FTC and Texas crack down on media related investment scams
Federal and state investigators, led by the FTC and SEC, filed 60 complaints against bogus media investments ranging from Elvis memorabilia infomercials to an Internet casino. Texas actions target Sunset Over Texas Inc and BJO Enterprises for unregistered securities and misleading internet materials.
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FTC
SEC
Texas
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sunset Over Texas, Inc
BJO Enterprises, Inc
BJO Enterprises
San Antonio
Leon LaCour
LaCour
Sunset Over
Georgetown
Brothers sentenced in turtle smuggling case in Oklahoma
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, Billy Ketchum and Neil Ketchum received three years of probation and six months home confinement with electronic monitoring for their role in a turtle smuggling operation. Kendall Ketchum also drew three years probation. Frank Ketchum awaits sentencing for felony charges.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Billy Ketchum
Neil Ketchum
McAlester
Kendall Ketchum
Indianola
Texas
Frank Ketchum
Study Finds Workplace Fraud on the Rise in New Orleans
A Survey by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners shows more than eight in ten examiners say white-collar crime in business has worsened over five years. Of 600 respondents, only one third led to criminal convictions and 84 percent of firms did not sue to recover losses.
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Crawford
Texas
New Orleans
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Joseph T. Wells
FBI
Wells
Former Texas A&M president Luedecke dies at 87
San Antonio AP Luedecke, a retired U S Air Force Maj Gen who led the Atomic Energy Commission and Texas A&M, died Sunday at 87. Born in Eldorado, he earned a chemical engineering degree in 1932, rose to brigadier general in 1944, and held key roles at Caltech JPL NASA before returning to A&M as acting president in 1970. He later served as executive VP and had a science building named for him in 1994. The death cause was not released.
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San Antonio
U.S. Air Force
Alvin R. Luedecke
Atomic Energy Commission
Texas A&m
Luedecke
Eldorado
A&m
Sammye Ruppeck
Associated Press
Army Air Corps
Air Force
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Ranger
Mariner
NASA
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Earl Rudder
College Station
Bodies Found in Irving Residence Involving 19-Year-Old Arrest
Irving police found a man in his mid 50s and a woman in their 30s to early 40s dead in a residence. A 19-year-old man connected to the house was jailed on unrelated Dallas County misdemeanors. investigators have not yet confirmed identities and suspect no forced entry.
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Irving
David Tull
Tull
Dallas County
Odessa man Bob Hankins, 59, dies after long career
Bob Hankins of Odessa died Monday at Medical Center Hospital at age 59. Born November 22, 1938 in Gladewater, he owned Tommy Service General Contractors from 1971 to 1998 and previously worked as Area Coordinator for Straw Steel. Survived by wife Marsha, children Wesley Heather Ryan Hankins, and parents Jack and Flossie Hankins. Visitation August 12 at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. Service August 13 at Sherwood Church of Christ. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials to American Heart Association or Multiple Sclerosis.
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Odessa
Bob Hankins
Medical Center Hospital
Gladewater
Christian
Marsha Hawkins
Wesley Hawkins
Heather Hankins
Inlaw
Ryan
Wendy Hankins
Lewisville
Jack
Flossie Hankins
Kilgore
Frank W. Wilson
Sherwood Church of Christ
Lynn Money
Sunset Memorial Gardens
American Heart Association
Andrews Highway
Midland
W. Wall St
Death notices from Andrews Odessa Jal and Odessa region
Death notices list Bill Forbes 74 of Andrews owner of Bill's Auto Parts died Aug 8 1998 services at Means Memorial United Methodist Church burial Andrews North Cemetery survivors include wife Graciela and multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also Ethel Minnie Reid 94 of Odessa homemaker died Aug 10 1998 service at Frank W Wilson Funeral Directors burial Sunset Memorial Gardens born in Coleman. Bobbie Teasley 60 of Jal retired truck driver died Aug 8 1998 service Jal Church of Christ burial Kermit Cemetery survivors include wife Linda and three children. Helen Louise Webster 75 of Odessa homemaker died Aug 10 1998 service Frank W Wilson Funeral Directors born in Pernell Okla. survivors include sons Michael Edward and Curtis Alan Webster and daughters Marisella Lanier Carla Tyree plus siblings and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Andrews
Bill Forbes
Bill
Means Memorial United Methodist Church
Jim Terry
Noble Wiltshire
Andrews North Cemetery
McNett Funeral Home
Pioneer
Odessa
Graciela Forbes
Wimberly
Jim
Ethel Reid
Ethel Minnie Reid
New Horizon Nursing Home
Frank W. Wilson
Wayne
Ziegler
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Coleman
John Reid
Garden Grove
Calif
Ruth Martin
Mary Boyette
Scott Connelly
Truman Connelly
Kingsland
Hazel Bushong
Marie Walker
Bobbie Teasley
Jal
N.M
Bobbie
Big Bob” Teasley
Methodist Hospital
Jal Church of Christ
Wesley Stults
Kermit Cemetery
Calvary Funeral Home
Kermit
McCamey
Church of Christ
Linda Jane Teasley
Jal, N.M
Eugene Immel
Ramona Brown
Lois Ferguson
Helen Webster
Helen Louise Webster
Medical Center Hospital
Pernell
Oklo
Michael
Edward Webster
Carrollton
Curtis Alan Webster
Mohank
Daren B. Webster
Marisella R. Lanier
Abilene
Carla J. Tyree
Tom A. Raley
Santa Ana
Obituary Advertising Offers Full Life Details For Fee
Families may purchase a complete obituary as a paid advertisement offering tributes life history and pallbearers details for a nominal charge. The notice indicates customers can include any information they deem appropriate within the paid memorial.
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Texas Securities
Denise Voigt Crawford
Burt
Cornerstone
FDIC
Cornerstone Financial
Lone Star
Designs By
Kim
Robert G. Konchar
Ashford Park Center
Physicians and Surgeons
Etd-Ars
Betty's
Newhome
Sewing Machines & Sergers
Bettys
Bobbin
Bex
N. Grandview
N. Midland
Quality Johnson
Glass & Mirror
Odessa American
Ram Kolluru
Internal Medicine and Cardiology
S. Kolluru
Medicare/Medicaid
SRO
Orulle
Alabama Power Company
Standard & Poor’s
Moody’s
MBIA
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P
Edward Jones
Securites
Buddy Coke
SIPC
Edward Jones Indivdual Investors
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