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Hixson Man Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Fraud Case Monday, May 24, 2021
David Michael Wright, Sr., 58, of Hixson on Monday pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with wire fraud and money laundering.
Sentencing has been set for Oct. 1 at 9 a.m., before Judge Travis McDonough at Chattanooga.
Earlier, Federal Magistrate Court Judge Susan K. Lee ordered that Wright be detained pending sentencing.
According to court documents filed by the United States, from April to September 2020, Wright devised a scheme to defraud and obtain money under fraudulent pretenses from at least one victim.
Wright and the victim began discussing investment opportunities involving the purchase and resale of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to hospitals and retailers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore Limits Taiwan Travel; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
Bloomberg 1 hr ago
U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Singapore tightened travel with Taiwan after cases jumped in the two Asian nations that had been pandemic success stories.
Businesses from Walt Disney Co.’s theme park in Florida to Walmart Inc. have loosened their mask requirements after the CDC’s Thursday announcement. Governor Andrew Cuomo said that more than half of New Yorkers 18 years and older are now fully vaccinated.
Covid has killed more than 1,000 bank employees in India, which has declared banking services essential even as the disease ravages the country, a key industry body said.
U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Singapore plans to vaccinate children under 16 after a spike in cases among students.
U.S. Cases Slip; Disney World Eases Mask Rules: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago
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Average weekly cases fell or were even in all U.S. states and territories except Wyoming, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. businesses from Walt Disney Co.’s theme park in Florida to Walmart Inc. have loosened their mask requirements following new guidance from the CDC on Thursday.
Covid has killed more than 1,000 bank employees in India, which has declared banking services essential even as the variant known as B.1.617 ravages the country, a key industry body said.