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  2. Debtors' prison - Wikipedia

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    The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta. A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses) were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. [1]

  3. Texas two-step bankruptcy - Wikipedia

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    A fraudulent transfer is an illegal attempt to avoid paying a debt by transferring money to another person or entity. Critics have argued that a Texas divisive merger meets the definition of a fraudulent transfer when done in preparation for bankruptcy, because the divisive merger causes the spin-off to become insolvent (unable to pay its debts ...

  4. Debtors' Prison Is Back -- and Just as Cruel as Ever - AOL

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    To most of us, "debtors' prison" sounds like an archaic institution, something straight out of a Dickens novel. But the idea of jailing people who can't pay what they owe is alive and well in 21st ...

  5. Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 - Wikipedia

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    Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 was a United States federal statute enacted into law by the first President of the United States George Washington on May 5, 1792. The Act of Congress established penal regulations and restrictions for persons jailed for property debt, tax evasion , and tax resistance .

  6. North Texas woman gets life in prison in $31 million ... - AOL

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    A North Texas woman was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for her role in helping her partner con millions of dollars out of senior citizens through an investment business, the Tarrant County ...

  7. List of corporate collapses and scandals - Wikipedia

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    A number were sentenced to prison. [7] [8] $63.4 billion Chiquita Brands Int: United States: 28 Nov 2001: Food: Accumulated debts, after a series of accusations relating to breaches of labour and environmental standards. It entered a pre-packaged insolvency, and emerged with similar management in 2002. [9] Kmart: United States: 22 Jan 2002: Retail

  8. Debtors' Prison Is Back -- and Just as Cruel as Ever - AOL

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    To most of us, "debtors' prison" sounds like an archaic institution, something straight out of a Dickens novel. But the idea of jailing people who can't pay what they owe is alive and well in 21st ...

  9. French M. Robertson Unit - Wikipedia

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    The French M. Robertson Unit is a maximum-security state prison located on Farm to Market Road 3522 in Abilene, Texas, United States, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Downtown Abilene in Jones County. [1] [2]