[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n Anchorage K9 officer patrolling on Northern Lights Boulevard early Wednesday morning observed a white 1999 Chevy Suburban parked and occupied by two sleeping individuals in the Carrs Parking lot and ran the plates, APD reported. When the plates were run, they came back as belonging to a different vehicle and backup was requested. Additional […]
As Wall Street banks continue to enjoy record profits thanks to President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax scam, Trump’s Treasury Department—headed by former Goldman Sachs executive Steve Mnuchin—quietly moved to hand big banks yet another major gift on Wednesday by hiding a $2.5 billion tax cut in the fine print of an “esoteric” new rule proposal (pdf). At first glance, the […]
Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder revealed on Wednesday that the four individuals responsible for the thefts of ATM machines earlier this year all pleaded guilty to Possession of Stolen Bank Property. The primary player in the ATM thefts, 26-year-old Adrian Cheyne Turnbow, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to an indictment charging him with Possession […]
NEW YORK—Credit card debt in the United States is approaching $1 trillion, according to a study by CardHub.com, a company that tracks consumer financial issues. If that figure isn’t stark enough by itself, consider these, also from last month’s Card-Hub study: In 2015 alone, credit card debt rose $71 billion; $52 billion came in the […]