Dealer Can Write Off Stolen Drug Money
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PERTH, Australia - An Australian court ruled Wednesday that a convicted heroin dealer can claim a $165 million tax deduction for money that was stolen during a drug deal.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A would-be thief got a taste of his own medicine in Guyana when he was caught and attached to a utility pole with the same duct tape he intended to use to bound a family and rob them, police said Tuesday.
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Tests on a $20 bill found at the Lower Manhattan apartment where actor Heath Ledger died yielded no drug residue, police said. The bill was tested to see whether it had been used to snort illegal drugs because of the way it was folded, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
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MEXICO CITY - Mexico has captured a drug lord accused of handling half of the illegal drugs smuggled across the border into the United States and who had a US$2 million ($3.
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Crystal meth â coma â lawsuit A Canadian former drug addict has successfully sued the dealer who supplied the crystal methamphetamine that triggered a heart attack and put her in a coma for 11 days, the Times reports.â¦
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian police confiscated$600,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency from a Medellin printingshop, the first time authorities have caught anyone using aprinting press to duplicate the new, hard to copy, $20 bill.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government&#39;s drug-benefit program is wasting tens of millions of dollars and is open to potential abuse by individuals seeking narcotics to feed their addiction and possibly trade and sell them on the black market, states Auditor
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Scammers and thieves are out there, but you can protect yourself.
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Carmelo Anthony was cited for marijuana possession while boarding the Denver Nuggets&#39; team plane last week, though the NBA star says the bag was left in his backpack by a friend.
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Leon Nunn stepped out his front door one recent afternoon only to be waved back by a squadron of drug agents using a battering ram on a neighbor's home. The half-million-dollar home in the quiet subdivision was found to be stuffed with high-grade marijuana plants, growing in soil-free trays under bright lights.
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PADDOCK LAKE, Wis. - A sales representative on the way to a business call made an unscheduled stop - in the middle of the highway - after noticing the cash swirling around his car.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to aid them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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By Steven Oberbeck, The Salt Lake Tribune  May 25--A Utah man who the federal government and courts contend operated  an illegal Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $13 million has been  ordered to surrender his gains.   Patrick M.
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Payment to resolve allegations pharmaceutical firm overcharged government for top drugs.
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ERIE, Pa. - A man on probation for stealing $361,000 from a business he co-owned has stolen from his new employer, police said. Patrick J. Leighton, 59, of Erie, stole $2,621 from a veterinary clinic while he was working as a manager in November, according to state police.
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Â· Lawyers for convicted pair point to fresh evidenceÂ· Shooting of three drug dealers featured in films
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Photocopying wallet information pays off.