T3Leads and Lead Publisher Exposed Consumers to Harassment and Deceit WASHINGTON, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took separate actions against a company and an individual that resold sensitive personal data to lenders and debt collectors, allegedly exposing millions of consumers to harassment and[Read More…]
Law and Order
LifeLock to Pay $100 Million to Consumers to Settle FTC Charges it Violated 2010 Order
FTC Alleged Company Violated Order’s Information Security Requirements, Misled Consumers With Deceptive Advertising Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. LifeLock will pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission contempt charges that it violated the terms of a 2010 federal court order that requires the company to secure consumers’ personal information and[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders CarHop to Pay $6.4 Million Penalty for Jeopardizing Consumers’ Credit
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…]
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…]
Police Issue Community Alert Regarding Burglaries in Multi-family Areas of Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police have issued a community alert for residents regarding a string of burglaries in the multi-family areas of town: co-ops, apartments, and condominiums. The alert follows: In the past 5 weeks, there have been 9 Residential Burglaries reported in the multi-family areas of Park[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 15, 2015
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing A Firearm
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. CLIFFORD HORTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., admitted that on November 4, 2014, having previously been convicted of a felon, he[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…]
