Preventable Failures Left Tens of Thousands of Economically Vulnerable Consumers Unable to Pay for Necessities WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today took action against Mastercard and UniRush for breakdowns that left tens of thousands of economically vulnerable RushCard users unable to access their own money to[Read More…]
Federal and International
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Prospect Mortgage to Pay $3.5 Million Fine for Illegal Kickback Scheme
Real Estate Brokers and Mortgage Servicer That Took Kickbacks from Prospect Also Ordered to Pay $495,000 Washington, D.C. – (ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Prospect Mortgage, LLC, a major mortgage lender, for paying illegal kickbacks for mortgage business referrals. The CFPB also[Read More…]
New Acting Attorney General Boente Issues Guidance to Department on Trump Executive Order Banning Muslims
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2017. Dana J. Boente, who was appointed last night to serve as acting Attorney General, issued the following guidance last night to the men and women of the department: On January 30, 2017, Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates issued a memorandum barring Department of Justice Attorney’s[Read More…]
Justice Department Refuses to Defend Trump’s Muslim Ban
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017 By Kerry Eleveld Just in from CNN—remember, the current Attorney General, Sally Yates, is an Obama holdover. The acting Attorney General Sally Yates has told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees, according to sources familiar[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL and Transmitting a Communication Containing a Threat to Injure
PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017. Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 20, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure. The announcement was made[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Debt Relief Attorneys for Collecting Illegal Fees from Struggling Consumers
Lawyers Revived an Illegal Debt Relief Scheme that the CFPB Previously Shut Down Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today took action against a ring of law firms and attorneys who collaborated to charge illegal fees to consumers seeking debt relief. In a complaint filed in[Read More…]
Trump Supporter Charged With Hate Crimes After He Kicks Woman Wearing Hijab At JFK Airport
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2017 By Dartagnan Elections have consequences, and so does inflicting your bigotry on others: A Massachusetts man was charged with hate crimes after he threatened an airline worker at Kennedy International Airport who was wearing a head scarf, kicked her and told her “Trump is here now”[Read More…]
New York Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL in Connection With Planned New Year’s Eve Attack
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2017. Emanuel L. Lutchman, 26, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 50 years of supervised release for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Clinical Psychologist and Owner of Psychological Services Centers Convicted in $25 Million Psychological Testing Scheme Carried Out Through Eight Companies in Four Gulf Coast States
LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2017. Two owners of psychological services companies, one of whom was a clinical psychologist, were convicted this week for their involvement in a $25.2 million Medicare fraud scheme carried out through eight companies at nursing homes in four states in the Southeastern United States. Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Civil Rights Groups File Class Action Lawsuit Against Wisconsin State Officials for Unconstitutional Use of Solitary Confinement, Other Inhumane Conditions in State-Run Youth Correctional Facilities
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. –(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2017. The ACLU of Wisconsin and Juvenile Law Center, with pro-bono assistance from Quarles & Brady, filed a class action lawsuit last night in federal court against four Wisconsin state officials, including Wisconsin Secretary of Corrections Jon E. Litscher, citing the unconstitutional use of solitary confinement[Read More…]
