Phone scam threatens to add targets to PA s sex-offender registry, claims targets have unpaid fines
York Dispatch
The agency that oversees the state s court systems is warning people about a phone scam involving the agency.
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts has reported that the phone scam spoofs, or mimics, the AOPC s phone number, and those targeted are told they have unpaid court fines or outstanding fees.
The caller threatens to put targets on the state s Megan s Law sexual offender registry if they don t make payments, according to the AOPC.
The AOPC never makes such calls and never seeks payment by credit card, gift card, or any other means of electronic funds transfer for any reason, according to a Tuesday-evening news release.
A defense attorney based in Franklin County created fake court orders and made up allegations of dishonest testimony in an effort to mislead a client who was seeking to appeal a conviction of homicide by vehicle, according to an order from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granting disciplinary action.
Bret Alison Beynon was suspended Friday from practicing law in Pennsylvania for a period of one year and one day, according to the order. She joined the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in filing the joint petition in support of discipline on consent.
As detailed in the order, Beynon took the proper steps to begin the appeal process with the Pennsylvania Superior Court that June but failed to file a required document by a deadline in November.
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1. FTC abandons challenge to Philadelphia hospital merger.
On March 1, 2021, the FTC, suffering its first loss in a hospital merger challenge since 2016, voted 4-0 to end its effort to stop the proposed $599 million merger of Philadelphia-area health care systems Jefferson Health and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. The FTC’s decision comes about a month and a half after the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office dropped out of the joint challenge.
The FTC challenged the merger on the basis that it would hurt competition in the Philadelphia-area health care market, and after a defeat at the district court, told the appellate court that the judge had applied “faulty economic reasoning.” The FTC alleged that a combined network would control over 60% of the market for inpatient general acute care services in and around North Philadelphia and at least 45% of the market for those services in and around Montgomery County. The FTC alleged that t
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Michael Sanchez who is suing American Media for defamation related to the story outing Jeff Bezos’ affair with his sister, Lauren Sanchez believes a recent declaration by a former AMI employee proves that he was not the source of the photos.
Michael Sanchez sued AMI (now rebranded as A360 Media) last year after the National Enquirer publisher said he was the main source for its story about the Bezos affair and “provided all of the materials” for its investigation, including racy photos of Bezos. Sanchez has maintained he only confirmed the story and did not provide the photos.