Top Court Denies 1 Of 2 Petitions Filed Over Payday Lending Convictions

Mealey's (April 20, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 20 denied an attorney’s request to review his fraud and racketeering conviction for taking part in a “rent-a-tribe” scheme to shield unlawful payday lending businesses with tribal sovereign immunity, one of two petitions for certiorari filed in the case (Wheeler K. Neff v. United States, No. 19-1127, U.S. Sup.)....