United States Declines To Answer 2nd Petition Over Payday Lending Convictions

Mealey's (March 20, 2020, 11:25 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government on March 18 again waived its right to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court petition challenging the fraud and racketeering convictions of a Pennsylvania man and his Delaware attorney, who partnered with Indian tribes to make short-term, high-interest loans to customers in need of quick cash in what has been called a “rent-a-tribe” scheme (Wheeler K. Neff v. United States, No. 19-1127, Charles M. Hallinan v. United States, No. 19-1087, U.S. Sup.)....