Two men from Fresno, California were recently arrested on charges of fraud related to a debt relief and credit repair scam. In a 46-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury on May 31, Sharanjit Kaur, 36, and Baljit Singh, 47, were charged with conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and international money laundering. According to … Read more
A Massachusetts judge recently sentenced 18-year-old Aaron Deveau to serve one year of a two-and-a-half year sentence after he was found guilty of causing a fatal automobile crash as a result of his driving and texting at the same time. The judge said he imposed the sentence as a deterrent. Deterrence “really seems to come … Read more
In May we discussed a decision by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that an Illinois law prohibiting citizens from recording police violated the First Amendment’s free-speech provisions. The Seventh Circuit had also issued a temporary injunction barring prosecutors in Cook County from enforcing that law. The ruling was appealed to the … Read more
A federal judge in southern Florida recently sentenced a loan officer and a title agent to federal prison after they previously pleaded guilty to their roles in a $2.5 million reverse mortgage and loan modification scheme. U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas sentenced loan officer Marcos Echevarria, 29, of Palm Beach, to 24 months … Read more