Joomla! site syndication http://www.vrsreview.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:37:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.vrsreview.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.vrsreview.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.vrsreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43 The former co-owners of a New York and New Jersey-based firm have admitted their roles in a scheme to defraud a federal program out of millions of dollars. Irma Azrelyant of Basking Ridge, N.J., and Joshua Finkle of New York, who owned Deaf and Hard of Hearing Interpreting Services, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Trenton to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Prosecutors say the pair submitted more than $7 million in fraudulent billings to the Federal Communications Commission's Video Relay Service program. It allows people with hearing disabilities to communicate with others by using interpreters and Web cameras. Both face up to 20 years in prison at sentencing in June, although the actual sentences could be less under federal guidelines. News - Latest Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:24:05 +0100 http://www.vrsreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42 BLUE LAKE TWP. - A delay in reporting a fire resulted in the destruction of a rural home Thursday afternoon. Lt. Walter Udell, of the Blue Lake Township Fire Department, said the owner of the double-wide home at 8487 Staple Road, came home to find the home ablaze. Udell believes the owner is deaf so he couldn’t call “911.” To report the fire, the owner drove over four miles to the Blue Lake Township Hall on Owasippe Road, and had a township employee call “911.” Station 1 is connected to the township hall. Udell said the alarm was called in a 1:58 p.m. and the first fire truck arrived at the scene eight minutes later. “The house was fully involved,” Udell said. Firefighters knocked down the initial blaze in about 40 minutes, but were on the scene for over three hours before the fire was extinguished. Udell said the owner lost everything in the fire, but told officials he had relatives nearby with whom he could stay. The lieutenant said a fire investigator said the home was so completely destroyed, a cause may never be determined. Udell said he believes the structure was insured. The home is located just south of Holton-Whitehall Road, on an unimproved portion of Staple Road. Blue Lake Township Fire Department received assistance from the Holton and Dalton township departments, providing water and manpower. Udell did warn homeowners to have their furnaces and fireplaces checked and cleaned now that the heating season is upon us. Original article posted at White Lake Beacon (http://be8ddb8d.linkbucks.com) News - Latest Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:45:31 +0100