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The driller responsible for it, Patton Exploration, solicited companies to extend a pipeline to the oil well to capture the gas and evaluated whether the gas could be used to mine bitcoin.

Science and medical professors, whose research labs would not exist without federal funding, have solicited private donations.

A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Tuesday on charges that he solicited bribes and committed extortion while on duty, according to authorities.

McDonald “solicited millions of dollars’ worth of funds from investors” for the purposes of raising capital for Hercules at the start of 2021 after clients complained to the firm’s employees about their losses.

In developing the rule, the FTC solicited public comment at virtually every stage.