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(Reuters) - A Montreal man has been criminally charged in New York for his role in a multimillion dollar telemarketing fraud where elderly victims were falsely told they had won Canadian lotteries and sweepstakes, U.S. prosecutors said.
Martin Hogan, 52, pleaded not guilty on Monday to an 11-count indictment including wire fraud, wire and mail fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Pedersen in Rochester, New York.
Hogan was extradited from Jamaica to face the charges, and will remain in custody pending a March 1 detention hearing.
Prosecutors said Hogan phoned victims from Canada, and said they would first have to pay taxes, customs and other fees to collect their winnings.
Happy Holidays to one and all
Skamokawa News
December 24, 2020
WET AND WINDY As this weekend before Christmas winds down, we are having some very wet and windy conditions, so in other words, normal weather just before the Christmas holiday. It seems when we all want to do that last minute shopping, the weather is more like stay at home weather, which with Covid going around, is so fitting. However, there appears to be a few days of drier weather before the rain returns, which could mean some freezing, so let s hope folks don t get caught off guard by the dryness and forget about the possibility of some frozen patches of highway here and there.
Fresh off the enactment of a ban on single-use plastic and paper bags taking effect in 2022, state lawmakers are now advancing plans to up the recycled content in plastics such as drink bottles – and along with it, ban packing peanuts.
The bill has gotten multiple hearings in the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, which finally voted to advance a substitute version of it Thursday. State Sen. Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, said negotiations will continue over a half-dozen areas of disagreement.
“I think the overall testimony, at least as I heard it, was generally good step in the right direction,” Smith said. “We have a couple of issues left. Both teams, by the way, the environmental team and the industry team.”