RELATED COVERAGE Sports wagerers with debts of tens of thousands of dollars are regularly presenting to Child and Family Services Ballarat, the service said. Every two to four weeks a person will seek help with debts which are out of control for their stage of life because of compulsive sports betting, CAFS financial counselling coordinator Colin Handreck…
The wife of a man jailed for life for the murder of their two young sons has obtained a High Court judgment of 77,690 against her husband over the deaths of the boys. Kathleen Chada, a clinic manager, of Ballinkillen, Bagnelstown, Co Carlow, sued Sanjeev Chada, 45, whose address was given as Arbour Hill Prison…
SINGAPORE – A fitness trainer conned his victim into believing that he needed money to pay for his mother’ s medical bills, rental arrears for two flats, insurance and even ransom for his kidnapped daughter. Between August 2012 and March 2013, Kelvin Kwan Ban Hock duped civil servant Goh Wee Hou, 37, of a total…
NORTH Ayrshire Council will be given powers to tackle problem gambling after a Holyrood committee backed changes to planning rules. Under new rules the Council, together with other councils in Scotland, will be able to block any change in premises to a betting shop, potentially avoiding the clustering of betting shops. SNP MSP Stuart McMillan…
A 31-year-old man in suburban Shanghai has been arrested for allegedly defrauding air hostesses over 2 million yuan (US$300,000) by claiming to be a pilot, police said on Saturday. The suspect surnamed Han who lives in Qingpu District allegedly hooked up the victims via a car-pooling software on the way to Hongqiao International Airport. Han…
By Ross Mcdonagh For Dailymail.com Published: 13:18 +11:00, 19 January 2017 | Updated: 13:18 +11:00, 19 January 2017 e-mail View comments It’s like stealing $6.5million… but then having to pay back $8.2million. Alanis Morissette’s former business manager has admitted to stealing $4.8million from her over the course of four years. Jonathan Schwartz plead guilty to committing…
New York will soon be home to three new upstate casinos, and to calm fears among opponents to gambling expansion, the state is increasing its addiction therapy services at its six treatment facilities. New York lawmakers and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) authorized three new upstate casinos, but health officials there are now worried about a…
The number of borrowers drowning in red ink has fallen and is set to dip further with a new plan to help people pay off debts more easily. It is aimed at those with unsecured debt – essentially loans with no collateral, like those racked up on credit cards or overdrafts. The numbers affected are…
College affordability has recently become the preeminent issue in higher education, as student debt figures have hit staggering levels. Student loan debt exceeds other types of consumer debt in the US, like car loans and credit card debt, reaching $1.279 trillion as of the third quarter of 2016. And while lawmakers and student advocates look…
20th Century Fox is bringing back the ’90s with a reboot of the sports flick White Men Can’t Jump, according to the The Hollywood Reporter. The 1992 movie centers on two men who compete in street basketball and then join forces in an epic tournament. One is, as the title suggests, a white man who…
