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Ex-CEO Who Oversaw Doomed Nuclear Project Sentenced
A utility executive who repeatedly lied to keep investors pumping money into South Carolina’s $9 billion nuclear reactor debacle will spend two years in prison for fraud, a federal judge decided. Former SCANA Corp. CEO Kevin Marsh agreed with prosecutors … Continue reading
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Expanded tax benefits help individuals and businesses give to charity in 2021
Recent legislation includes several provisions to help individuals and businesses who give to charity. The new law generally extends four temporary tax changes through the end of 2021. Here’s an overview of these changes. Deduction for individuals who don’t itemizeUsually … Continue reading
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced for PPP Fraud Scheme
A Rhode Island man was sentenced to almost seven years in prison for fraudulently seeking more than $4.7 million in forgivable federal loans meant for businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic while he was still on probation from a previous … Continue reading
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SBA Overpaid $4.5 Billion on ‘Illogical’ Small Business Grant Claims
An emergency relief program hastily rolled out in the early days of the pandemic had such poor fraud protections that it improperly doled out nearly $4.5 billion to self-employed people who said they had additional workers — even those who … Continue reading
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Zillow Says It Can’t Buy Any More Homes This Year
Real-estate company Zillow Group Inc. said that it will stop buying and flipping new houses for the remainder of this year. The online home-listing platform, which got into the business of buying, refurbishing and quickly selling homes more than three … Continue reading
Wells Fargo to Pay $37.3 Million to Settle U.S. Claims It Fraudulently Overcharged Customers
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $37.3 million to settle U.S. government claims it fraudulently overcharged commercial clients on foreign exchange services, the latest in a string of scandals over the bank’s treatment of customers. Yesterday’s settlement resolves U.S. Department … Continue reading
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues final rule to implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a final rule to restate and clarify prohibitions on harassment and abuse, false or misleading representations, and unfair practices by debt collectors when collecting consumer debt. The rule focuses on debt collection communications … Continue reading
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CFPB Takes Action Against American Advisors Group for Deceptively Marketing Reverse Mortgages to Consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a complaint and proposed consent order alleging that American Advisors Group (AAG) used inflated and deceptive home estimates to lure consumers into taking out reverse mortgages, according to a CFPB press release. The … Continue reading
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Navient, with 6 Million Borrowers, Asks to Stop Servicing Federal Student Loans
A second major federal student loan servicer is calling it quits, a decision that will force the Education Department to transfer the accounts of millions of borrowers just as the government begins to resume collecting payments early next year. Navient … Continue reading
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Missouri teachers’ Social Security numbers at risk on state agency’s website
The Social Security numbers of school teachers, administrators and counselors across Missouri were vulnerable to public exposure due to flaws on a website maintained by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Post-Dispatch discovered the vulnerability in a … Continue reading
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