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Xuan Thai
ESPN Senior Writer
- Xuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News.
Brett Favre’s former business associate pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court on Wednesday, admitting that he used Mississippi welfare money his company received for concussion research to pay off gambling and other debts, according to court filings.
Biomedical researcher Jacob VanLandingham pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to one count of wire fraud for using $1.9 million that his company, Prevacus, received in government funds to “unlawfully enrich himself,” according to the filings. Wire fraud carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He was released on bond.
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