A Texas-based travel, fitness and wellness company filed a creditor’s claim against Tony Hsieh’s estate on Monday, seeking more than $8.7 million.
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A Las Vegas man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly $2 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program money, meant for struggling small businesses, to buy luxury cars and two luxury condominiums in Las Vegas.
The nonprofit organization Goodwill said late Monday that it was contacted Friday by a payment card industry fraud investigative unit and federal authorities who said payment card numbers may have been stolen from some U.S. stores.
It doesn’t surprise experts that some debit and credit card numbers stolen from Target’s computer systems may have surfaced among nearly 100 fake credit cards seized by police in Texas this week.
Twenty-four hours. That’s how long a business has to detect and report fraudulent account activity. For personal accounts it’s 60 days. Otherwise the theft isn’t covered by banks.
A defamation lawsuit filed last year by Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada against Wynn Resorts Ltd., company CEO Steve Wynn and some of its executives has been dismissed by a Tokyo District Court.
Allegations of misconduct used by Wynn Resorts Ltd. to oust a Japanese billionaire as a majority shareholder were based on a “deeply flawed” investigation that selectively used information to build a biased case, former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said in 45-page report released Monday.
District Court Judge Susan Scann looked at the color copy of a real estate listing Thursday morning and needed only a few seconds to advise lawyers for embattled Texas developer Chris Milam to remove the ad offering 477 acres in Henderson for sale.
Ahern Rentals Inc. has gained time as it tries to fend off outsiders who might bid for the company in Chapter 11 proceedings.
To bolster the case that Kazuo Okada should not be allowed to vote his former holdings at the Wynn Resorts Ltd. annual meeting, chairman and CEO Steve Wynn weighed in with his own recounting of the potential dangers.
Kazuo Okada and affiliated companies must pay nearly $149,000 in Wynn’s Resorts Ltd. legal fees for a failed attempt to move part of their legal fight from Clark County District Court to U.S. District Court.
Plans to renovate and reopen the Roadhouse casino in Henderson remained on hold Thursday after a district court judge allowed a lawsuit filed by competitor Sunset Station LLC to proceed.
