The former co-founder and president of a Bellingham nonprofit that helps unhoused people will pay nearly $50,000 back to the organization after he pleaded guilty to embezzling the funds over a multi-year period. James “Jim” Lee Peterson, 67, of Bellingham, pleaded guilty June 3 in Whatcom County Superior Court to one count of first-degree theft, […]
The former president of a Georgia credit union was sentenced to serve four years in prison and pay back nearly $4.5 million in restitution after admitting to running a multimillion-dollar bank loan and identity theft scheme. Leah Lehman, 63, of Valdosta was sentenced on May 30. She was ordered to pay $4,491,253.97 in restitution to […]
After a landmark decision by an Okaloosa County judge who ruled that Escambia County’s local option retirement plan for county commissioners was unlawful compensation, Escambia Clerk of Court and Comptroller Pam Childers asked commissioners who enrolled in the plan to return the money they’ve already received from it. Childers made the request during Thursday’s regular board […]
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government’s newest repayment plan since it launched in August. President Joe Biden recently announced that he was canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the plan, known as the SAVE plan. Forgiveness was granted to borrowers […]
(Bloomberg) — Brian Kahn, whose role in the collapse of a US hedge fund has drawn scrutiny from prosecutors and battered shares of B. Riley Financial Inc., has been accused of defaulting on parts of a settlement meant to help repay investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Most Read from Bloomberg The claim […]
LITHOPOLIS −The state auditor’s office and state attorney general’s office say Mayor Eric Sandine has not paid back about $50,000 to the village general fund from an issue from an issue dating back several years now. Attorney general office public information officer Hannah Hundley said the case is now in collections and that Sandine has […]
When Ukrainian miner Vasyl Yavorsky donated his own wages to striking Welsh miners in 1984, he never thought that help would one day be returned. However, a group of Welsh miners have now loaded up on medicine and supplies and driven from south Wales to Kyiv to repay the old favour. The convoy is supplying […]
‘It’s scary’: American families left homeless and unable to repay mega bills after Social Security benefits blunder — here’s what to do if you get a repayment notice Denise Woods drives to and from Georgia strip malls, truck stops and parking lots looking for a safe place to sleep each night — with everything she […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are seeking to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor’s posh resort to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans. A complaint seeking an injunction was filed Wednesday on behalf of the Greenbrier […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more than $300 million in longstanding unpaid business loans to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is planning to auction off land at a sporting club located at the governor’s posh resort. Carter Bank & Trust of Martinsville, Virginia, took out […]
A North Carolina charter school tied to a high-ranking federal official has been ordered by the state to repay $162,597 it’s accused of inappropriately spending. The state Department of Public Instruction presented reports in December alleging conflict of interest violations and misspending of state and federal dollars at Children’s Village Academy in Kinston. On Monday, […]
Ivan Toney says he lost his love for football during an eight-month betting ban but is ready to return and repay Brentford’s support during his lengthy lay-off. The 27-year-old England striker has not played since last May, when he was found guilty of 232 breaches of the Football Association’s gambling rules, but is set to […]