I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
One wonders how Apple tripped upon this scheme: a Kalamazoo-area iPod repairman figured out how to get iPod manufacturer Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to repair their Shuffle model devices for free under valid warranties. Were there just too many broken Shuffles being shipped back to Apple for warranty repairs from the Kalamazoo/Portage area?
The accused apparently figured out a range of valid warranty numbers for the audio players; they would enter a valid warranty number when submitting a broken but out of warranty Shuffle to Apple, receiving a replacement device in exchange and then bill the client for a “repair” of the Shuffle. The scheme was lucrative as the so-called repairman had amassed much more than a half million dollars from the process and employed multiple people to assist with the mailing and receiving the Shuffles.
The scammer has been charged with fraud and money laundering, according to a report by the Boston Globe, and is cooperating with authorities.
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