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A ripoff (or rip-off) is an grossly unfavorable financial transaction.It originated as slang that has entered into standard English usage as a business term. [1]Usually it refers to an incident in which a person is overcharged for something, or receives goods or services not of the standard expected for the price.
The owners had broken the children's legs and tied the lower leg to the thigh so the bones wouldn't mend. [They] did it because the children said they wanted to go outside and play. . . I went on a raid in a sweatshop in Brooklyn, and illegal workers were hiding in a rat hole, [and] impossible to know how old the workers were. [129]
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Long title: An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
Heidt noted that the logo placement on a counterfeit may look off or that the logo may have a bleed. "We can pick it up immediately and tell," Heidt said. "If you can pull up a picture of it ...
4. Windshield replacement rip-offs. Windshield replacement deductibles may vary by state, insurer and policy. However, three states — Florida, Kentucky and South Carolina — do not allow ...
Job hunters, consumers trying to dig themselves out of debt and those desperate to earn some extra money on the side were frequent victims of fraudsters, hackers and dishonest businesses in 2010 ...
In the 1960s and 1970s, Chief Postal Inspector Martin McGee, also known as "The Top Sleuth" or "Mr. Mail Fraud", led his department in exposing and prosecuting numerous mail fraud swindles such as land sales, phony advertising practices, insurance rip-offs, and fraudulent charitable organizations that used the mail to facilitate their illegal ...
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