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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY FRIDAY A little afternoon rain Cloudy with spotty showers 55° 38° 51° 38° SATURDAY Turning cloudy Cloudy with a bit of rain PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 49° 33° 50° 33° 52° 43° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 53° 39° 57° 39° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 56° 50° 72° (1953) 36° 33° -4° (1955) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.57" 0.60" 14.27" 10.65" 10.59" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 57° 51° 69° (2001) Full 6:55 a.m. 4:24 p.m. 3:48 a.m. 3:31 p.m. Last Dec 3 Dec 9 Caldwell 52/42 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 51 48 49 54 43 48 50 53 57 48 44 50 49 51 51 54 48 58 55 50 52 51 46 48 49 55 52 Lo 42 33 33 46 30 34 40 37 39 35 31 37 35 39 44 44 40 40 38 42 32 42 36 33 43 41 36 W r c r r c c r r r c r c c r r r r c r r r r r sn r r sh NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. 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Hi 45 79 73 55 73 38 52 63 42 76 57 Lo 28 74 54 37 46 30 40 46 28 67 45 W s c pc sh pc sf pc s s t pc WINDS Medford 51/39 0.00" 0.35" 0.53" 8.15" 7.58" 7.81" SUN AND MOON Nov 26 Bend 49/33 Burns 43/30 PRECIPITATION Nov 18 John Day 48/35 Ontario 48/40 34° 33° 6° (1978) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Albany 50/42 Eugene 50/40 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 53° 42° Spokane Wenatchee 46/36 44/33 Tacoma Moses 49/38 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 49/36 47/37 50/42 49/39 52/36 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 49/43 55/41 Lewiston 58/41 Astoria 50/40 51/42 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 50/42 Pendleton 48/34 The Dalles 57/39 55/38 50/38 La Grande Salem 50/37 51/42 Corvallis 50/40 HIGH 52° 33° Seattle 51/41 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 53° 32° Today SUNDAY Mostly cloudy Wednesday, November 15, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 44/31 REGIONAL FORECAST — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. 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Coastal Oregon: Rain, heavy at times, across the south today; heavy rain followed by a few showers north. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; some rain will spread in from the west during the afternoon. Western Washington: Cloudy today with rain tapering to a couple of showers. A couple of showers tonight. Today SSW 6-12 S 7-14 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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University officials said employees correctly followed policy, which was outlined at length in a response sent to the senator on Monday, The Register-Guard reported. The article pointed to a set of written procedures for sexual misconduct cases, which university officials said in their response “are not strict policies that require absolute adherence.” Flexibility on these matters is required so officials can “respond to the totality of the information present and the to receive direct electronic tax refund deposits. They eventually filed over 10,000 fraudulent federal tax returns, attempting to obtain over $91 million in refunds, with actual losses amounting to over $11 million. Refunds were withdrawn from the debit cards and at least 2,000 wire transfers totaling over $2.1 million were sent to Nigeria. For his role, Michael Oluwasegun Kazeem, 24, who came to the United States on a student visa, was sentenced in federal court in Medford on Nov. 8 for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and mail fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken also ordered Kazeem to pay $4.3 million in restitution. The authorities got wind of the case when a Medford victim told the IRS in 2013 that false federal and Oregon state tax returns were filed electronically using her and Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 FREE TOWING TAX DEDUCTIBLE her husband’s names. The returns included personally identifiable information, including their social security numbers and dates of birth. The federal refund was depos- ited into an account via a prepaid debit card in a suburb of Chicago while the state refund was directed to a bank account in Texas. In 2014, the co-conspira- tors also gained access to the IRS “Get Transcript” system where they obtained sensi- tive taxpayer information and used it to file additional fraudulent returns. In 2015, because of these and other security breaches, the IRS discontinued the program, the statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office said. Last August, Kazeem’s brother, Emmanuel Kazeem, was convicted in Medford of mail and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. 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The allegation against the player came out of Wyoming, and it never resulted in criminal charges. Schill said the victim requested that no campus action be taken against the player, and police in Wyoming did not provide the university with enough information to go against that request and start a student conduct investigation. Schill said privacy obliga- tions extend to all students, including athletes. “More importantly, the right to privacy and agency of the survivor of a sexual assault should not be eroded because the alleged perpetrator is a student athlete,” Schill wrote. over 91,000 taxpayer identi- ties from a Vietnamese hacker. The Mail Tribune, a news- paper in Medford, reported that tax returns were filed using 13,203 accounts stolen from CICS Employment Services, a company that performs pre-employment background checks and is based in Lincoln City, on the Oregon Coast. The owner of CICS said he lost $420,000 worth of business, and handled hundreds of calls from distressed victims, many with limited means, the news- paper reported. Asphaug said no taxpayer was out monetarily as a result of the crimes, but that they caused a multitude of issues for taxpayers. Michael Kazeem joined the conspiracy in 2013 to help his brother, who lived in Bowie, Maryland and Nigeria. Emmanuel Kazeem’s sentencing is scheduled for March 22, 2018. Michael Kazeem apolo- gized in court. Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: • call 541-966-0818 • fax 541-276-8314 • email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com BRIEFLY Drug bust on reservation nets five MISSION – A drug bust early Tuesday on the Umatilla Indian Reservation resulted in five arrests and the seizure of methamphetmine and marijuana. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in a written statement reported police at about 5 a.m. raided 1 Easy St. and arrested the following: Timothy Burns, 38; Brianna Gillette, 32; Lyndi McKenzie, 73; Christina Jones, 26; and Ashley Sampson, 31. All five are in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, under CTUIR crimes of dangerous drugs, criminal activity in drugs or criminal drug promotion, according the statement. State charges also apply, including possession of methamphetamine and frequenting or maintaining a place where drugs are kept or sold. Police had a search warrant to conduct the raid, according to the statement, and seized about 8 grams of meth, 8 ounces of marijuana, marijuana oil and dabs, scales and packaging material, one firearm, and U.S. currency. The CTUIR reported a Umatilla Tribal Police Department officer who works with the Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team led the investigation. BENT, tribal police, the FBI and the regional SWAT team participated in the take down. Man accused of shipping marijuana in fake boulders EUGENE (AP) — Police say an Oregon man shipped more than $1 million worth of marijuana to another state via UPS last week, packing the drugs inside of artificial boulders he made himself. The Eugene Register-Guard reports that Curran Millican Manzer, 36, of Waterville, Oregon, made shipments to another state where marijuana is illegal. Springfield Police Lt. Scott McKee declined to identify the state and said the number of shipments is still being determined as part of an ongoing investigation. Marijuana is legal in Oregon, but it remains illegal at the federal level, and shipping it across state lines is considered drug trafficking. Manzer faces charges of felony laundering a monetary instrument, felony unlawful manufac- turing of marijuana, and misdemeanor charges of unlawful delivery of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Age 60+? Need legal help for: Keeping your income ▪ getting medical care ▪ moving into or out of a care facility ▪ housing problems ▪ utility shut-offs ▪ stopping abuse ▪ contesting a guardianship? For referral to an attorney, call toll-free: 1-855-673-2372. Help Prevent Blindness Get A Vision Screening Annually 70s Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 89° in Tucson, Ariz. Low 7° in Plentywood, Mont. Identity theft scam netted Nigerians $11M, and prison SALEM (AP) — A Nige- rian man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in the bilking of over $11 million via an identity-theft scheme from the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Attorney’s office for Oregon said Tuesday. An IRS agent has said this is one of the largest tax fraud cases in the United States in which stolen personal identification information was used to defraud the IRS, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for Oregon Scott Erik Asphaug told The Associated Press in an email. Its scope is staggering. An IRS criminal investiga- tion determined the co-con- spirators obtained personal identifying information of more than 259,000 people, and used it to acquire over 19,500 electronic filing PINs from the IRS, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a statement. The co-conspirators obtained and used pre-paid debit cards with the stolen identities rain 20s National Summary: As a storm swings across the Upper Midwest, rain will extend from the central Great Lakes to northeastern Texas today. Snow will fall on the upper Great Lakes. More rain and mountain snow will hit the Northwest. University responds to questions on allegation handling EUGENE (AP) — Univer- sity of Oregon President Michael Schill has defended the university’s handling of a rape allegation against a former basketball player after U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter earlier this month pushing for more information. The Democratic senator from Oregon had sent a letter to Schill, saying he was trou- bled by the questions raised in an article published in Sports Illustrated last month. The article casts doubt on whether the university followed its policies on student sexual misconduct when the allega- tion surfaced in the fall of 2016. “If these reports are accu- rate, they raise major ques- 10s For a free handbook, “Legal Issues for Older Adults,” published by the Oregon State Bar, call: 503-945-6237 (available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, or Chinese).
