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The Wells Fargo fraudulent account case started forming during September 8th of 2016. Wells Faro Bank was accused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Los Angeles City Attorney. The firms claimed that Wells Fargo during 2011 and 2016 created additional fraudulent bank accounts for pre-existing customers. Signing up over 2 million customers for new credit cards and fees that they were unaware of. The fraud allegedly resulted from our…

Out of all of the special population gangs there are, the group I find the most interesting to read about and research about is the 1% motorcycle gangs. Before this project, I was not very knowledgeable of the 1% motorcycle gangs and their prevalence in the Chattanooga area because even though I’ve lived here my entire life, there is still so much that I do not know about Chattanooga. It is important to know who takes up residence in your hometown and it makes for intriguing research material. I…

violent and criminal organized gang in the country? After the Central American silver war was over in the 1980’s, many Salvadorians immigrated to the United States. Most of the immigrants migrated to Los Angeles, California and few immigrated to Washington D.C. After settling into the barrios of Los Angeles the Salvadorians became the minority in the community…

The revelation that the dream was teaching the dreamers how to live… Dreamers come to California because it is the last stop for all those who come from somewhere else. However, is it a right place for dreamers? Slouching Toward Bethlehem is a 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. The New York Times referred to it as “a rich display of some of the best prose written today in this country”. Also, “The Center Will Not Hold”…

Each drawing and painting always has a true and great story behind it. Paintings in Los Angeles are very beautiful and there should not be any problem with having nice paintings or drawing in the walls. I think its okay to have drawings in Los Angeles because a lot of people from all over the world go there and like to look around and explore How Los Angeles really is. Art is a really outstanding when you know that it is something that a artist drew out of there feelings or emotion or simply…

of the projects their set name Rollin 60. He wanted people to feel their impact and presence. There were two victims that had died in the gang shooting that happened. The two victims were from Dominican Republic. One of them was Albert Cintron of twenty four years old. He was raised in a small town of Pennsylvania called Reading. He moved to the Bronx when he was about seven years old with his parents and sisters. He was affiliated with the bloods for three years. The other victim was Allen Diaz…

Introduction The representation of Africa and African people in popular American media has been a major concern in academic disciplines and the subject of numerous books and essays. Many scholars and activists have written about this issue seeking to introduce new knowledges and methodologies into the debate while taking into account the overwhelming evidence of the colonial influence on these representations. The debates and arguments are not restricted to Hollywood films (although Hollywood…

In the book Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York’s Chinatown, Scott D. Seligman discusses the lives of Chinese immigrants residing in a suburb of New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout the book, Seligman delves into the quarrels between rival Chinese gangs. The Hip Sings and On Leongs rise in criminal activities led to violent actions that resulted in the deaths of many individuals. Although these individuals acted maliciously, Seligman…

If we compare the novel of “The Outsiders” that was written by S.E.Hinton and the film that was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, there will be many similarities and differences. One of the major differences is the different treatments to express some major themes. For example, Conflict between different social classes, conflict between siblings, the definition of family and the coming of age and maturation of teenage boy. The conflict between different social classes is based on several…

Teens join gangs for a variety reasons from families, schools, friends, to what city they live in. Gangs are everywhere, even some of the nicest cities. Peer pressure, family, protection, and boredom are the main reasons I noticed that teens join gangs. In reflecting upon my own adolescence and witnessing teens joining gangs, I believe that all these reasons are closely associated. It seems as though gangs have no boundaries it affects the poor and the rich, small towns, suburbia, and some of…