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Former Virginia Beach Sheriff Received Insider Information on Jail Contract
Loaded on July 15, 2011
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2011, page 26
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
CMS,
CONMED,
Contractor Misconduct,
Government Misconduct,
Medical,
Private Contractors.
Location:
Virginia.
Within a few days after his retirement as Sheriff of Virginia Beach, Virginia in late 2009, Paul Lanteigne went to work for Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. and began exchanging emails with and receiving documents from his former coworkers at the Sheriff’s Department. The subject of the emails …
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