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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Saturday September 14, 2024 ( 3 items )  

DEA-St. Louis: Illinois Man Found Guilty of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Pills
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: A jury Wednesday evening convicted a man from Belleville, Illinois, of a charge related to his sale of fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022. A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis found Deontae' Tre'Von Overall, 28, guilty of one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Evidence and te  more

DOE Argonne National Laboratory: Unraveling the Mystery Surrounding the Creation of Heavy Elements in Stars
ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2024: * * * New experimental data helps researchers better understand the formation of some of the universe's heavier elements * * * Collaborative effort between scientists at multiple institutions reveals a way to indirectly determine the rate of the neutron-capture process in short-lived isotopes. How are stars born, and how do they die? How do  more

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Walgreens Agrees to Pay $106.8M to Resolve Allegations It Billed the Government for Prescriptions Never Dispensed
TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens) have agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and state statutes for billing government health care programs for prescriptions never dispensed. Walgreens, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, operates one of the largest retail pharmacy chains in the country  more