AM 1240 WJON » US Attorney’s Office http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Wayzata Company Fined for Destroying Sauk Rapids Wetland http://wjon.com/wayzata-company-fined-for-destroying-sauk-rapids-wetland/ http://wjon.com/wayzata-company-fined-for-destroying-sauk-rapids-wetland/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:40:12 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=174602 A Wayzata-based company must pay $415-thousand for damaging a wetland near Sauk Rapids and abandoning the site.

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]]> http://wjon.com/st-cloud-man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-veterans-benefits/feed/ 0 US Attorney's Office In Minnesota Starts Civil Fraud Unit http://wjon.com/us-attorneys-office-in-minnesota-starts-civil-fraud-unit/ http://wjon.com/us-attorneys-office-in-minnesota-starts-civil-fraud-unit/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:46:13 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=5187 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota has set up a new unit to go after those committing fraud.

The Civil Frauds Unit will work with the office's criminal division to combat financial fraud - including health care fraud, mortgage fraud and bank fraud.

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