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As Christmas and the New Year approach, health care workers are hoping people will remain cautious about COVID-19 to help hospitals get through the holiday season. This story and more in Wednesday evening s news brief.
Wednesday evening, December 23, 2020
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Healthcare Workers Asking For Help During Holidays
As Christmas and the New Year approach, health care workers are hoping people will remain cautious about COVID-19 to help hospitals get through the holiday season. Infectious disease specialist Eddie Stenehjem at Intermountain Healthcare said hospitals are still a tough place to be for staff and patients. He said Utahns can best support them by continuing to wear masks and social distancing, especially since the holidays could mean big spikes later on. He said the next two weeks will possibly be the biggest hurdle the country faces until widespread vaccination next summer.
Salt Lake City, UT Thomas Robbins, of Heber City, Utah, will serve 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to securities fraud and money laundering in July. As a part of his plea agreement, Robbins admitted he induced victims to invest more than $10 million in a fraudulent foreign currency day-trading business beginning in 2016 and ending in early 2020. Robbins was sentenced Wednesday.
According to the plea agreement, as a part of his efforts to lull investors into a false sense of security about their investments, Robbins told investors he had achieved high returns in his foreign day-trading business. In fact, Robbins lost millions of dollars and diverted investor money for his personal use and benefit. He solicited approximately 66 investors to invest around $10,170,700.69 in his scheme.