"My Realtor filled me in on it, and then I did some research on it and decided that would probably be the best route to take, " Locascio says.

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"I did some research on this before coming here, and I found out that her claim was fraudulent, " he says, sitting in the front room of his spartan home.

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So, just to be sure, I did some quick research on a website called, appropriately, Achievement.org.

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So on my last flight across the US, I did some informal research and figured out that my last business trip touched the lives of 38 people.

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According to some quick research I did to understand the process, when a person pleads guilty, the rest of the legal process is pretty straightforward.

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