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Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Dr. Brian Hyatt’s Trial on Medicaid Fraud Charges to Begin in AprilLock Icon

Dr. Brian Hyatt’s trial for two felony Medicaid fraud counts, involving $300,000 in alleged false claims, is set for April 9-18, as he also faces over 100 civil lawsuits. read more >
Health Care / Insurance / Legal

Dr. Brian Hyatt’s Trial Date Set for SeptemberLock Icon

A jury trial has been set to commence Sept. 17 in the criminal case of Dr. Brian Hyatt, the former chair of the state Medical Board. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Legal

Restraining Order Still in Place on Marijuana LicensesLock Icon

A Pulaski County Circuit Court judge has extended a temporary restraining order that prevents the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission from issuing the state’s remaining dispensary licenses. read more >
Absolute Essence LLC submitted its dispenseary application to the state medical marijuana commission in 2017.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Health Care

Racial Bias Alleged In Dispensary Denial

A Little Rock Black-owned business that sued the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission also has a case alleging racial discrimination against the firm that scored the applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses. read more >
Donna Herring walks outside of the U.S. District Courthouse in El Dorado on Tuesday. She was sentenced to 41 months in prison for forging a fake will for Deepwater Horizon survivor Matthew Seth Jacobs.

Donna Herring Gets 41 Months for Fake Will

Donna Herring, a former Camden real estate agent, is sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for orchestrating a fake will. read more >
Donna Herring admitted to creating a will after Matthew Seth Jacobs, who had survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010, died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015.

Fake Will Forger Refutes Argument of ‘Sophisticated’ SchemeLock Icon

Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who orchestrated the infamous fake will case, is continuing to argue that she deserves the least amount of prison time possible. read more >
Donna Herring admitted to creating a will after Matthew Seth Jacobs, who had survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010, died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015.

Donna Herring Tells Her Side of Fake Will StoryLock Icon

Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who masterminded an infamous fake will, said in recent court filings that there’s more to the story than has been reported. read more >
Donna Herring is accused of creating a fake will for Matthew Jacobs, a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, days after he died in an automobile crash in January 2015. The trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 5 in El Dorado.

Fake Will Authors Get More Time to Lobby for Lighter SentencesLock Icon

Donna Herring and Marion “Diane” Kinley have until Nov. 15 to to compile their reports lobbying for a lighter sentence in connection with the scheme to create a fake will for Matthew Seth Jacobs. read more >
In early 2012, federal agents seized $94,500 from Duncan Outdoors in Conway. | (Photo by Michael Pirnique)
Banking & Finance / Government & Politics / Insurance

IRS Change Too Late for Structuring Defendants

Patrice Duncan said she and her husband never thought much about bank deposits for their family-owned business in Conway until Jan. 24, 2012. That’s the day the Internal Revenue Service seized $94,500 from the company’s account. read more >
Government & Politics / Legal / Retail

Conway Retailer Patrice Duncan Pleads Guilty to Federal Felony Charge

Patrice Duncan, an owner with her husband, Gary, of Duncan Outdoor in Conway, has pleaded guilty to a single count of structuring a financial transaction in order to evade bank reporting requirements on cash deposits of more than $10,000. read more >
Legal

Former Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Employee Waives Indictment

The former assistant executive director of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame waives indictment and pleads guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with stealing $118,300 from the Sports Hall of Fame. read more >
Legal / Nonprofits / Tourism

Former Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Employee Charged with Theft

Jennifer W. Smith was arrested briefly Tuesday and charged with theft for her alleged embezzlement from the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the North Little Rock Police Department confirmed. read more >