August 26, 2010
A debt collector in Williamsville recently pleaded guilty to scamming a local bank in a fraud that caused his nearly two dozen victims to lose $440,000. Noah Schapiro, the man who ran the fraud was told by the State Supreme Court he will probably face a prison term of six to twelve years and will that he will be forced to sign confessions of judgment for his whole scam to seventeen debt investors and the Citizens Bank.
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August 21, 2010
In Dallas, the North Texas Tollway Authority, an entity responsible for collecting tolls, has been scrutinized for months over its toll collecting policy. This policy charges drivers who do not pay up at the toll booth fines of hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars. Because the NTTA has been under fire in the public eye, it announced today two steps it says that will target improving customer satisfaction.
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