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TexasTowelie

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2. From DOJ press release:

Reply to cannabis_flower (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 07:42 AM

Oct 2017

From at least 1997 until 2013, TUCKER engaged in the business of making small, short-term, high-interest, unsecured loans, commonly referred to as “payday loans,” through the Internet. TUCKER’s lending enterprise, which had up to 1,500 employees based in Overland Park, Kansas, did business as Ameriloan, f/k/a Cash Advance; OneClickCash, f/k/a Preferred Cash Loans; United Cash Loans; US FastCash; 500 FastCash; Advantage Cash Services; and Star Cash Processing (the “Tucker Payday Lenders”).

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/scott-tucker-and-timothy-muir-convicted-trial-35-billion-unlawful-internet-payday

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Scott Tucker found guilty of running criminal payday loan empire [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2017 OP

Any idea.. cannabis_flower Oct 2017 #1

From DOJ press release: TexasTowelie Oct 2017 #2

Thanks, but didn't know who he is so I google him. safeinOhio Oct 2017 #3

Hope he goes to prison. Repubs would call this a "free market." nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #4

He was sentences to 16 years. TexasTowelie Jul 2019 #5