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<item><title><![CDATA[Jury commits St. Louis man as Sexually Violent Predator]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Stevenson_Ricks_sent_to_sex_offender_rehab/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Stevenson_Ricks_sent_to_sex_offender_rehab/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today a St. Louis jury has found Stevenson R. Ricks, 36, to be a sexually violent predator.  Ricks has been committed to the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Service in Farmington.  The judgment and commitment order was signed by Circuit Court Judge John F. Garvey.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:51:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster seeks execution dates for neo-Nazi mass-murderer, Good Samaritan-killer]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Koster_requests_execution_dates/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Koster_requests_execution_dates/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today asked the Missouri Supreme Court to set execution dates for Allen Nicklasson and Joseph Franklin.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:13:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster says Missouri is part of national Clean Air Act enforcement]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/EPA_focus_on_Lafarge_North_America/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/EPA_focus_on_Lafarge_North_America/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today said Missouri has joined an EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) national enforcement initiative under the Clean Air Act to eliminate violations by Lafarge North America, Inc, and two of its subsidiaries at their cement manufacturing plans across the country, including in Sugar Creek.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:46:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster says Missouri part of Clean Air Act lawsuit agreement]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Missouri_receives_sum_in_clean_air_act_suit/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Missouri_receives_sum_in_clean_air_act_suit/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today said an agreement in a Clean Air Act violation lawsuit means Missouri will receive $100,000 in civil penalties.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:42:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ranks Missouri Medicaid Fraud Unit number one in nation for 2008]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/MO_AG_Medicaid_Fraud_Unit_tops_ranking_in_US/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/MO_AG_Medicaid_Fraud_Unit_tops_ranking_in_US/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today that Missouri has earned the distinction of obtaining more Medicaid fraud money per grant dollar spent than any other state in the nation.  According to national data from the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit obtained $18.81 for every federal dollar received in federal fiscal year 2008.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:17:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces dramatic increase in workers' comp fraud collections in 2009]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/AG_Koster_says_2009_showed_increase_in_collections/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/AG_Koster_says_2009_showed_increase_in_collections/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that actions by his office have resulted in an increased amount of collections and convictions for workers' compensation fraud and for noncompliance with mandatory workers' compensation insurance coverage in 2009.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:40:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursing home corporation pleads guilty to felony Medicaid fraud]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Cathedrad_Rock_Nursing_Homes_Pleads_Guilty/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Cathedrad_Rock_Nursing_Homes_Pleads_Guilty/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today five nursing homes operated by Cathedral Rock, a Texas corporation, pled guilty to felony health care fraud following a federal investigation.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:55:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces antitrust settlement with pharmaceutical companies]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Multistate_antitrust_settlement_Abbott_Labs_Fournier/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Multistate_antitrust_settlement_Abbott_Labs_Fournier/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that Missouri will receive $1.2 million in a multistate antitrust settlement with pharmaceutical companies Abbott Laboratories and Fournier.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:36:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AG Koster announces year's top 10 scams]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/false_auto_warranty_claims_leads_2009_scams/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/false_auto_warranty_claims_leads_2009_scams/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today released the top 10 consumer complaints and scams reported to his office in 2009.  Complaints about businesses that market products as "extended auto warranties" led the complaints, with nearly 1,000 calls to the Attorney General's office from consumers.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:59:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster files charges against former nursing home bookkeeper]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Charges_filed_against_woman_who_stole_from_nursing_home/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2010/Charges_filed_against_woman_who_stole_from_nursing_home/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster has filed criminal charges against a Perry County woman who allegedly forged checks in order to steal money from the resident trust fund account of the nursing home where she was the bookkeeper.  Connie Jean Beckerman was charged with eight counts of forgery and one count of stealing by deceit.  Koster said the victims were Medicaid recipients residing at Perry Oaks Manor, which is now under different ownership.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:47:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster files criminal charges in Medicaid fraud case]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Wright_Co_woman_charged_with_Medicaid_Fraud/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Wright_Co_woman_charged_with_Medicaid_Fraud/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today that a Mountain Grove licensed professional counselor has been charged with 11 felony counts of Medicaid fraud, 1 count of obstruction, and 1 count of stealing by deceit. Wright County Prosecuting Attorney Jason MacPherson joined Koster in filing the charges against Lorraine R. Kusior (DOB 4/1/53), who is charged with submitting false reimbursement claims to Medicaid for counseling services she did not perform and providing false patient records with the intention to defraud the state and MO HealthNet.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:16:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces record Medicaid fraud collections for 2009]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Medicaid_Fraud_collections_top_81_million_in_09/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Medicaid_Fraud_collections_top_81_million_in_09/</link><description><![CDATA[General Chris Koster today announced that 2009 set an all-time record for Medicaid fraud recovery in Missouri.  He said the $81.6 million obtained by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in calendar year 2009 was more than double the previous record in the unit's 15-year history, $33.6 million in 2008.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:02:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster files lawsuits against four St. Louis area auto service contract marketers]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_crackdowns_on_bogus_auto_warranty_companies/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_crackdowns_on_bogus_auto_warranty_companies/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today continued his crackdown on companies selling bogus auto warranty products by filing lawsuits against four additional businesses.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:14:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster announces sentencing in Eckert case]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Judge_gives_Eckert_two_life_sentences/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Judge_gives_Eckert_two_life_sentences/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today that Judge Warren McElwain has sentenced Scott Eckert and denied his motion for a new trial.  Eckert, 33, was found guilty by a DeKalb County jury last month of forcible rape, statutory rape of a child under 12, tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:15:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster warns Missouri seniors of "grandparent scam"]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Grandparent_Scam_on_the_rise/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Grandparent_Scam_on_the_rise/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today issued a Consumer Alert warning Missouri seniors of a scam aimed at swindling grandparents out of their savings.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:26:14 GMT</pubDate></item>	

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