Mealey's (March 13, 2020, 8:49 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government on March 11 waived its right to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court petition challenging the fraud and racketeering conviction of a Pennsylvania man 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 (Charles M. Hallinan v. United States, No. 19-1087, U.S. Sup.)....