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Inside the $10 Billion Debt Settlement Machine: Stop-Paying Scripts, 25 Percent Fees, and a Bureau That Prefers a Quiet Meeting
Dezember 22, 2025
Inside the $10 Billion Debt Settlement Machine: Stop-Paying Scripts, 25 Percent Fees, and a Bureau That Prefers a Quiet Meeting
For-profit debt settlement shops still tell clients to stop paying cards and take 15 to 25 percent. Card balances hit $1.26 trillion while federal enforcement got quieter.
Middlesex County Operation Bad Santa Charged Twelve Men, Cost an Elizabeth Teacher His Job, and Left the Cases on a Criminal Calendar
Dezember 22, 2025
Middlesex County Operation Bad Santa Charged Twelve Men, Cost an Elizabeth Teacher His Job, and Left the Cases on a Criminal Calendar
Twelve men ages 23 to 65 were charged after an undercover Middlesex County house. Elizabeth Public Schools later fired teacher Joseph Davicsin. The cases remain accusations, not verdicts.
Utah’s $7.9 Million Ban on Parker Wilde Did Not Stop an Amazon-Seller Wallet Pitch on His Public Account
Dezember 21, 2025
Utah’s $7.9 Million Ban on Parker Wilde Did Not Stop an Amazon-Seller Wallet Pitch on His Public Account
Utah's court ordered Parker J. Wilde to pay up to $7.9 million and banned him from selling business opportunities in the state. On September 26, 2026, his public account promoted…
Gum-Disease Bacteria Turned Up in Calcified Heart Valves After Cardiologists Refused to Call the Link Proven
Dezember 19, 2025
Gum-Disease Bacteria Turned Up in Calcified Heart Valves After Cardiologists Refused to Call the Link Proven
The American Heart Association's Circulation statement links gum disease to heart attack and stroke risk without declaring causation. A July 2026 lab abstract found Porphyromonas gingivalis in calcified aortic valves.…
Baldwin County’s Grand Jury Still Holds Mobile Detective Jacob Clifford’s Child Sex Case After the Bind-Over
Dezember 19, 2025
Baldwin County’s Grand Jury Still Holds Mobile Detective Jacob Clifford’s Child Sex Case After the Bind-Over
A Baldwin County judge bound Jacob Clifford's case to a grand jury in January 2026. The Mobile homicide detective denies four child-sex-abuse counts and three sodomy counts. No indictment has…
Michael Broady Called 911 From Reform, Alabama, and the Body Camera Outlived the Partial Settlement
Dezember 18, 2025
Michael Broady Called 911 From Reform, Alabama, and the Body Camera Outlived the Partial Settlement
Michael Broady called 911 in Reform, Alabama, in August 2021 and died after a multi-agency arrest. Judge Annemarie Carney Axon dismissed settled claims against Kallenna Homan and Austin Moss. Deputies…
Kevin Conover’s El Cajon Plea Left a Life Sentence and a Split Between Newsrooms on the Prison Term
Dezember 18, 2025
Kevin Conover’s El Cajon Plea Left a Life Sentence and a Split Between Newsrooms on the Prison Term
Kevin Conover, former Bible department head at Christian Unified High School in El Cajon, pleaded guilty to five felony counts. Judge CJ Mody sentenced him on July 31, 2026, while…
Daniel Chu’s Tricolor Fraud Case Slid Toward a January 2027 Trial After Cooperators and an SEC Suit
Dezember 17, 2025
Daniel Chu’s Tricolor Fraud Case Slid Toward a January 2027 Trial After Cooperators and an SEC Suit
A July 2026 minute entry pointed Daniel Chu's Tricolor fraud trial toward January 25, 2027. The SEC sued in August. Three former executives have pleaded guilty. Chu has not.
ShinyHunters Shopped Pornhub Watch Histories, Then Claimed It Seized an FBI Jobs Site
Dezember 17, 2025
ShinyHunters Shopped Pornhub Watch Histories, Then Claimed It Seized an FBI Jobs Site
ShinyHunters demanded Bitcoin over Pornhub Premium watch histories. In September 2026 the same crew claimed an FBI jobs-site breach. The bureau is investigating and has not confirmed the theft.
700Credit $17.5 Million Settlement Puts a September Deadline on Claims After 5.8 Million Car Buyers Were Exposed
Dezember 17, 2025
700Credit $17.5 Million Settlement Puts a September Deadline on Claims After 5.8 Million Car Buyers Were Exposed
700Credit's $17.5 million class deal covers about 5.8 million auto-finance applicants. Opt out by September 8, 2026. File a claim by September 22. Final approval hearing is October 7.