#racketeering charges

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Payday lender found guilty of fraud, racketeering charges

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The head of a multimillion-dollar payday lending enterprise has been convicted in Philadelphia of federal racketeering conspiracy and fraud charges. Payday lender found guilty of fraud, racketeering charges

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FIFA Corruption Probe Targets 'World Cup of Fraud,' IRS Chief Says

The next step in the FIFA corruption investigation is extradition, whereby federal officials will attempt to bring suspects to the United States to face allegations they arranged bribes at meetings on U.S. soil, employed the U.S. banking system in conveying the bribes and created documents to cloak their activity, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lunch said Wednesday. “In…

FIFA Corruption Probe Targets ‘World Cup of Fraud,’ IRS Chief Says was originally published on Allison Legal Law Firm

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Judge Approves $200 Million Settlement Over Meningitis Outbreak

Victims of a 2012 meningitis outbreak caused by a now-closed Massachusetts compounding pharmacy will have access to a $200 million compensation fund, following approval Tuesday by a federal bankruptcy judge. The new fund will be available to compensate creditors and victims who became ill or dies as the result of receiving tainted steroid injections from…

Judge Approves $200 Million Settlement Over Meningitis Outbreak was originally published on Allison Legal Law Firm

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Sonny Franzese, the 93-year-old mob boss was sentenced this morning to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan. Assistant U.S. Attorney

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A jury in Brooklyn federal court found 93-year-old John "Sonny" Franzese, reputed underboss of the Colombo organized crime family and three co-defendants guilty on