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In probability theory, the coupon collector's problem refers to mathematical analysis of "collect all coupons and win" contests. It asks the following question: if each box of a given product (e.g., breakfast cereals) contains a coupon, and there are n different types of coupons, what is the probability that more than t boxes need to be bought ...
Mail fraud was first defined in the United States in 1872. 18 U.S.C. § 1341 provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use ...
As a condition of the federal assistance, Citigroup's dividend payment was reduced to $0.01 per share. In a New York Times op-ed, Michael Lewis and David Einhorn described the November 2008 $306 billion (~$425 billion in 2023) guarantee as "an undisguised gift" without any real crisis motivating it.
April 1 marked day one of California's new fast food minimum wage law, which raised the starting wage for restaurant employees in the state to $20 per hour — from $16 previously — for chains ...
The Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984 is a United States federal law that amended the federal criminal code to make it a federal offense to violate the Lanham Act by the intentional use of a counterfeit trademark or the unauthorized use of a counterfeit trademark. The act established penalties of up to five years imprisonment and/or a ...
March 20, 2024 at 8:30 PM. Sean Rayford. The prospect that Donald Trump may fail to post a bond by Monday’s deadline for the $464 million civil fraud penalty against him and his co-defendants ...
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on May 20, 2009. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, Pub. L. 111–21 (text) (PDF), S. 386, 123 Stat. 1617, enacted May 20, 2009, is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial ...
One trader's messages indicated that for each basis point (0.01%) that Libor was moved, those involved could net "about a couple of million dollars". [64] On 27 June 2012, Barclays Bank was fined $200m by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , [13] $160m by the United States Department of Justice [14] and £59.5m by the Financial Services ...