Legal ambiguities have caused many banks to drop medical dispensaries from their merchant account roles. For business owners who feel that credit card processing is an integral part of their success, this rash of rejection notices from banks is more than a little distressing. It isn't uncommon for the owner of a dispensary to sign up with a bank only to hear a few weeks later that their services are being withdrawn. A single law, the Bank Secrecy Act, is the source of all the trouble. It…
The loss of personal data, an example of this would be the recent transgressions of the ministry of justice. In 2015 the ministry of justice failed to safeguard sensitive information about 2,935 prisoners. A hard drive containing information about the prisoner’s links to drug crime, possible leads to organised crime rings and details about the prisoner’s victims and visitors. This hard drive wasn’t encrypted so the information could be easily read by anyone, and so all the personal details could…
The self-made teenage millionaire Berry Minkow used to be called Whiz kid by founding his own carpet cleaning company, Z-Best, which was net worth over million dollars. After few years, his net worth was accused by bank fraud, embezzlement, and securities fraud which are typically fraud risk and because of insufficient proof as well as fake evidence caused him in jail more than a decade (Video A). 1. Fraud Risk: First of all, fraud risk defined as two different frauds which are individually…
The onslaught of security breaches on the internet make the threats to e-commerce very real for business, consumers, and government, and politician. There are individuals that hack into computers as well as the networks of businesses and government agencies. The problem is that sensitive data can be stolen and/or destroyed. The outlines are to look how internet security measures can actually create opportunities for criminals to steal, rather than prevent them. The major points of vulnerability…
attorneys we usually land somewhere in the middle. We offer flat fee pricing on criminal matters which usually works better for clients since they know what the total amounts are going to be and don’t have to worry about monthly bills. Heck, we even take credit cards (even Discover as I found out recently.) More importantly, we actually do care about you and your well-being. My wife thinks that I trouble disassociating myself from the crimes my clients are alleged to have committed. I’m not…
Choosing a credit repair lawyer that can give you expert advice on repairing your credit scores and flawed credit reports can be of great relief to you. When you suddenly find yourself trying to work out specific details with your creditors, it can often become a difficult and timely task. The necessity for a credit law firm goes all the way back to 1970. During that time the federal government enacted the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ensure justice and accuracy with credit reports. This act…
Statistics indicate that as much as 120,000 Australians make mergency calls to locksmiths on a yearly basis. As such, the emergency locksmith industry is a very activee one indeed. Unfrotunely it is also prone to the prevalence of locksmith scams as well. In this article we're going to take a look at 5 ways in which you can aovid fraduluent lockmsith scams. While it may be true that many lockcsmith pros charge as little as 100 for their services, many rip[-off artists will attempt to aquire…
enhance my credit card score and prevent myself from falling into debt. What is the difference between a good and a bad credit card? A good credit card could positively enhance his/her future financial, where he/she can buys and loans a large amount of money where a bad credit card could negatively affect his/her future financial by preventing his/her from buying or loaning a large amount of money. It's important for me to know this so that I can have a deeper meaning about a good and a bad…
4 Effective Ways to Deal with Debt There are circumstances in life that will lead you to debt to take care of a need that is beyond your financial ability. Moreover, repaying the debt above your normal financial obligations can be stressful, and if not handled well, will have a negative effect on you and your family. To manage that, here are 4 ways to help you deal with debt. • Dealing with debt involves motivation as much as it does managing money. To begin with, visualize yourself debt free…
cigarettes. This founding had lead campuses and student identification cards to develop polices about tobacco and e-cigarettes at major American Universities (Boyers & Karimkhani & Riggs & Dellavalle, 2015). The World Health Organization international agency for research on cancer considers smoking tobacco as a class 1 carcinogen. There was a new study…