Fraud and false statements

The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in limbo after the Trump administration told the bureau’s employees to suspend their work. Thursday, Russell Vought was confirmed as the head of the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the CFPB. Saturday, he instructed staff to suspend nearly all activities, including supervising financial firms. This came...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is credited with forcing banks and corporations to give billions back to consumers, but it appears to be the latest federal agency under siege by the Trump administration and DOGE....

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Former Massachusetts state Sen. Dean Tran was sentenced Friday to a year and a half in prison followed by two years of supervised release, having been convicted of 23 felony counts including COVID and tax fraud, federal prosecutors said. The Fitchburg Republican who served in the Massachusetts Senate from late 2017 until early 2021 was indicted by a federal grand…

A Connecticut real estate agent has been sentenced to prison for his role in a multi-year scheme in which he fraudulently conducted short sales, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Officials said 46-year-old James Macchio, of Glastonbury, served as the manager of a real estate agency. He is accused of defrauding his clients by conducting fake short sales of...