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Tucker Gets 16-Year Sentence In Payday Lending Case
Legal // January 08, 2018

Race car driver and Kansas businessman Scott Tucker has been sentenced to 16 years and eight months in jail for crimes associated with Tucker’s payday lending business. According to a report in Reuters, the sentencing came down from U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan....

Scott Tucker To Appeal Payday Lending Conviction
Legal // October 16, 2017

Kansas City businessman Scott Tucker was found guilty on racketeering charges for interest rates of as much as 700 percent on short-term loans. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing a Manhattan court ruling, a federal jury found Tucker guilty in a...

Loophole To Remain On Federal Debt Collection?
Security & Fraud // April 19, 2017

In some respects, debt collection remains a bit of gray area, in terms of who owes what, when it can be collected and how firms that collect debt can behave in some interactions with borrowers. And The New York Times reported that an argument laid before the...

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Courts Say Amazon Liable For Third-Party Seller Missteps

July 03, 2019
An appeals court has ruled that Amazon can be held liable for third-party sales on its site, according to reports.  Amazon lets other merchants sell on its site and takes a cut, but now if something goes wrong it can potentially be found at fault.  In 2014, Heather Oberdorf bought a retractable dog collar from […]

Tucker Gets 16-Year Sentence In Payday Lending Case

January 08, 2018
Race car driver and Kansas businessman Scott Tucker has been sentenced to 16 years and eight months in jail for crimes associated with Tucker’s payday lending business. According to a...

Scott Tucker To Appeal Payday Lending Conviction

October 16, 2017
Kansas City businessman Scott Tucker was found guilty on racketeering charges for interest rates of as much as 700 percent on short-term loans. According to a report in The Wall...

Loophole To Remain On Federal Debt Collection?

April 19, 2017
In some respects, debt collection remains a bit of gray area, in terms of who owes what, when it can be collected and how firms that collect debt can behave...