| Busting up loan schemes
Scam artists are looking to steal your money and are coming up with new ways to do it. I-Team 10 is tracking a scheme that preys on people looking for loans. Melvin Ross from Newark was struggling financially. "We were behind in our mortgage. We needed our car fixed. There were some other problems, financial issues, and we were trying to get it all caught up," says Ross. But with poor credit he and his wife were unable to get a bank loan. So when he saw an ad in the local Penny-saver he thought it was the answer to their prayers. He called the number and the company, Morgan Financial Institute, offered to loan him $5000. They faxed a loan agreement to Ross. But there was a catch. Before he could collect, he had to pay some fees. "They said they needed the money up front to insure the loan," says Ross.
Archive for: January, 2008
Irregular Enterprise Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Dear Bill G: one more thing Posted in: Social computing Letter to Bill Gates: Dear Bill I realize that in the run up to your retirement from Microsoft you've probably got a thousand things on your mind. You're leaving a legacy unparalleled in computing history but there is one more thing you could do that would put an emphatic and indelible stamp on the industry you love. Please get the Live Writer team to release the product cross platform and at least available for Mac. It would be nice if it could be made available for Linux and Ubuntu as well. Rumors are that some of your incredibly smart developers have been doing a little skunk works in that direction so if true, please, let it fly.
State raids office of Celis
CORPUS CHRISTI Mauricio Celis is linked to the Mexican drug trade in a search warrant the state used Friday to raid his law offices and gather computer files, according to financial documents and other business records. The warrant includes a sworn statement by a Texas Attorney General's official accusing Celis of money laundering. Celis' attorney Tony Canales issued a statement accusing Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott of targeting Celis because he is a major Democratic donor. Abbott's office said in a prepared statement that attorney general involvement in a case of this nature is routine. The state searched a U.S. Treasury database and border crossing data to determine that Celis went to Mexico frequently after withdrawing large sums of cash, according to an affidavit accompanying the warrant.
Today is Saturday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2008. There are 347 days ...
Meanwhile the Congressional Budget Office is predicting double digit unemployment through 1983 and budget deficits that could swell to $300 billion in 1987 without new taxes and spending cuts. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approves a rate increase of 10.4 percent for the Ohio Water Service Co., significantly less than what the company had asked. Three creditors, including a Lowellville trucking company, petition U.S. Bankruptcy Court to declare the defunct Youngstown Steel Corp. bankrupt. The action has stopped the federal government's movement to sell Youngstown Steel's spike mill and other property at CASTLO Industrial Park. January 19, 1968: Mahoning County's first-half 1967 real estate tax collection will have an all-time high charge of $14.9 million, and increase of $757,421 over a year earlier.
September 2007
Taylor, 27-year old DeQuincy Drummer of Nantucket and a 16-year old juvenile were charged with trafficking in cocaine and possession of marijuana. 54-year old Alzadia Johnson of Missouri was charged with possession of marijuana. Three injured, two seriously in Hyannis crash Two people were seriously injured in a crash in front of the Hyannis fire station.HYANNIS - Three people were injured in a crash in front of the Hyannis fire station on High School Road Extension at Stevens Street about 2 p.m. Friday. A Chrysler PT Cruiser collided with a Ford Focus sedan. Two of the victims, described as elderly, suffered serious injuries. Ambulances from Barnstable and Centerville helped transport the victims. The crash is under investigation by Barnstable police.
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