SAN DIEGO An enforcer who beat up a man with gambling debts in front of his son was sentenced in San Diego to two years in federal prison for his involvement in a gambling and drug-trafficking ring run by a former USC football player. Jack Rissell, 51, pleaded guilty to extortion last December, admitting in…
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) A 51-year-old enforcer who beat up a man with gambling debts in front of his son was sentenced in San Diego to two years in federal prison for his involvement in the violent gambling and drug-trafficking organization run by former USC walk-on football player Owen Hanson. Jack Rissell pleaded guilty to extortion…
Just before getting married two years ago, I learned that my husband had a serious gambling debt and couldnt pay his share of the wedding. I was financially secure then and covered it. His parents promised theyd pay me back. Theyre retired and very rich, with multiple properties around the world. But their repayment came…
A Melbourne man accused of slitting his drug dealer’s throat in the back of a car confessed the crime to a friend and then threatened to kill his mate’s family if he dobbed, a court has been told. A witness choked back tears in a Melbourne court room on Thursday as he described how alleged…
A Melbourne man accused of slitting his drug dealer’s throat in the back of a car confessed the crime to a friend and then threatened to kill his mate’s family if he dobbed, a court has been told. A witness choked back tears in a Melbourne court room on Thursday as he described how alleged…
A young man has choked back tears while telling a Melbourne court his former mate confessed to slitting the throat of a 24-year-old cannabis dealer. The man, “Witness A”, said Christopher Lavery, who is standing trial for the 2008 murder of James Russouw, also claimed Lavery threatened to kill him and his family if he…
Chemical waste from cooking drugs, carelessly discarded by Canberra’s own Walter White, led the authorities to Stanley Hou’s drug lab. The chemicals were picked up by water testers, who triggered a six-month search for the source of the contamination that uncovered a commercial grade clandestine drug lab capable of producing $10-20 million of MDMA. Busted:…
Borrowers who default on their student loans are pursued aggressively by the Department of Education and private debt collectors, facing garnished wages, withheld IRS tax returns, and decreased Social Security payments, Reuters reported. We treat struggling student-loan borrowers the same as deadbeat parents and tax cheats, Seth Frotman, a senior member of the Consumer Financial…
Borrowers who default on their student loans are pursued aggressively by the Department of Education and private debt collectors, facing garnished wages, withheld IRS tax returns, and decreased Social Security payments, Reuters reported. “We treat struggling student-loan borrowers the same as deadbeat parents and tax cheats,” Seth Frotman, a senior member of the Consumer Financial…
PHILADELPHIA Lakisha Johnson figured all she needed was her 2016 tax refund to get her and her daughter out of a homeless shelter and back into a place of their own. The U.S. Department of Education had other plans. Johnson, a home health aide, and 12-year-old Aijiah were forced to move out of their West…