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A statue in Haverhill of Hannah Duston who, legend has it, slaughtered her Native American captors after the gruesome killing of her baby. But the statue, and another in NH, are being reconsidered amid the nationwide reckoning on racism. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
MASSACHUSETTS It s Friday, April 30. Here s what you should know this afternoon:
Cape Cod health officials are hunting down people to get vaccinated, marking a 180-degree shift from when residents had to spend hours online to secure an appointment.
A Massachusetts man was sentenced this week in Boston federal court in connection with selling a pesticide-coated lanyard that falsely claimed to protect against COVID-19 and other viruses.
TAKING THEIR SHOT AT CASINO: Workers depart a main gate to the Encore Boston Harbor casino on Wednesday in Everett, Mass. The Encore Boston Harbor casino began offering COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday by appointment only to employees and the general public in conjunction with Cambridge Health Alliance, a local health care organization. STEVEN SENNE - AP
JUST WONDERING DEPARTMENT: Readers, does this seem like an adequate punishment for a false business claim that put human health at risk?
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WHAT HE DID: A Quincy man sold lanyards that he falsely claimed would protect buyers against viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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HOW DID HE DO IT? Federal prosecutors said Jiule Lin, 38, began advertising card-shaped devices to be worn as a lanyard on eBay in March 2020 with the explicit claim that the product would protect the buyer or wearer of the product from viruses or bacteria, stating that the product s main ingredient was chlorine
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BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts man who at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic sold devices designed to be worn around the neck that he falsely claimed protected against viruses and bacteria has been sentenced to a year of probation, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Jiule Lin, 38, of Quincy, was also fined $1,500 at his sentencing Tuesday, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston.
Jiule Lin
Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty to one count of alleged distribution and sale of an unregistered pesticide. Pleaded guilty to allegedly selling a lanyard that falsely claimed to protect against viruses.
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JP Ellis Enterprises d/b/a Cape Cod Ice
Plea Agreement/Will plead guilty to allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by allegedly repeatedly failing to implement a Risk Management Plan to be executed in the event of an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia.
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Jude Chukwuebuka Amadike
Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty to allegedly knowingly distributing or selling an unregistered pesticide in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
COVID-19 scammer pleads guilty to shipping âvirus shut outâ devices from Quincy duplex
By Tonya Alanez Globe Staff,Updated January 28, 2021, 2:07 p.m.
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A Quincy man is facing federal charges for allegedly peddling Virus Shut Out devices on eBay. The notched card, much like a security badge to be worn on a lanyard, came with a promise to sanitize, disinfect and ward off viruses, including the coronavirus.US Attorney s Office
The âVirus Shut Outâ devices sold on eBay for $15.95 with a golden promise to protect its wearers from bacteria and viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19.