Student debt trails mortgages as the biggest type of debt a consumer can take on in their life. As a nation, borrowers owe a collective $1.57 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing roughly $38,000. While the student debt crisis has crippled many, there has been a... Read More about Proposed Senate Bill Offers Student Loan Borrowers a Path Forward Through Bankruptcy
Three men in different states have been indicted for a nationwide copyrighted media theft scheme that lined their pockets with a combined $30 million. Authorities named Bill Omar Carrasquillo, 35, of New Jersey, Jesse Gonzales, 42, of California, and Michael Barone, 36, New York, as the men behind the cable... Read More about 3 Men Indicted for Nationwide Illegal Cable TV Streaming Service
Telehealth Has Boomed During the Pandemic The use of telemedicine has expanded exponentially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), around 15,000 Medicare patients received telemedicine care on a weekly basis before the declaration of the public... Read More about The Future of Telehealth After Covid
Michigan doctor Francisco Patino, 66, has been convicted on multiple counts of fraud after running a scheme that defrauded the healthcare system out of over 100 million dollars. The Detroit area doctor was found guilty by a jury after evidence showed that Patino gave his patients opioids if they agreed... Read More about Michigan Doctor Convicted in $100 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
A Massachusetts-based moving and storage company has settled with the U.S. government after auctioning off a deployed service member’s belongings. The company, PRTaylor Enterprises LLC., which operated as Father and Son Moving and Storage, is found to have violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). According to the Department of... Read More about Mass. Storage Company Settles After Unlawfully Auctioning Off Service Member’s Belongings
President Biden is planning to make good on his promise to “solidify the infrastructure of our care economy.” In addition to investments in the power grid, broadband access, and traditional infrastructure like roads and bridges, the President vowed to invest in healthcare and senior care. In that vein, a bicameral... Read More about Compassionate Care for Seniors, Disabled Individuals: The Better Care Better Jobs Act
The heartbreaking story of a woman who killed her six-week-old daughter by putting her in a microwave oven took a new twist when a California Court of Appeal reversed her conviction due to the improper admission of medical evidence to explain her tragic actions.Was defendant Ka Yang’s behavior due to... Read More about Murder Conviction Reversed for Woman Who Killed Her Infant in Microwave
As tensions at the southern border continue, Texas Governor Gregg Abbot has deployed a fleet of public safety cars to create a “steel wall” keeping the migrants back. This move is the latest in the escalating efforts to help contain the overflow of migrants at the U.S. border. Officials estimate... Read More about As Pressure at Border Builds, Some Haitians Deported While Others Allowed to Stay
Muhammad Fahd, 35, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading a nearly decade-long phone unlocking scheme. The scheme resulted in estimated losses of over $200 million for the telecommunications company, AT&T. Authorities indicted Fahd in 2017 after an investigation by the... Read More about Man Sentenced to 12 Years for a $200 Million AT&T Phone Unlocking Scheme
Fourteen members of the notorious Colombo crime family were arrested over racketeering and extortion charges last week. The arrests include heads of the family, Andrew “Mush” Russo, 87, and underboss Benjamin” Benji” Castellazzo, 83. Other ranking members of the family were also arrested, including captains and associates who kept the... Read More about 14 Colombo Crime Family Members Arrested After Sweeping Indictment
The victims of Bernie Madoff’s billion-dollar Ponzi scheme will begin to see payments totaling more than $568 million according to the department of justice. Nearly 40,000 investors fell victim to the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC fraud scheme in the early 2000s. According to the DOJ, some of these... Read More about Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme to Receive a Combined $568 Million Payout
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a policy change to the admission requirements for immigrants coming into the states. Foreign nationals immigrating into America will now have to add the COVID-19 vaccine to their medical history as part of their immigration process. The new policy is set... Read More about COVID-19 Vaccine Joins the List of Required Vaccines for New Immigrants
The SHE Beverage Company, a Southern California-based company, is the target of a lawsuit after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges the company defrauded investors out of millions of dollars. The 2015-founded company gained success for being a “celebrity-driven” beverage company. A factor of its appeal was that the... Read More about Female Beverage Company Sued By SEC after Defrauding Investors
The fall from grace for disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, 53, continues to be a winding one riddled with unusual circumstances including a trail of death and opioids. After a bizarre twist in events that resulted in an attempted suicide, Murdaugh was arrested last Thursday in connection to an... Read More about Alex Murdaugh Makes Bond after Failed Attempted Suicide and Fraud Charges
A self-proclaimed 24-year-old math whiz and ex-cryptocurrency fund manager will now spend seven and a half years behind bars after defrauding investors out of millions. Stefan Qin is accused of defrauding over 100 investors out of over $90 million after investors joined in on his cryptocurrency hedge fund that touted... Read More about Ex-Crypto Fund Manager Gets 7 ½ Years Behind Bars for Defrauding Investors