Tag: Attorney General’s Office
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Denver woman charged for allegedly making over $1 million in false Medicaid claims
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Attorney General’s Office charged a Denver woman with Medicaid fraud after she allegedly made more than a $1 million in false claims. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced in a news release Wednesday his office has filed both fraud and theft charges against 44-year-old…
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Colorado Attorney General awards $4 million to opioid crisis programs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One thousand, one-hundred and sixty. That’s how many people died of opioid overdoses in Colorado in 2022 — a nearly 54% uptick from the 620 deaths in 2019, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As part of the efforts to combat the…
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Consider pets in evacuation plans, animal rights group urges lawmakers
A fire evacuation plan should include pets. That’s the message policymakers reviewing potential wildfire legislation heard on Wednesday from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Saving pets became a major issue during the Marshall fire, which struck on New Year’s Eve last year and tore through more than 1,000 homes and businesses.…
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City warns of phone scam connected to Denver Sheriff’s Office
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The city and county of Denver released an announcement Monday, warning Coloradans of a new phone scam circulating that claims to be from the Denver Sheriff’s Office. Officials said the callers have been posing as deputies from the Denver Sheriff’s Office, demanding payment for fake warrants. The callers sometimes provide alleged court dates. Denver deputies…