Bureau Alleges Company Took Advantage of Consumers with Cognitive Impairments Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today filed a complaint in federal district court against Access Funding, LLC for an illegal scheme in which victims of lead-paint poisoning and others were deceived into signing away[Read More…]
Federal and International
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Releases Video Statement on Hate Crimes in the United States
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a video statement today on the FBI’s newly announced 2015 hate crime statistics as well as on recent media reports of alleged hate crimes and harassment around the country. The statement reminds individuals to report these incidents to both local[Read More…]
Minnesota Transgender Surgery Ban Found Unconstitutional
ST. PAUL, Minn. —(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016. A Minnesota district court ruled this week that transgender people on the state’s Medical Assistance progam in Minnesota deserve access to medically necessary services related to gender transition. Since 2005, surgical treatments for gender dysphoria have been excluded from coverage even though equivalent treatments were[Read More…]
JPMorgan’s Investment Bank in Hong Kong Agrees to Pay $72 Million Penalty for Corrupt Hiring Scheme in China
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016. JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMorgan APAC), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of multinational bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), agreed to pay a $72 million penalty for its role in a scheme to corruptly gain advantages in winning banking deals by awarding prestigious jobs to relatives[Read More…]
Three Minnesota Men Sentenced for Providing Material Support to ISIL
MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. The first three of nine defendants expected to be sentenced this week for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, were sentenced today in three separate hearings in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Abdullahi Yusuf, 20,[Read More…]
Judge Curiel Denies Trump Motion to Exclude Evidence of What He Said and Tweeted During Campaign
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2016 By FrankDiPrima President Elect Donald Trump (left), Who Is Also 92% Owner of Trump University, and Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel (right), Who Presides Over Two Class Action Lawsuits Accusing the Putative University and Mr. Trump of Fraud and Racketeering In the Trump University fraud and racketeering[Read More…]
Ohio Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2016. Aaron Travis Daniels, aka Harun Muhammad, aka Abu Yusef, 20, of Columbus, Ohio, was arrested today for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The arrest was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Trump Supporter Holds Six Children At Gunpoint, Accuses Them Of Destroying His Trump Yard Sign
MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016 By Dartagnan A 56 year-old Allen Park, Michigan man named Michael Kubek is facing felony weapons charges after forcing six children aged 12-14 to lay down while he threatened them with a P938 9 mm handgun, allegedly for vandalizing his “Trump/Pence” yard sign. A Donald Trump supporter in[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Commutations to 72 Federal Prisoners, Including Donald Lee Graham
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016. After commuting the sentences of 200 prisoners in October, President Obama today commuted the sentences of 72 more prisoners. Of today’s 72 grants, at least 51 were in cases supported by Clemency Project 2014. That brings the total number of commutations granted by President Obama to[Read More…]
Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Offenses
MISSISSIPPI—(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016. A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi (ABM) gang was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in a variety of violent criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, methamphetamine production and trafficking and other related offenses. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]
