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Par Funding claimed to be a legitimate lending business. The SEC and the DOJ say it was a massive grift — and one of the biggest financial crimes in Philly history.

The Daily Beast revealed that Whitaker received $400,000 for the work in 2020 but didn't register as a lobbyist.

Las Vegas, NV (PRUnderground) April 19th, 2021 After careful consideration, the Stephen Odzer Scholarship Program has identified the recipients of its annual financial awards for this year. A US $ 1,000 scholarship will be awarded to twenty worthy post-secondary applicants across the country. Beneficial college and university students of all ages and backgrounds get one step closer to paying for their degrees. High school graduates are also entitled to a scholarship, provided they have received...

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Clemency for more than a dozen Jews   January 29, 2021 (JTA) — In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump awarded clemency to more than a dozen Jews who had been convicted of crimes — but not Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York State Assembly speaker. Silver was not on the list of 143 people granted clemency, a traditional act for outgoing presidents. That means the former Democratic power broker will continue serving a prison term on corruption charges. The New York Time...

Florida businessman convicted of $1BILLION Medicare fraud spent NYE dancing at his daughters wedding days after Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence citing his declining health Philip Esformes was among the slew of convicts pardoned by President Trump in the final days of his presidency  Esformes, 51, was convicted on 20 criminal counts in a $1billion Medicare fraud scheme in 2019  The healthcare executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 4 White House claimed the mo...

Jews who made the cut included several whose crimes affected Jewish communities or who had support of Aleph Institute, an organization that works with Jews who are incarcerated

Albert Pirro had been among those expected to be on the list issued in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But when he was not, his ex-wife lobbied Trump directly.

(www.theyeshivaworld.com) President Donald Trump, in the waning hours of his presidency, granted clemency to 143 people, but did not preemptively pardon himself or his family. Two of those pardoned are Eli Weinstein of Lakewood and Sholom Weiss, formerly of Borough Park. Weiss was the recipient of what is believed to be the longest-ever white-collar prison sentence—more than 800 years in prison in 2000. Weinstein is currently serving his eighth year of a 24-year sentence for a real estate inv...

Here is a look at all 143 people President Donald Trump granted pardons or commutations to on the final day of his presidency.