Mealey's (January 4, 2017, 12:19 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. government states sufficient facts to convict two men of using Indian tribes as fronts for dozens of illegal payday lending businesses that brought in more than $680 million in five years, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Dec. 29 after finding that neither tribal law nor sovereign immunity can shield the men from claims that they operated a racketeering conspiracy using a “rent-a-tribe” scheme (United States of America v. Charles M. Hallinan, et al., No. 2:16-cr-130, E.D. Pa.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179625)....