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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Sunday March 07, 2021 ( 2 items )  

Federal Trade Commission, 38 States, and D.C. Act to Shut Down Massive Charity Fraud Telefunding Operation
WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission, along with 46 agencies from 38 states and D.C., has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls (mostly illegal robocalls). The defendants collected more than $110 million using their deceptive solicitations. Associated Community Services (ACS) and a number of related defendants have agreed t  more

Three Construction Companies Settle With EPA After Allegedly Polluting Mill Creek in Johnson County, Kansas
LENEXA, Kansas, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached settlements with three construction companies alleged to have violated the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) by unlawfully discharging pollutants into Mill Creek in western Johnson County, Kansas. As part of the settlements, the companies will pay a combined $122,000 in penalties. "Uncontrolled stormwater runoff from construction sites threate  more