WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and seven state attorneys general sued Strategic Financial Solutions (SFS) and its web of shell companies for running an illegal debt-relief enterprise. The CFPB and state attorneys general also sued the chief architects of the illegal enterprise, Ryan Sasson and Jason Blust. The CFPB and attorneys general allege the enterprise has collected hundreds  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that William Henry Cook, 27, of Muncie, Indiana, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl an  more

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: The Southern District of Illinois collected $3,414,959.96 in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2023, U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced Thursday. Of this amount, $1,951,689.87 was collected in criminal actions and $1,463,270.09 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, Southern District of Illinois employees worked  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 19 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Jan. 18, 2024: In a show of support for competition in the labor market, the United States Department of Justice has joined the multistate bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA that was filed in December and joined by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. That lawsuit challenges the NCAA's transfer eligibility rule as an illegal restraint on college athletes' ability to sel  more