This is one of those “WTF, REALLY?” stories. Al Raimi, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was sentenced to six months of house arrest today for stealing money from unsuspecting travelers as they passed through security screenings at Newark Liberty International Airport. Really. Raimi has also been ordered to pay out $24,150 restitution to his victims ... Read More »

An awesome tipster (send in your tips here) sent in a recent government report on payday lending contained some interesting facts about the financial health of government security/law enforcement employees. It also contained this gem of a chart showing how banks are profiting more and charging much higher interest rates than payday lenders are. If we use the prevalence of ... Read More »