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If you use a Mac or have an iPhone, chances are you're familiar with the Safari web browser. The fact that it's pre-installed as the default browser for Apple product users definitely gives it an early advantage, but Firefox has its own set of useful features that make it an attractive alternative and can now be set as your default browser on your Mac and iPhone. Here we'll explore the main differences between our browser and Safari in terms of privacy, utility and portability between devices.
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Blocks third-party tracking cookies by default
Blocks cryptomining scripts
Blocks social trackers
Privacy has become a white hot topic for tech companies as they realize more and more people are feeling vulnerable to things like data breaches, ad trackers and hackers. But when it comes down to the real tools people use to navigate the actual interwebs, is it all talk or are they actually taking action to keep your data secure?
As alluded to before, Apple is one of those companies that recently decided to step up their privacy game. Not long ago, Apple implemented cross-site tracking prevention in Safari, which prevents ads from following you around the internet. Safari also offers a strong password suggestion when you sign up for a new account on any web site. And if you're invested in the iCloud ecosystem, it synchronises that password securely with your other devices, so you never actually have to remember it.
Like Safari, we at Firefox have made a point of focusing on privacy and security. But unlike Safari, we've been standing on the privacy soap box for a long time. In fact, Mozilla (our parent company) was one of the first voices in the tech community to sound the alarm for online privacy.
Our Private Browsing mode blocks trackers and erases your passwords, cookies and history every time you close it. But you can also experience our advanced privacy features even in regular browsing mode. With the latest edition of Firefox, enhanced tracking prevention is turned on by default. This prevents things like cross-site trackers from following you as you jump around the web. Also, with Facebook being caught out almost daily for privacy problems, our Facebook Container extension makes a lot of sense. It makes it harder for Facebook to track you around the web — similar to what Safari does to prevent cross-site tracking — but Firefox actually isolates your Facebook session into a separate container blocking Facebook from tracking what you do on other web sites. Why do they need to know what you look up on WebMD anyway?
As far as security goes, Firefox is solid there as well. Any time you're in Firefox, you can right-click in the password field to securely generate a strong password using the Fill Password option. When you save your new password, we will prompt you to save to its built-in password manager, Lockwise. We also serve up users and account holders with another free and useful product called Monitor that automatically alerts you if your data is included in a known data breach.
If you choose to use Safari, you're in safe hands as long as you're using an Apple device. But Safari only works on Apple devices, whereas Firefox works on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux. So no matter what operating system you choose, Firefox has you covered with our security and privacy protections.
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Autoplay blocking
Tab browsing
Bookmark manager
Automatically fills out forms
Search engine options
Web extensions/Add-ons
In-browser screenshot tool
Apple is widely known for its closed ecosystem as it relates to creating software for its products. But inside the App Store, it does offer a section to developers to create plugins and add-ons to make the browser more robust. These extensions are also browsable through the App Store and easily added to Safari.
In addition to the regular set of features you'd expect in a browser, such as tabbed browsing and private browsing, Safari has some unexpected features as well. For instance, if a user were to right-click a word anywhere on a page inside Safari, then click Look Up, they'd get a dictionary definition plus entries from the thesaurus, App Store, movies and more. Safari's Parental Controls are easy to customize, allowing the adults to breathe a little easier when the kids begin to get curious about the internet.
Like Safari, Firefox encourages its enthusiastic developer community to create add-ons and extensions to the browser. And since our platform is open-source, there's a vast selection adding a wealth of functionality.
Also, when you sign up for a Firefox account, you get access to unique services like Pocket that integrate directly into the browser. The Pocket for Firefox button lets you save web pages and videos to Pocket in just one click, so you can read a clean, distraction-free version whenever and wherever you want — even offline.
Firefox is also great for video and audio. With autoplay blocking built directly into the browser and turned on automatically, no web site will ever shout or bark at you uninvited.
Screenshots is another popular feature built right into the Firefox browser, allowing you to easily capture a picture of your screen. When you take a screenshot, you can choose to copy the file or choose which folder you want to find it in, instead of cluttering your desktop.
Both browsers have a lot of crossover features, as well as some unique functions. It's worth mentioning, if you take a lot of screenshots, you'll wonder how you ever lived without this handy feature that's built right into Firefox. But if you're just looking for a fast, private browser for surfing and shopping, then you may want to give Firefox a try — especially if you've been exclusively using Safari because it came preloaded as the default browser on your computer. Eventually, you'll discover which one is more suited to your needs.
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Firefox and Safari both provide a seamless experience when moving from desktop to mobile browsing or vice versa. For Safari, one of its main strengths is its continuity features. It synchronises your bookmarks, tabs, history and more to iCloud so they're available on all your devices. That means you can open a tab on your iPhone and have it also appear on your macOS laptop with just a click.
Firefox also offers a similar synchronisation feature when you sign up for a free Firefox Account that enables users to easily synchronise their bookmarks, browsing history, preferences, passwords, filled forms, add-ons, and the last 25 opened tabs across multiple computers. What sets Firefox apart from Safari is that it is available on any desktop or mobile platform, iOS, Android, Windows or macOS, boosting its portability across any device you may own.
The Firefox app for iOS and Android is one of the fastest browsers available and also has solid security and anti-tracking features — a huge plus if you're constantly bouncing between a laptop and mobile devices.
Since Safari is Apple's proprietary web browser, its iCloud synchronisation works exclusively with Apple products. This can be somewhat limiting if, for example, you're both an Android user and an iPhone user or if you have a Windows based PC for work but use an iPhone as your personal device.
Overall Assessment
Safari does a great job of making the browsing experience simple, fast, and seamless if you're an Apple user with multiple Apple products. Like Safari, Firefox is a fast and utilitarian browser, but privacy and cross-platform compatibility are our defining features. Firefox updates each month with new features and functionality. For example, one recent update switched on our Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) by default for new users, which effectively blocks cookies and cross-site trackers.
In the end, it just boils down to what you value in your browser. If you're integrated with the Apple ecosystem, Safari is still a great choice. But if you value having the latest and greatest privacy protections and being able to work across multiple operating systems, we think Firefox is your best bet. Firefox is also a solid option as a secondary browser for those Apple-exclusive users who may want to switch into a different browser for those online moments that call for extra layers of privacy protection.
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School Sports Premium is a government fund that is available to most primary schools. Schools must use their Sports Premium funding to make improvements to the quality of the sports and Physical Education they provide.
This funding will assist in the development of the sporting activities a school already offers and will help to make improvements that will benefit both existing pupils and pupils who will join the school in the future.
School Sports Premium can be spent in a number of ways, some more effective than others. In order to invest your Sports Premium effectively we recommend that you undergo a number of different activities to find which best suits your school's needs.
Hiring qualified sports coaches to work with teachers already allocated in the school will help them to further understand the importance of physical education and learn which activities the children find most enjoyable.
Sports coaches can also run after school clubs, sports days and sports sessions, during or after school, to engage children in sport and take on extra activities alongside the mandatory PE lessons.
The Sports Premium funding also covers training and resources which will help teachers teach sport and PE more effectively. This training will ensure teachers feel more confident in their sports teaching and introduce new sports activities, whilst encouraging pupils to take on extra curricular sports and holiday clubs.
School Sports Premium allows schools the opportunity to run their own sporting competitions or sports activities with other schools. This also helps to improve students social development and get involved with team activities.
Overall, when spending the school sports premium it is key that the main aim is to increase young children's participation in sports.
When spending your School Sports Premium it is essential that you do not use this funding to teach the minimum requirement of the national curriculum or see it as an opportunity to employ sports specialists and coaches to cover PPA arrangements, as this should be funded by the core staffing budgets.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Severino was irked, but uninjured, after getting an early hook by manager Joe Girardi in New York's 2-1 loss to the Astros in Game 2 of the ALCS on Friday, the New York Daily News reports.
Girardi pulled Severino after the fourth inning, despite the right-handed starter giving up just one run, a Carlos Correa homer. The Yankees skipper didn't like a wayward changeup Severino threw to the next batter, Marwin Gonzalez, nor an awkward stretching motion he made with his throwing arm between pitches.
Girardi was taking no chances, replacing Severino with Tommy Kahnle to start the fifth inning.
"We saw him throw that one changeup and then he kind of did this (shaking motion) with his arm and there was some concern on our parts there. That's why I ran out and he reassured me that he was fine," Girardi said, per the Daily News. "Some of our staff thought that and some people that were watching thought that maybe he was pushing the ball a little bit.
"He wasn't very happy I took him out, but I think it is my responsibility to protect this kid. He's very young, he's thrown more innings than he has thrown during the course of a season. He gave us a great effort today, but we felt that, and I felt, it was me, that I couldn't take a chance."
Severino has worked 204.2 innings so far this the season, 43 more than his career high in 2015 between the minor leagues and the Yankees.
Severino, though, said he's all good.
"I told (Girardi) I was good and they told me they saw something," he said. "I told them I wanted to go over there and pitch. So I didn't agree with that. Maybe they were worried or something like that, but like I said, I felt great and wanted to keep pitching."
He added that he has 20 or 30 innings left in him this season, and he expects to get the starting nod for Game 6 vs. the Astros.
Down 2-0 in the series, the Yanks have two games to win in order for that to happen.


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Football supporters have a deep emotional bond with their clubs, whatever their faults, but loyalty can be seriously tested if the club appears uncaring or unwilling to comment on a looming crisis.
As many friends know, I am a football fan, a follower of one of English football's perennial under-achievers: Crewe Alexandra F.C. I have supported this club since the early 1970s, when I grew up roughly three miles from Gresty Road. My first visit to my even-more-local team, Nantwich Town to see a 1-1 draw against Rhyl hadn't impressed me, but the Fourth Division 'big match' atmosphere regularly tempted me back to Crewe (OK the average 'crowd' in 1973 was around 2000 or so, but it was substantially more than the 'Dabbers' ever got). When I moved away from south Cheshire, I continued to follow 'the Alex' whenever they played anywhere nearby, even co-founding the Alex Exiles fan club (now a Facebook group), running an Exiles fanzine ("Without a Dream in My Heart") and creating the mid-1990s Crewe Alexandra Extravaganza website.
Fortunately, during those times, the club enjoyed some modest success, clambering up the league tables to play several seasons in what is today known as the Championship (the second tier) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, before sliding down and returning to more familiar fourth tier positions. Key to that success was manager Dario Gradi and the club's policy of developing home-grown talent via its academy set-up (Danny Murphy, Dean Ashton, Seth Johnson were among the most notable graduates).
However, during the past week the reputation of that academy and the club has become tainted.
Child sexual abuse scandal
One of the club's early youth system products was a Stockport-born defender Andy Woodward, and he was persuaded to join Crewe in the early 1980s when he was aged about 11. According to the first of a series of newspaper articles in The Guardian, plus broadcast interviews (extensively re-reported by other media), he was targeted by a football coach and scout, Barry Bennell (convicted in 1998 as a paedophile), employed at Crewe and other clubs in the area, including Manchester City and Stoke City. Woodward suffered repeated sexual abuse by Bennell, which he says led to later panic attacks and other psychological problems. The press revelations apparently extend to other players and include child sexual abuse by at least one other coach, but in the midst of this scandal, this crisis, Crewe Alexandra has refused to say anything.
The club I support, a club repeatedly held up as a fertile production line of young footballing talent, has, to the disappointment of many supporters (I talked to some before and after the match at Barnet on Saturday), made no statement about the affair. This tight-lipped approach is frustrating journalists – Daniel Taylor, who broke the Woodward story, wrote in this weekend's Observer:
"… there are so many questions that have never been satisfactorily answered. … What a cop-out, what a dereliction of duty, for the club, the directors and their media department to think this can be swatted away like a bothersome fly."
Other journalists have badgered the club for statements, but the chairman John Bowler's view – shared by the Mail on Sunday's Oliver Holt – remains 'no comment':
"The press office was polite but firm: 'We are not making any comment.' I asked if there were any plans to make any comment. 'It depends what unravels,' the club said."
I know Crewe fans who have said they won't watch the club again until a fuller picture emerges; others (like me) are disillusioned or worried, sharing views on Twitter: "The 'no comment' line is pathetic & makes you wonder what they're hiding," said one-time Alex Exile Tim Robinson, continuing: "The tone of these articles is designed to make you think there's more ugliness to come." Long-time friend, fellow fanzine editor, and prolific Crewe Alexandra author Jules Hornbrook writes:
That the club – our club – cannot even issue a public message of support to a former player during this time, or openly state backing for any subsequent investigation, is beyond contempt.
I am sure there are legal considerations, but we can only hope that such a basic statement is forthcoming soon.
Of course, we are horribly conflicted, hopelessly biassed. As football supporters we have an emotional bond with the club, whatever its faults, but our loyalty is being seriously tested, as Jules concludes
The way things are playing out at Crewe Alexandra, there's a danger that many of the club's supporters will lose all faith in an organisation that for many years has been a beacon of hope in a murky football world.
The game should be about fun, excitement and celebration. It should not leave dreamy, impressionable young players fearful for their personal safety.
What many of us know as a rock-solid football club, famed for decades of work with young up-and-coming footballers, is in danger of falling apart.
Crewe Alexandra, and clubs across the country, should step up, confront this issue head on and ensure that historical abuse cases are investigated properly.
Stonewalling is not acceptable. Men like Andy Woodward deserve better than that.
Don't feed the social media echo chamber
It pains me to watch the club I support try to carry on as though nothing has changed. It also pains me, as a PR professional, to watch a communication vacuum being created, allowing all manner of speculation to thrive, damaging the club's reputation and threatening to alienate its most important audience: the Crewe fans whose hard-earned pounds are vital to the club's financial survival.
In 1998, after Bennell was tried and convicted at Chester Crown Court, Crewe Alexandra FC was not subject to detailed investigations, but the case has remained the subject of occasional awkward conversations among its fans for years. The Woodward revelations – particularly if not addressed – add fuel to speculation, accurate or not, that, perhaps, there is more to come out at Crewe.
Maybe the club thinks that, because it was able to ride out the storm in 1998, it can do the same 16 years later. But a "lie low and say nothing" approach to crisis management can seriously backfire these days. Now we have a content-hungry 24/7 news media and a huge social media echo chamber. Saying "no comment" has three impacts:
It suggests Crewe may have something to hide
It can be seen as an admission of guilt or complicity
It makes Crewe look evasive or defensive
And a further consequence is that news media will look elsewhere for 'expert' comment – some of it almost certainly less well informed. Such 'experts' may engage in damaging speculation about what happened, how Crewe responded, and what the club should now be doing about it.
And should the club need to communicate some awkward information in due course, its short-term "say nothing" strategy has already undermined its relationship with journalists and with key local stakeholders; without explanation, even a well-intentioned delay can begin to look like deception to outsiders.
In my view, Crewe need to be seen to be pro-active in dealing with the situation. A statement of concern or sympathy towards Woodward would help, plus a simple 'holding statement' along the lines of:
"We have fully cooperated with past investigations and will cooperate / are cooperating with the relevant authorities in any further enquiries. We will give further updates when we have more information."
Update (11pm: 21 November 2016) – The Guardian's Daniel Taylor has reported comments from Crewe chairman John Bowler (it was also reported that six other individuals had contacted the police, and that the Football Association was setting up a helpline). The comments suggest an abrupt change of policy during the day (Dario Gradi earlier said he understood nobody from the club should talk to the media). Bowler is quoted:
"All this came out of the blue. … When things come out of the blue you want to make some inquiries from within. There is no doubt we concur with what the FA have said and we are now looking at it from within and considering what our actions should be going forward.
"We are a proud club and when allegations are made that we didn't take it seriously we want to reflect. I will be meeting with the directors to review the situation. I'm the chairman but we have a board of very dedicated people who are at the heart of what Crewe Alexandra are about. We don't take lightly – and I don't mean that aggressively – any of these comments. We are not belittling anything.
"I'm not asking you to be kind but please don't be too unkind because we really are taking it seriously and looking at the whole issue. We are talking about something 30 years ago, and a lot has changed in that time, but we must look at the current climate and, if we are to make changes, not just at Crewe but in football."
In short, Bowler (who also expressed sympathy for Woodward) has broadly followed good practice in terms of content – be seen to be taking it seriously, empathise with victims, be seen to be cooperating, and indicating next steps (a board meeting).
However, these words have finally been voiced several days too late for many fans and for the media. The club's reputation remains damaged. It will need to be more responsive and proactive if it wants to limit this damage.
Updates (4pm and 10pm, 22 November 2016) – A statement repeating much of John Bowler's comments was posted on the club's website at around 2.45pm today, but the club has still been criticised by Woodward for failing to apologise:
"… not one person from Crewe Alexandra has ever contact me to see if I was OK or to say they were really sorry this happened at their football club. Even now, they're still failing to say they are really sorry this happened. I need them to say sorry. Everyone who was involved – and there are people coming forward every day – will want them to say sorry but unfortunately this statement doesn't surprise me and it feels like to me there is almost an air of arrogance on their part."
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Hazel Brooks (Ciudad del Cabo, 8 de septiembre de 1924 - Los Ángeles, 18 de septiembre de 2022) fue una actriz y modelo estadounidense.

Biografía
Nacida en Sudáfrica, creció en los Estados Unidos. En 1943, a los 18 años, firmó con la productora cinematográfica MGM, para la que realizó una serie de películas en la década de 1940. Alcanzó el punto más alto de su carrera protagonizando junto a John Garfield la película Cuerpo y alma.

Su matrimonio con el escenógrafo Cedric Gibbons en 1944 fue desigual. Ella tenía 19 años, él 51. El matrimonio duró hasta 1960, cuando murió el escenógrafo. Hazel Brooks se casó más tarde con Rex Ross, cirujano y fundador de una clínica vascular en Hollywood, quien murió en 1999.

Hazel Brooks murió en Bel Air en 2002, a los 78 años de edad.

Filmografía

 La Dubarry era una dama ( Du Barry Was a Lady ), dirigida por Roy Del Ruth (1943)
 Girl Crazy, dirigida por Norman Taurog y Busby Berkeley (1943)
 Racionamiento, dirigida por Willis Goldbeck (1944)
 Patrolling the Ether, dirigida por Paul Burnford (1944) - corto
 Meet the People, dirigida por Charles Reisner (1944)
 El matrimonio es un asunto privado , dirigida por Robert Z. Leonard (1944)
 Misión secreta ( Treinta segundos sobre Tokio ), dirigida por Mervyn LeRoy (1944)
 Without Love ( Sin amor ), dirigida por Harold S. Bucquet (1945)
 The Harvey Girls (Las chicas Harvey), dirigida por George Sidney (1946)
 Cuerpo y alma, dirigida por Robert Rossen (1947)
 Arco de Triunfo , dirigida por Lewis Milestone (1948)
 Mujeres y venenos ( Dormir, mi amor ), dirigida por Douglas Sirk (1948)
 The Basketball Fix, dirigida por Felix E. Feist (1951)
 The I Don't Care Girl (La chica que no me importa), dirigida por Lloyd Bacon (1953)

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Nacidos en Ciudad del Cabo
Fallecidos en Los Ángeles
Modelos de Estados Unidos

Oscars Obituary Page
Hazel Brooks at aenigma

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Our 2011 KCRW Fan Poll Picks
November 1, 2011 KC Carr Leave a comment
Take a moment and vote in the KCRW 2011 Fan Poll. From experience, this poll won't be open forever, so let them know your favorites, and they might even send you an unspecified goody for next season.
And now, a breakdown of the questions complete with my own answers… because I know you're all foaming at the mouth to know what KC Carr thinks of this year's Wolfpack.
Best Jammer 2011
Our pick:
Hall Balls
Yeah, what about it? She'll put that finger in your face until you skate away with your tail between your legs. Actually, she won't, and that's one of the best things about Hall Balls as a competitor: she'll dominate you utterly, but what you decide to do with that information is up to you. She is, at least on the track/in public view, one of the quietest, most unassuming ass-kickers on the roster, although my money's on quite the opposite at the afterparty. I even remember some newbie asking me, at last season's bout vs. Northwest Arkansas, who they should keep an eye on, and the first thing I said was, "Number 30, Hall Balls. She's going to dominate, because that's what she does."
Best Blocker 2011
There's the Irresistible Force, there's the Immovable Object, and then there's Eclipse. And she's up against some pretty stiff competition in this category this year, particularly in the form of Evolution, whose overall athleticism really can't be matched in this league. But there is no blocker like the defensive powerhouse from the Dreadnought Dorothys, and believe me, you don't want to find out the hard way. Do what I do and cower behind a fan-made sign as she knocks the opposing skaters over like bowling pins, then cheer meekly as she goes by in the hopes that when (not if) her derby-rage triggers the gamma radiation coursing through her system, you won't be caught in the crossfire. It's worked for me so far.
Best Skater Name
Toto Basketcase
To make my brother laugh, I once made a list of the best and worst derby names I'd ever heard. And I don't need to tell you that when they're bad, they're… bad. Head-shakingly bad, sometimes. But every now and again, you come across one that is so referentially clever that it takes a half-second to really get it all, and Toto Basketcase is one of those. The Dorothys' team name, their uniforms, Toto, and the basket he's carried in combine to form one of the most remarkable, creative derby names I've seen in my travels. These women sleep on their potential skate names for who knows how long, and sometimes, it really pays off.
Skater You'd Like to Have Land in your Lap
Extremely Frank
All right, look. I'm only human. And I told myself when I started KC Derby Digest last month that I would spend no time ruminating over the possibility of skaters in my lap. But Extremely Frank takes Looking Good on the Track to a new level, and since there's a category for it, I don't mind telling you so. The best part is that she's also extremely versatile; I've seen her pivot, block, and jam over the past two seasons, and this year she also did quite a bit of bench coaching for the All-Star team with some pretty solid results. Extremely Frank is the best reason to sit during the bouts, because when you stand up, your lap disappears.
Skater You Consider the Crowd-Pleaser
Bella Fire
For some reason (possibly related to extraordinary talent and a million-dollar smile), Bella Fire has remained one of the (many) reasons the home crowd cheers the Wolfpack as loudly as it does. The Victory Vixens are a pretty formidable team on their own, but when you couple that with dynamic personalities and versatile talents like Bella, the results pretty much speak for themselves. Let's hope this crowd-pleaser isn't going anywhere for a long time.
So now…
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The owner and director of nursing of a Houston home health agency was sentenced today to 75 years in prison for her role in a $13 million Medicare fraud scheme.
Marie Neba, 53, of Sugarland, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon of the Southern District of Texas. In November 2016, Neba was convicted after a two-week jury trial of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, three counts of health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, one count of payment and receipt of health care kickbacks, one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and one count of making health care false statements.
According to the evidence presented at trial, from February 2006 through June 2015, Neba and others conspired to defraud Medicare by submitting over $10 million in false and fraudulent claims for home health services to Medicare through Fiango Home Healthcare Inc., owned by Neba and her husband, Ebong Tilong, 53, also of Sugarland, Texas. The trial evidence showed that using the money that Medicare paid for such fraudulent claims, Neba paid illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters for referring Medicare beneficiaries to Fiango for home health services. Neba also paid illegal kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries for allowing Fiango to bill Medicare using beneficiaries' Medicare information for home health services that were not medically necessary or not provided, the evidence showed. Neba falsified medical records to make it appear as though the Medicare beneficiaries qualified for and received home health services. Neba also attempted to suborn perjury from a co-defendant in the federal courthouse, the evidence showed.
According to the evidence presented at trial, from February 2006 to June 2015, Neba received more than $13 million from Medicare for home health services that were not medically necessary or not provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
To date, four others have pleaded guilty based on their roles in the fraudulent scheme at Fiango. Nirmal Mazumdar, M.D., the former medical director of Fiango, pleaded guilty to a scheme to commit health care fraud for his role at Fiango. Daisy Carter and Connie Ray Island, two patient recruiters for Fiango, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud for their roles at Fiango. On August 11, Island was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Mazumdar and Carter are awaiting sentencing. After the first week of trial, Tilong pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, three counts of healthcare fraud, one count of conspiracy to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks, three counts of payment and receipt of healthcare kickbacks, and one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. Tilong is scheduled to be sentenced on October 13.