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The investigation found that: * State regulators had allowed more than 10,000 convicted criminals to peddle mortgages in Florida between 2000 and 2007 while the state's mortgage fraud rate was spiraling to the highest in the nation. * More than 4,000 licensed brokers had cleared background checks after committing crimes that state law specifically required regulators to screen, including fraud, bank robbery, racketeering and extortion. * The former criminals allowed into the industry had committed more than $85 million in mortgage fraud by the time the first installment of the series ran. * When the state investigated brokers already in the business, there was almost no punishment for wrongdoing. The PACER match turned out to be important because Florida law specifically required regul...
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Financial mischief
The recent wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding the downgrade of treasury bonds leaves me to wonder what mischief President Obama and his financial advisers are cooking up.
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EAST COCALICO TWP.: Jean Marie Small, 24, of Ephrata, was charged on March 14, after she was allegedly involved in a domestic dispute with a family member in the first block of Hayloft Road, township police said. Small was released on $10,000 bail.
DENVER: Adam Kenneth Beears, 35, of Ephrata, was charged with burglary, robbery, theft, simple assault and criminal mischief as the result of an incident at 532 Main St., March 5, East Cocalico Township police said. Beears allegedly forced his way into a home and assaulted a female acquaintance. He was arraigned before District Judge Bruce Roth and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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Holding that the fences could not be taxed, Chief Justice Morrison R. Watte in Santa Chra County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. announced at the outset that the Court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations. [...] a proposition unexamined in 1886 led to the misadventure of 2010.
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A Springville man was sentenced to three years of probation Monday in Cattaraugus County Court and ordered to make restitution for the damage he caused Aug. 8, 2009, at a home in the Town of Freedom, District Attorney Lori Pettit Rieman reported.
John P. Bray, 41, pleaded guilty Oct. 25 to fourth-degree criminal mischief for the incident, which caused more than $250 damage. Bray originally was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree criminal trespassing, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment.
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At this writing, many details of the debt-ceiling deal wrangled out over the weekend remain fuzzy. One thing is clear, unfortu- nately: The national security of the United States is going to suffer greatly.
Then, the Pentagon (and possi- bly the Homeland Security and State Department budgets) will be whacked by as much as half of the $1.5 trillion more that an as-yet-undesignated congressional "supercommittee" is supposed to come up with by Thanksgiving.
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NEW HOLLAND: A laptop computer and an iPod were stolen from an apartment in the first block of South Custer Avenue between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday. Police ask anyone with information to contact them at 354-4646. Tipsters also may call Lancaster City/ County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913.
MOUNTVILLE: A small amount of cash was reported stolen Friday from George's Restaurant, in the first block of West Main Street. Forced entry was made through the rear of the business, police said. Police ask anyone with information to call 285-5191. Tipsters also may call Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913.
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By Amanda Pinto Register Staff apinto@nhregister.com
WEST HAVEN -- On many summer mornings, city Pool and Waterfront Coordinator Margaret Ruggiero assembles several members of her lifeguard crew and takes to the water.
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On many summer mornings, city Pool and Waterfront Coordinator Margaret Ruggiero assembles several members of her lifeguard crew and takes to the water.