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Selling Steroids, Injecting the Law
He dresses like a doctor, examines patients like a doctor, prescribes medication like a doctor and does business inside a Houston area medical clinic...like a doctor. The problem is, the investigation exposed, he is not a doctor and he was illegally peddling dangerous steroids and other controlled prescriptions. With cameras rolling this unlicensed, unqualified, individual offered to inject illegal steroids into an undercover KPRC-TV employee.
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No title (id: 7464)
KPRC-TV (Houston) investigates corrupt management practices at the Port of Houston Authority; members illegally used public funds for exotic trips and campaign purposes; endangered workers by illegally using pesticides and then cancelling a federal study of those pesticides to conceal health risks from employees, March - December 1990.
Tags: TAPE
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No title (id: 6482)
KPRC-TV (Houston) exposes years of illegal toxic waste disposal by Exxon Corporation and the subsequent public relations cover-ups, July 9 - 12, 1989.
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No title (id: 6094)
KPRC-TV (Houston) investigates the operation of a vocational school in Houston; finds the school recruits ex-cons and kids from rural towns, using student loans and the promise of housing, but fails to keep promises; some ex-cons committed crimes while they were students; also finds the school's owner was sued in Alaska for similar complaints, Nov. 27 - Dec. 2, 1988.
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No title (id: 6056)
KPRC-TV (Houston) looks at bank fraud prosecutions; details how one man defrauded several Texas banks and savings and loans of more than $166 million, January, July and November 1988.
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First City Bancorporation
KPRC-TV (Houston) story on the failure of the largest bank in Texas tells the causes, lists problem loans and names of bank officials with insider loans--all without comment from federal or bank officials.
Tags: Texas; Houston; First City Bancorp.; FDIC; Tape
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No title (id: 3485)
KPRC-TV (Houston) investigates cases of neglect in some Texas nursing homes; examines why state regulators allowed abusive conditions to continue, May 20 - 23, 1985.
Tags: None
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Taxes
KPRC-TV (Houston) runs a true paper chase and finds $600 million worth of untaxed property in the Houston area. The investigation found most of the property was oil industry- related and was found by looking at Coast Guard inspection reports, Lloyd's of London vessel registries, port traffic logs and drilling reports, as well as tax and corporate records.
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No title (id: 3121)
KPRC-TV (Houston) series finds Texas truck safety laws inadequate and enforcement of laws virtually nonexistent, allowing unsafe trucks to stay on the road, 1984.
Tags: TX Tape
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Deadly Mistakes
KPRC-TV (Houston) details numerous cases of anesthesia mistakes that killed or severely injured patients in Houston hospitals. An investigation found that mistakes are often covered up by altering medical records.
Tags: VIDEOCLIP TAPE TRANSCRIPT; Health care Medical examiner