Posted by Xiangni Meng. There have been at least 16 deaths caused by a ruptured Takata air bag inflator worldwide. The first U.S. death report of a Takata inflator is a 17-year-old high school senior, who died in Texas in a moderate speed crash. The most recent death in the United States was confirmed by U.S. safety …
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At Wells Fargo, Complaints About Fraudulent Accounts Since 2005
Posted by Alexa Constantine. The New York Times on October 11th of this year released the article describing Wells Fargo’s fraud scandal that was brought to the public eye last month. The ethics scandal came to light last month, but the fraud has been going on for years, maybe even a decade with the first report …
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Patchy Bitcoin Oversight Poses Hazards for Investors, Regulators Say
Posted by Shahrani Bhatti. On January 30th of 2018, U.S. regulators made it known that they feel Congress should expand regulation of the bitcoin as well as a growing number of other cryptocurrencies. Their reasoning being that the currency is not subject to investor-protection laws. The chairmen of the SEC and the CFTC told senators …
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Wells Fargo’s Employees Fraud with Customers
Posted by Gurpreet Kaur. CNN Money released an article on Well Fargo’s employees secretly withdrawing money from customers’ bank account and transferring to new accounts since 2011. The article was published on September 8th of this year and Wells Fargo bank was forced to fire 5,300 employees in Los Angles for setting up accounts for customers. …
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Acquisition of ICANN: A Legal Issue
Posted by Enerd Pani. During the beginning of October, there was a vast change where control of the internet source code was transported from the United States, to what most likely will be the United Nations. The result is that countries not only in Europe, but all over the world can vie for control of …
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Posted by He Yin. Since the beginning of 2017, the combined market value of all encrypted currencies has risen from $17.7 billion to nearly $836 billion on January 5, 2018, more than 4,500% in more than a year. In such a short time, no investor has ever seen a significant appreciation of such an asset …
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Mourinho Caught up in Spain Tax Scandal
Posted by Faris Alzahrani. On June 20th Christiano Ronaldo was accused by the government prosecutor for evading tax four times amounting to $16.5 million. Ronaldo was investigated and was expected to appear before Pozuelo de Alarcon court No. 1 on July 31. His summoning accorded with the same prosecutor who indicted Mourinho for evading tax …
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Wells Fargo – Pressure From the Top Down
Posted by Anna Fintor. Wells Fargo is currently involved in a legal scandal in which it is said to have opened bank accounts and credit cards without the costumer’s consent. According to Reuters, “The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other regulators ordered United States’ third-largest bank by assets to pay $190 million in fines …
Crowdfunding Regulation: Too Much or Too Little?
Posted by Abigail Murphy. A way to raise money, fund a project, or venture from a large number of people for a small startup in the earliest stage money sounds simple. Not so much. Every so often, there are crowdfunding campaigns gaining popularity via Facebook newsfeed, twitter feed, and emails. These campaigns come with issues …
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Erin Andrews Lawsuit
Posted by Dalton Soffer. Erin Andrews, a sportscaster who has worked for ESPN and currently for FOX, was recently awarded $55 million by a Nashville jury for her civil lawsuit against a Nashville, Tennessee hotel owner and her stalker Michael David Barrett. In 2008 Barrett used a hacksaw to tamper with Andrews’ peephole and secretly …