Two people who allegedly took around $1 million from investors who believed they were buying stock options or franchises of a pizza restaurant chain have been charged in San Diego Superior Court with more than two dozen counts related to fraud or theft. The victims, which included senior citizens and military veterans, paid between $5,000
LATER this month the UK supreme court is expected to rule on whether car finance dealers unlawfully charged millions of drivers secret commission. This means if you took out a car finance arrangement before 2021 you could be in line for compensation. In the build up to the ruling, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the
Earlier this year Italy used foreign investment screening powers — or ‘golden power’ — to impose harsh conditions on UniCredit’s bid for BPM. UniCredit appealed the decision claiming that the conditions are disproportionate and effectively prevent it from doing the deal. The court said on Saturday that the government should review two of the conditions
It began last year, when Milanese banking giant UniCredit angered Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government by attempting to take over crosstown rival BPM, which Meloni had hoped to merge with the partially bailed-out Tuscan lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena. In response, Rome deployed screening tools known as the ‘golden power’ — whose purpose is
A Morrison man was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after he illegally obtained two Paycheck Protection Program loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal officials announced Tuesday. Richard Nieto, 39, took a deal and pleaded guilty last month to wire fraud and money laundering in federal court, according to court records. The plea deal
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who says he was kidnapped by two crypto investors for his Bitcoin was seen in photos and videos “laughing and smiling” and moving about Manhattan freely during the days he claimed he was held captive and tortured, lawyers for the two suspects said in court Wednesday. William Duplessie, 32,
National Public Radio filed suit against the Trump administration on Tuesday for its move to withhold funds approved by Congress. NPR filed the suit along with three Colorado public radio stations in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to end funding for NPR and PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service. The lawsuit states the Trump
Any compensation payout will be made automatically, but the consumer champion urged people to ‘get ahead of the queue’. 10:22, 21 May 2025Updated 11:12, 21 May 2025 Martin Lewis presenting a summer special of Money Show Live from Bristol.(Image: ITV) The Martin Lewis Money Show Live returned to TV screens on Tuesday for an hour-long
Democrats in the swing state said Musk’s comments show that a party-led effort in this spring’s election, dubbed ” People vs. Musk, ” succeeded in making Musk and his money “toxic.” “The people have won,” said Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler. “The biggest funder in Republican politics is taking his toys and going home.”
The former owner of a trio of San Diego businesses that provided surrogacy consulting services to prospective parents was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for stealing money from her clients. Lillian Arielle Markowitz, 40, who owned My Donor Cycle, Surrogacy Beyond Borders and Expecting Surrogacy, pleaded guilty to taking hundreds of thousands of