Ohio City Argues for Restitution Over False 911 Report
The Ohio Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with the question of whether a city can be considered a victim of a crime under state law and whether it is entitled to restitution for crimes.
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Felon Voting Rights Trial Wraps Up in Florida
Closing arguments were delivered Wednesday in a closely watched federal voting rights trial that could add hundreds of thousands of felons to Florida’s voter rolls and potentially affect the 2020 presidential election.
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Landmark Florida Voting Rights Trial Nears End
Attorneys for 17 plaintiffs with felony convictions continued to grill Florida election officials Tuesday over a hastily prepared policy to determine the voting eligibility of felons with outstanding fines, as a pivotal federal voting rights trial neared its end.
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Limits on Felon Voting Rights Are Clear, Florida Argues
Florida’s top advocate for expanding voting rights to felons understood eligibility may depend on paying restitution and fines, attorneys for the state argued Friday as a closely watched federal voting rights trial continued.
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Record-Keeping Issues Highlighted in Florida Voting Rights Trial
Florida’s byzantine patchwork of record-keeping prevents felons from learning about outstanding fines and fees before registering to vote, county election officials and felons testified this week as a closely watched federal voting rights trial enters its fourth day.
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Trial Over Felon Voting Rights Kicks Off in Florida
A federal trial began Monday over whether Florida can deny the right to vote for felons unable to pay court costs, restitution or fines.
Read moreCollege Students
A class of students at Purdue University is suing for restitution for tuition, housing, meals and other fees after being sent home from campus because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Florida Conditions on Felon Voting Die in 11th Circuit
A federal injunction blocking a Florida law that requires felons to pay restitution and fines before being able to vote will stand, the 11th Circuit ruled Tuesday, denying the state’s request for an en banc rehearing.
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Florida Can’t Bar Felons From Voting Over Unpaid Fees, Panel Rules
Florida cannot deny the right to vote for felons unable to pay restitution or fines, the 11th Circuit ruled Wednesday in a limited decision.
Read moreMinnesota For-Profit Colleges Ordered to Refund Student Money
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld orders requiring two for-profit colleges to refund tuition money to hundreds of former students defrauded by false assurances about a criminal justice degree.
Read moreSeventh Circuit Guts FTC’s Powers — Setting up Supreme Court Showdown
Breaking with eight other circuits, the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission lacks authority to seek restitution from companies that defraud consumers, and vacated a $5 million judgment against a credit-monitoring company.
Read moreFormer Precious Metals Trader Fights Contempt Order at 11th Circuit
An attorney for a Florida businessman who served as CEO of a company that defrauded customers in a precious metals investment scheme asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to overturn an order finding him in contempt for not paying restitution.
Read more$4.4 Million Seized From Houston Charter School Fraudsters
The husband and wife founders of a Houston charter school amassed a fortune preying on their students’ parents. The duo pocketed fees they charged students to go on field trips and to wear street clothes on Fridays instead of school uniforms.
Read moreActivists Blast Florida Bill Limiting Felon Voting Rights
On a cloudy Friday morning, a small group of activists met in the parking lot of a Florida state senator’s office grasping glossy placards and wearing buttons supporting a recent constitutional amendment restoring the voting rights of felons.
Read moreCFTC Contempt
Holding the CEO of Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. in contempt, a federal judge said Robert Escobio has 10 days to pay the Commodity Futures Trading Commission $350,000, plus monthly installments of the $1.5 million in restitution he owes customers, or be jailed.
Read moreRejected Restitution Case Provokes High Court Dissents
Three justices balked Monday at the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a case involving whether a judgment of restitution should be decided by a jury.
Read moreCommodities Fraud
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission permanently barred Pishon Holding LLC and Sung Hong aka Lawrence Hong, a recidivist felon, and Hong’s wife from the commodities business, and ordered them to pay $1.3 million in restitution.
Read moreDisbarred Attorney
A California man who was disbarred in 2015 was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding clients and investors, and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution.
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