• Sandia Peak owner details mountain coaster plan

    Adventure seekers may soon have another way to zoom down from Sandia Peak, and it does not involve skis or a mountain bike. The Sandia Peak Ski Co. wants to add a new “mountain coaster” that will carry passengers downhill at speeds approaching 30 miles per hour, an addition president Benny Abruzzo said could operate […]
  • 11 injured in southwest Albuquerque crash

    11 injured in southwest Albuquerque crash
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department is on scene of a major crash in southwest Albuquerque.
    BCSO says 11 people – four adults and seven children – were transported to the hospital after the rollover crash on Isleta Boulevard near Gun Club.
    Isleta Boulevard has been re-opened.
    According to BCSO a van had three adults and seven children inside. BCSO says the van was swerving in and out of its lane when it struck another vehicle. The van the
  • 10 injured in southwest Albuquerque crash

    10 injured in southwest Albuquerque crash
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department is on scene of a major crash in southwest Albuquerque.BCSO says 10 people – three adults and seven children – were transported to the hospital after the rollover crash on Isleta Boulevard near Gun Club.At this time Isleta Boulevard is closed in both directions. Drivers are urged to seek an alternative route.There is no word yet on what caused the crash.KRQE News 13 will provide updates as soon as they becom
  • Breaking: 10 hospitalized after South Valley rollover crash

    Paramedics have rushed 10 people — including seven children — to a local hospital following a rollover crash near Gun Club and Isleta Thursday afternoon. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating the wreck, which happened around 3 p.m. Gun Club and Isleta SW are both closed. BCSO didn’t immediately provide any other details, including […]
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  • New Mexico drilling regulators present spill allegations

    New Mexico drilling regulators present spill allegations
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico oil field regulators are providing evidence that a Texas-based driller spilled oily salt water repeatedly at waste-water injections sites without properly reporting it, and ignored initial warnings to stop.
    The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division on Thursday provided testimony, photographs and a video at public hearing to back up allegations that Siana Operating of Midland, Texas, failed to report spills of contaminated water. The spill took place at a clu
  • Kerry says Cuba should let anyone visit via cruise lines

    Kerry says Cuba should let anyone visit via cruise lines
    MIAMI — Secretary of State John Kerry says a Cuban law barring people born on the island from returning by sea discriminates against Americans and Cubans living in the United States and should be eliminated. The policy has led at least one cruise line to deny tickets to Cuban-Americans. Kerry says the Cuban government should […]
  • Colfax County begins level II fire restrictions

    Colfax County begins level II fire restrictions
    COLFAX COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Increased fire danger has prompted one New Mexico county to begin level II fire restrictions.
    Colfax County is implementing the restrictions in the Cibola National Forest.
    Officials say the new restrictions prohibit the following:
    Campfires, charcoal grills, coal or wood stoves. This does not apply to area residents provided the fires are within a permanent structure
    Explosives
    Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building
    Fireworks and other pyrotechn
  • Judge dismisses Flying Spaghetti Monster religion as parody

    Judge dismisses Flying Spaghetti Monster religion as parody
    LINCOLN, Neb. — A judge has dismissed a Nebraska inmate’s lawsuit that claimed he was denied his right to worship the divine Flying Spaghetti Monster, and that he was mocked and faced discrimination for his faith. Stephen Cavanaugh sued the Department of Correctional Services and penitentiary officials in 2014 seeking $5 million and a court […]
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  • Breaking: SWAT team trying to arrest man near Candelaria and 2nd NW

    Breaking: SWAT team trying to arrest man near Candelaria and 2nd NW
    The SWAT team is trying to arrest a man “with known violent tendencies and a history of attacking police officers” near Candelaria and 2nd NW, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Tanner Tixier said the officers are trying to get 32-year-old Kevin Estrada to surrender on the 200 block of Veranda NW. […]
  • Police: SWAT situation in northwest Albuquerque, area streets closed

    Police: SWAT situation in northwest Albuquerque, area streets closed
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department SWAT team is responding to a situation in the 200 block of Veranda NW.
    Police say they are trying to arrest Kevin Estrada. Estrada two felony warrants for his arrest. APD says Estrada has violent tendencies and a history of attacking police officers.
    APD says streets in the area have been closed. The public is being asked to avoid the area.
    KRQE News 13 is working to learn more and will provide updates as they become av
  • Authorities: Stray tortoise found in downtown Santa Fe area

    Authorities: Stray tortoise found in downtown Santa Fe area
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Anyone missing their pet tortoise? That’s what the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society wants to know.
    Animal control officers with the Santa Fe Animal Services say they picked up a stray tortoise around 6 p.m. Wednesday in the downtown area.
    The shelter’s director of adoptions, Dylan Moore, has a background in working with exotic creatures.
    He says the tortoise is likely an African spurred tortoise, a popular breed that does well in Northern New M
  • Trump campaign manager won’t face battery charges

    Trump campaign manager won’t face battery charges
    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a misdemeanor battery charge after prosecutors determined there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of forcibly grabbing a female reporter.
    Police charged Corey Lewandowski last month after determining a video recording showed the New York City resident grabbing reporter Michelle Fields by the arm as she tried to ask the Republican presidential front-runner a question while he was leaving a
  • ‘Barrett House’ helps homeless women get back on their feet

    ‘Barrett House’ helps homeless women get back on their feet
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A New Mexico organization that helps homeless women get back on their feet is announcing a new partnership.
    The Barrett Foundation has teamed up with Heading Home to open a new facility.
    Six beds are now located at the Barrett House and allow women recently released from the hospital to recover.
    Heading Home has been providing services for men at their Albuquerque opportunity center campus for nine years.
  • Accused serial armed robber rejects plea deal

    Accused serial armed robber rejects plea deal
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An accused serial armed robber rejected a plea deal Thursday.
    Ray Sandoval is accused of seven robberies dating from mid-December through January. In all cases, he used a knife to hold up a clerk.
    Sandoval was offered a plea deal which would have allowed him to serve one to 21 years behind bars if he pleaded guilty to seven armed robberies, six felony burglaries and 11 fourth degree felonies. But in court Thursday, Sandoval rejected that plea deal and is headed to tria
  • Albuquerque Police: 3 suspects arrested for apartment shooting death

    Albuquerque Police: 3 suspects arrested for apartment shooting death
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police say three people have been arrested in connection to the shooting death of 32-year-old Cory Coyner, whose body was found last week.
    Friday, officers were called to Desert Willow apartments on Jefferson following reports of a suspicious situation. When officers arrived, they discovered Coyner’s body.
    Along with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, Albuquerque Police were able to identify the suspects. William Yo
  • Senators Udall, Heinrich push for more Border Patrol resources

    Senators Udall, Heinrich push for more Border Patrol resources
    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are saying Border Patrol agents in New Mexico don’t have the tools they need to do their job.
    The pair recently wrote a letter to the Customs and Border Patrol commissioner asking him to take action. The senators say they are specifically talking about the problems seen in the New Mexico boot heel near Deming, Lordsburg and Columbus. They say residents don’t feel safe and they’re raising concerns.
    Accord
  • Senators Udall, Heinrich: Border Patrols agents need more resources

    Senators Udall, Heinrich: Border Patrols agents need more resources
    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich are saying Border Patrol agents in New Mexico don’t have the tools they need to do their job.
    The pair recently wrote a letter to the Customs and Border Patrol commissioner asking him to take action. The senators say they are specifically talking about the problems seen in the New Mexico boot heel near Deming, Lordsburg and Columbus. They say residents don’t feel safe and they’re raising concerns.
    Accord
  • ‘Good Witch’ an enchanting opportunity for Bailee Madison

    ‘Good Witch’ an enchanting opportunity for Bailee Madison
      There are times when an actor and the character they are portraying have a lot in common. In Bailee Madison’s case, this rings true with her latest role. Madison stars as Grace Russell in Hallmark Channel’s “Good Witch,” which returns for a second season at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 17. In the series, she […]
  • Northern New Mexico city gets first female mayor

    Northern New Mexico city gets first female mayor
    LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – Voters in Las Vegas have made history by electing Tonita Gurule-Giron as the northern New Mexico community’s first female mayor.
    The Las Vegas Optic reports that 23 votes separated Gurule-Giron from former councilman Joseph Herrera in Tuesday’s runoff election. The results were being canvassed Thursday.
    Gurule-Giron and Herrera emerged as the top vote-getters in the March 1 mayoral election. Because neither managed to secure more than 50 percent of the vo
  • Breaking: 3 arrested, charged with murder in shooting at NE ABQ apartment

    Breaking: 3 arrested, charged with murder in shooting at NE ABQ apartment
    Three people face murder charges after police found a man had been shot and killed another man in the bathroom of a Northeast Albuquerque apartment earlier this month. William York, 30, Michele Freer, 46, and Steven Swayne, 35, have been arrested in connection with the killing of Cory Coyner, 31, at the Desert Willow Apartments […]
  • Updated: Wedding photographers in Texas use drones for unique images

    Updated: Wedding photographers in Texas use drones for unique images
    SAN ANTONIO — As weddings become ever more elaborate and staged, couples increasingly are demanding Hollywood-style special effects for that one-of-a-kind, jaw-dropping video. The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/1qrMTsA ) reports to accommodate them, wedding photographers are launching squadrons of remote-controlled drones equipped with eye-in-the-sky cameras to fly over ceremonies. Because of a combination of technological […]
  • Still need more time? How to file a tax extension

    Still need more time? How to file a tax extension
    Procrastinators rejoice: tax day is a bit later this year and if you still can’t make that, there’s still time to file for an extension.
    The IRS traditionally requires that taxes be filed each year on April 15, but because that falls on Emancipation Day this year, the deadline was extended to April 18. And taxpayers in Maine and Massachusetts, where Patriots’ Day is observed on the 18th, have until the 19th to file.
    If that’s still not enough time, the IRS makes it fairly
  • Poll: Americans prefer low prices to items ‘Made in the USA’

    Poll: Americans prefer low prices to items ‘Made in the USA’
    WASHINGTON — The vast majority of Americans say they prefer lower prices instead of paying a premium for items labeled “Made in the U.S.A.,” even if it means those cheaper items are made abroad, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. While presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are vowing to bring back millions […]
  • Microsoft sues US over secret demands for customer data

    Microsoft sues US over secret demands for customer data
    SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online files without the individual’s knowledge. The lawsuit comes as the tech industry is increasingly clashing with U.S. officials over the privacy rights of customers. Apple has been waging a high-profile legal battle over […]
  • Española tax preparer accused of filing false returns, failing to pay taxes

    Española tax preparer accused of filing false returns, failing to pay taxes
    ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – A tax preparer from Española has been indicted for filing false tax returns and failing to pay taxes.
    Deborah Quintana allegedly prepared 28 false personal income tax returns for her clients. She owes the state somewhere between $14,000 and $70,000 for those returns.
    Quintana also owes $21,000 for failing to pay gross tax receipts tax on her business. She’s charged with 28 counts of tax fraud and eight counts of attempting to evade or d
  • Doña Ana County jail guard facing charges

    Doña Ana County jail guard facing charges
    DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A jail guard caught on camera roughing up a man in custody is now facing charges.
    Luis Ruiz, 26, is seen slamming the handcuffed man to the ground while booking him into the Doña Ana County Detention Center. The man was taken to the hospital and is ok.
    Ruiz is charged with aggravated battery. His next court date is scheduled for April 22.
  • Police: No charges for man who dumped woman’s body in dumpster

    Police: No charges for man who dumped woman’s body in dumpster
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police say no charges will be filed against the man who dumped a woman’s body in a dumpster.
    Sara Sydow’s body was found last month in a blue recycling bin near Golden, New Mexico in Santa Fe County. Sydow was reported missing in September.
    According to the Albuquerque Journal, the man who put her there is not facing charges. Police say there is a charge for improper disposal of a dead body, but unless the person is a mortician, it’s
  • Carlsbad Caverns begins repair work on elevators

    Carlsbad Caverns begins repair work on elevators
    CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Crews have started repair work on the elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park after they were out of service for months.
    The Current-Argus reports that politicians, community members and tourists have all expressed frustration at the amount of time it’s taken to address the broken elevators.
    Caverns Superintendent Doug Neighbor says the elevators should be back in service by Memorial Day weekend if everything goes as planned.
    Parks special affairs offic
  • Today in History: April 14

    Today in History: April 14
    Today is Thursday, April 14, the 105th day of 2016. There are 261 days left in the year.
    Today’s Highlight in History:
    On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington.
    On this date:
    In 1775, the first American society for the abolition of slavery was formed in Philadelphia.
    In 1828, the first edition of Noah Webster’s “American Dictiona
  • Texas constable shot 4 times, expected to recover

    Texas constable shot 4 times, expected to recover
    HOUSTON — A deputy constable is expected to recover after undergoing several hours of surgery after he was shot four times while talking to another constable after a traffic stop, authorities said Thursday. Harris County Deputy Constable Alden Clopton was wearing a protective vest when he was shot at from behind about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, […]
  • Austin police detain shooting suspect after officer wounded

    Austin police detain shooting suspect after officer wounded
    AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police have detained a suspect after a tactical officer was shot while trying to serve a drug-related search warrant at a home. Police say the officer suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening and was in stable condition Thursday at an Austin hospital. Police Chief Art Acevedo (ah-seh-VAY’-doh) says someone inside […]
  • Las Cruces school bus drivers, operator have tentative pact

    Las Cruces school bus drivers, operator have tentative pact
    LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – School buses in Las Cruces are operating normally with a tentative agreement between the bus company and the drivers’ union averting the possibility of a strike.
    The school system says the tentative agreement reached late Wednesday between STS of New Mexico and Local 6341 of the Las Cruces Transportation Federation awaits formal approval by both sides.
    The school system says buses will run on their normal schedules in the meantime.
    A strike had been a possibil
  • Philadelphia nun goes on trial on drunken driving charge

    Philadelphia nun goes on trial on drunken driving charge
    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia nun facing drunken driving charges says she had a sedative and doesn’t remember crashing her car into a southern New Jersey building.
    Sister Kimberly Miller testified Wednesday at her trial in Washington Township she had a glass of wine and an Ambien before bed but woke up in handcuffs.
    Miller teaches at Little Flower Catholic School in Philadelphia and was arrested in November 2015 after she drove her car into an auto repair shop. Defe
  • Houston deputy constable shot 4 times, expected to recover

    Houston deputy constable shot 4 times, expected to recover
    HOUSTON (AP) — A deputy constable is expected to recover after undergoing several hours of surgery after he was shot four times while talking to another constable after a traffic stop, authorities said Thursday.
    Harris County Deputy Constable Alden Clopton was wearing a protective vest when he was shot at from behind about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, Constable May Walker said during a Thursday morning news conference.
    Asked if authorities believed the shooter was targeting law enforcement, Houst
  • 'I'm hiding the phone, he doesn't know'

    'I'm hiding the phone, he doesn't know'
    KOAT has obtained the 911 call that led Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies to the alleged South Valley "torture house."
  • Department of Transportation looks for public’s take on interchange project

    Department of Transportation looks for public’s take on interchange project
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – More orange barrels could line busy roads in the city, if a project at I-25 and Rio Bravo is approved. Before the plan gets a green light, the Department of Transportation wants to hear from locals.
    New Mexico DOT, along with the Federal Highway Administration, are holding their second public meeting for the proposed changes.
    The department says the plan calls for improvements on a three mile stretch of the highway and along Rio Bravo, between Prince and Universit
  • Strong quake kills 2 injures 45 in Japan

    Strong quake kills 2 injures 45 in Japan
    TOKYO (AP) — At least two people were killed and 45 injured by a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that knocked down houses and buckled roads in southern Japan on Thursday night.
    Both victims are from the hardest-hit town of Mashiki, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu, said Kumamoto prefecture disaster management official Takayuki Matsushita.
    Earlier, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital said it had admitted or treated 45 people, including five with serious
  • Strong quake hurts 45 in south Japan; people may be trapped

    Strong quake hurts 45 in south Japan; people may be trapped
    TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 knocked over houses in southern Japan on Thursday evening, and police said people may be trapped underneath.
    Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital said it has admitted or treated 45 people, including five with serious injuries.
    The quake struck at 9:26 p.m. near Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu. There was no risk of a tsunami.
    “There was a ka-boom and the whole house shook violently sideways,” Takahiko M
  • Powerful earthquake hits south Japan, collapsing houses

    Powerful earthquake hits south Japan, collapsing houses
    TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck southern Japan on Thursday evening, collapsing walls and a number of houses. There are no immediate reports of casualties.
    Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that damage was being assessed. A number of houses have collapsed, but there was no abnormality at nearby nuclear facilities, Suga said.
    “There was a ka-boom and the whole house violently shook sideways,” Takahiko Morit
  • US applications for jobless aid drop, matching 1973 level

    US applications for jobless aid drop, matching 1973 level
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week, matching a March figure that was the lowest level since 1973.
    THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for jobless benefits fell 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 253,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less-volatile figure, dipped 1,500 to 265,000. The number of people collecting benefits declined 4.9 percent to 2.17 million.
    THE TAKEAWAY: Applications are a proxy for layoffs. Th
  • Aux Dog Theatre presents The Pericles Project

    Aux Dog Theatre presents The Pericles Project
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It’s a story of pirates, the high seas, a lost daughter, and a journey to find lost love all from the cast members point of view.
    For those who’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a cast member in a play, The Pericles Project does exactly that.
    This play brings Shakespeare alive through the eyes of the cast members in an informal, intimate and entertaining way.
    Director and Actor, Randi Kline, and Assistant Director and Actor, Kristine Cornils
  • Q’s Cakes and Cupcakes jazzes up desserts

    Q’s Cakes and Cupcakes jazzes up desserts
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One local cake and cupcake shop has fun ideas to revamp desserts.
    Q’s Cakes and Cupcakes has changed the ordinary boring candy apples into something more appeasing to the eye. They’re also introducing one of the newest decoration techniques in the cake world: drippy cakes.
    Queneesha Meyers, owner of Q’s Cakes and Cupcakes, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to show how easy it is to make dessert beautiful. Watch above.
    To make a candy app
  • Woman convicted in son’s disappearance faces hearing

    Woman convicted in son’s disappearance faces hearing
    PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona woman who served prison time in the 2009 disappearance of her child faces a probation revocation hearing Thursday.
    None of the alleged probation violations against Elizabeth Johnson stem from the case of her missing 8-month-old son Gabriel, who has never been found.
    Among other things, Johnson is accused of failing to get approval before traveling out of New Mexico, associating with a person with a criminal record and not notifying probation officials when she mar
  • Spring cleaning is now a thing of the past

    Spring cleaning is now a thing of the past
    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Spring cleaning can now be a thing of the past.
    A Certified organizing guru has some tips on how stay organized all year long.
    Miriam Ortiz y Pino of More Than Organized joined KRQE’s This Morning team to demonstrate easy organization skills. Watch above.
    Ortiz y Pino says stop rearranging, set yourself up for simplicity and you won’t have to reorganize again.
    Tackling smaller tasks around the house along the way will help to manage cleaning.
    One
  • New Mexico Highlands University regents OK tuition hike

    New Mexico Highlands University regents OK tuition hike
    LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – Regents for New Mexico Highlands University have voted for steep double-digit tuition hikes.
    The Las Vegas Optic reports that regent voted last week to increase the annual cost of attending Highlands by between $582 and $976. Regents also signed off on a new $150 per year student fee to improve campus life for students.
    The 12.5 percent increase means tuition and fees for a full-time undergraduate who is a New Mexico resident will range from $4,800 a year to $5,
  • Closure of 21 miles of westbound I-10 scheduled next week

    Closure of 21 miles of westbound I-10 scheduled next week
    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – A 21-mile stretch of westbound Interstate 10 east of Tucson will be closed next Wednesday night and early the next morning due to a bridge replacement project that will require travelers to take a 67-mile detour.
    The Arizona Department of Transportation says westbound I-10 will be closed between State Route 90 west of Benson and State Route 83 east of Tucson from 9 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday, April 21.
    The closure is the third and final one planned for replaceme
  • Bernalillo County officials break ground on juvenile jail’s new garden

    Bernalillo County officials break ground on juvenile jail’s new garden
    BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Construction is underway at Bernalillo County’s juvenile jail on a garden some hope will get kids back on track.
    In 2014, “La Concina Verde” was created within the secured perimeter of the jail to teach students how to farm.
    On Wednesday, construction began on a second “Hoop Garden” greenhouse outside the jail. It allows students who have been released but still have to report to programs there to “keep farming.”
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  • Española to hold meeting over superintendent resignation, high school coach firing

    Española to hold meeting over superintendent resignation, high school coach firing
    ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – Teachers, students and members of the community in Española will be holding a meeting to  discuss what’s been happening with the superintendent and a recently fired high school coach.
    Video surfaced of Española Valley High School coach Richard Martinez leading his team in prayer before the state championship game.
    A week later, Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez put Martinez on leave because the prayer is against the rules
  • I-25 and Rio Bravo Interchange meeting

    I-25 and Rio Bravo Interchange meeting
    The Department of Transportation has come up with a plan to help ease traffic along the I-25 and Rio Bravo Interchange in Albuquerque and DOT staff want your input.
  • APNewsBreak: Thieves targeting California almonds, walnuts

    APNewsBreak: Thieves targeting California almonds, walnuts
    FRESNO, Calif. — International crime rings targeting California’s booming agriculture industry are increasingly stealing truckloads of high-value nuts, prompting authorities and the firms falling victim to ramp up efforts to break the spree costing millions. The sophisticated organizations in many cases use high-tech tactics, hacking into trucking companies to steal their identity. Armed with false […]

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