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TurboTax settlement gives 14k Delawareans $430,000

Sam HautGovernment, Headlines

The settlement of a class action lawsuit against Intuit, the owner of TurboTax, will give 14,187 Delawareans a total of about $430,000. Across the country, approximately 4.4 million people will receive checks in the mail from the settlement involving every state and the District of Columbia.  Those eligible for money will be contacted by email from the fund administrator Rust …

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Wife of Bear man who built secret bunker goes to jail, too

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Government

The wife of a Bear man who built a secret underground bunker to grow marijuana may not be able to go to jail with him, but she’s going. Shakira Martinez has been sentenced in federal court to nine years in prison for money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and structuring bank transactions following a jury verdict in July of …

Ocean View woman sent to prison for $1.1 million embezzlement

Ocean View woman embezzled $1.1 million from Bethany company

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Police & Fire

An Ocean View woman who embezzled $1.1 million from the business she worked for is headed to federal prison for more than four years. Joan Donald, 55, was sentenced to 51 months on federal wire fraud and evasion charges stemming from embezzlement at high-end interior design and construction company Dovetail Inc. in Bethany Beach. According to court documents and court …