miami Herald story showing his family’s ties to an accused crook. “Kendrick Meek’s behavior is completely outrageous,” Greene said in a statement. “We can no longer let the corrupt actions of these failed career politicians stand. Kendrick Meek is in the back pockets of the insidious special interests that are hurting our country and it must end now.”

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