One of Nation’s Biggest “Buy-Here, Pay-Here” Auto Dealers Provided Inaccurate Credit Information WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking action against CarHop, one of the country’s biggest “buy-here, pay-here” auto dealers, and its affiliated financing company, Universal Acceptance Corporation, for providing damaging, inaccurate[Read More…]
Federal and International
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Mufid A. Elfgeeh, 31, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford of the Western District of[Read More…]
Upstate New York Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to Terrorists
Conspired to Modify Lethal Radiation Device to be Used to Kill Muslims in New York State NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2015. Eric J. Feight, 55, of Hudson, New York, was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for providing material support to terrorists. The sentence was announced by Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders EZCORP to Pay $10 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2015. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against EZCORP, Inc., a small-dollar lender, for illegal debt collection practices. These tactics included illegal visits to consumers at their homes and workplaces, empty threats of legal action, lying about consumers’ rights, and exposing consumers to[Read More…]
Maryland Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Defendant Allegedly Received Money from Individuals Overseas to be used for “Operational Purposes” in the United States; When Confronted by the FBI the Defendant Allegedly Lied to the FBI and Concealed his Support for ISIL Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2015. Mohamed Elshinawy, 30, of Edgewood, Maryland, was arrested on Friday, Dec.[Read More…]
34 Individuals Facing Federal and Tribal Charges Relating to Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2015. Thirty-four individuals are facing federal and tribal drug charges as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero[Read More…]
Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill on Former Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw’s Conviction of Sexually Assaulting Women While He Patrolled
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2015. Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of rape in Oklahoma, but rape culture is still being let off the hook. The former Oklahoma City police officer was accused of sexually assaulting thirteen African American women in the neighborhood he patrolled. Like so many other predators, Holtzclaw[Read More…]
Engineering Officers Charged in Scheme to Cover Up Oil Discharges from Cargo Vessel
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. A federal grand jury in Greenville, North Carolina, has returned a nine-count indictment charging two engineering officers employed by Oceanfleet Shipping Limited with crimes relating to the illegal discharge of oily wastes directly into the sea, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Department[Read More…]
Sixteen Named in Racketeering Indictment Alleging Money Laundering Schemes Orchestrated by Former President of Orange County Bank
Two Other Money Laundering Indictments Unsealed as Part of Operation “Phantom Bank” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Federal authorities today arrested 11 defendants named in a sweeping racketeering indictment alleging a series of money laundering schemes that revolved around the former head of Saigon National Bank, based in Westminster, California, announced[Read More…]
Former New Jersey Resident Admits Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. A former resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, today admitted that he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J.[Read More…]
