Inverness Sheriff Court, within Inverness Castle. A DRUGS courier bound for the Highlands who was caught ferrying a £16,000 heroin stash has been jailed for a year. Inverness Sheriff Court heard Laura Beckwith made the drugs run from her home in Liverpool to clear gambling debts. The 28-year-old from Liverpool admitted being concerned in the supply…
DetailsDebt Settlement and Bankruptcy are starting to gain traction in the people’s financial thoughts and discussion all because of the current debt level the country has. This is the reason why National Debt Relief recently came out with an article published May 22, 2017 and titled “Debt Settlement or Bankruptcy?” to help people differentiate one…
DetailsPUNTING PARADIGM: Gamblers in Tamworth put more than $879,000 a day through poker machines in the last year. TAMWORTH punters gambled away more than $879,000 a day in the pokies, new figures have revealed. The allure of poker machines in the New England North West has been laid bare, with the region gambling more than $903…
DetailsNEW DELHI: RBI today withdrew a portion of its earlier statement in which it had said that 12 cases identified by it for insolvency proceedings would be accorded priority by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) “stands deleted”. On June 13, RBI had said it has identified 12 accounts for insolvency proceedings with each of…
DetailsMaurice Sessum, co-owner of 4 Star Resolution, a Buffalo-based debt collection company, will be spending 7 1/2 years in prison for fraud. Sessum, also the company’s chief financial, was sentenced Friday for orchestrating a scheme to coerce thousands of victims to overpay their debts by more than $31 million, according to officials. The U.S. Attorney’s…
DetailsBut it has still imposed strict new checks on customers financial status and the tougher criteria, which take longer for stores to apply, have caused a steep drop in sales and profits. In the year to the end of March, its sales tumbled 13.7pc to £320m as an increasing number of potential customers were disqualified…
DetailsThe banking sector is saddled with non-performing assets (NPAs) of over Rs 8 lakh crore. New Delhi: RBI today withdrew a portion of its earlier statement in which it had said that 12 cases identified by it for insolvency proceedings would be accorded priority by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) “stands deleted”. On June…
DetailsNew Delhi, Jul 8 () RBI today withdrew a portion of its earlier statement in which it had said that 12 cases identified by it for insolvency proceedings would be accorded priority by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) “stands deleted”. On June 13, RBI had said it has identified 12 accounts for insolvency proceedings…
DetailsReuters | Jul 8, 2017, 05.10 PM IST * Restructuring of German engineering services group Bilfinger is “in an early phase,” its finance chief Klaus Patzak told Boersen-Zeitung in an interview published Saturday. * Patzak said the share price had reached a floor. “I assume that the share price will gradually rise,” he said. *…
DetailsAs charities, consumer groups and the Bank of England worry about the threat of a growing bubble of unmanageable consumer debt, the tills at high street shops have been pinpointed as one source of the growing problem. It is here where store cards are sold to consumers, with their sky-high interest rates which can typically…
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