The six-month search for a $10-20 million ecstasy lab in Canberra – The Canberra Times

Chemical waste from cooking drugs, carelessly discarded by Canberra’s own Walter White, led the authorities to Stanley Hou’s drug lab. The chemicals were picked up by water testers, who triggered a six-month search for the source of the contamination that uncovered a commercial grade clandestine drug lab capable of producing $10-20 million of MDMA. Busted:…

‘Even gambling addicts have more protections’ than student-loan borrowers – Business Insider

Borrowers who default on their student loans are pursued aggressively by the Department of Education and private debt collectors, facing garnished wages, withheld IRS tax returns, and decreased Social Security payments, Reuters reported. We treat struggling student-loan borrowers the same as deadbeat parents and tax cheats, Seth Frotman, a senior member of the Consumer Financial…

‘Even gambling addicts have more protections’ than student-loan borrowers – Yahoo7 News

Borrowers who default on their student loans are pursued aggressively by the Department of Education and private debt collectors, facing garnished wages, withheld IRS tax returns, and decreased Social Security payments, Reuters reported. “We treat struggling student-loan borrowers the same as deadbeat parents and tax cheats,” Seth Frotman, a senior member of the Consumer Financial…