AG: Loansharks Gouging Military Families
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The state attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday accusing a sales catalog company of actually being a loansharking operation that preys on cash-strapped military families.
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Three U.S. Army Reserve officers and two U.S. civilians have been charged with taking or helping funnel more than $1 million in cash, sports cars, jewelry and other items as bribes to rig bids on Iraqi reconstruction contracts, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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The National Association of Securities Dealers on Wednesday charged American Funds Distributors Inc., a unit of The Capital Group Cos., with violating a rule by directing approximately &#36;100 million in kickbacks over three years to about 50 brokerage firms that were the top sellers of American Funds' mutual funds.
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The parent of financially troubled Independence Air said late yesterday that a lender has repossessed one of the airline's 73 leased regional jets.
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Federal prosecutors contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down criminals has pocketed $3.2 million of income over the past several years while not paying federal taxes since 2000.
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A stock analyst faces federal charges for trying to extort thousands of dollars from the parent company of St. Louis-based Hardee&#39;s.
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Illegal lenders are siphoning money from state-owned banks, but they may do more good than harm
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The Republican donor who helped bankroll the Swift Boat attacks on Democratic Sen. John Kerry's war record has given $5 million to a new group targeting Democratic candidates.
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Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving employees and subcontractors of KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary.
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New Web sites have fueled the rampant mortgage fraud that has caused a spike in loan defaults in recent months.
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Creditors put more pressure on debt-soaked borrowers.
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Former Marines convinced that contaminated water sickened their families at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune are demanding that Congress intervene in their dispute even as the military considers their claims for compensation.
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Â· 'PM and family complicit as troops loot forests'Â·  Watchdog says world's donors turn blind eye
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Three Army Reserve officers and a U.S. contractor were indicted Wednesday as part of a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars of Iraq reconstruction projects to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars, jewelry and other pricey goods.
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Lenders have concocted a frightening brew of fees. Are there fang marks on your wallet?
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The U.S. military has charged three  more members of an elite Navy SEAL unit with abusing prisoners  in Iraq, including a man who died last year after being beaten,  the Navy said on Friday.
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The Norwegian government faced charges of hypocrisy on Tuesday, after reports that it authorized the defense department to lend military equipment to the US just 10 days before the US led the invasion of Iraq.