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NEW ORLEANS–Credit unions aren’t alone in being victimized by some enormous embezzlements, as one man has been charged with stealing $123-million from First NBC Bank in New Orleans. The theft ultimately led to the bank’s failure.

WASHINGTON—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled with Timemark, Inc., a company based in Deerfield Beach, Fla., that provides debt-relief services to consumers with federal student-loan debt, and with its owners and officers, Timothy Lenihan, Sr., Mark Nagler, and Casey Gassaway. 

WASHINGTON–The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has scheduled a hearing on the nomination of Kyle Hauptman to serve on the NCUA board for July 21.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the Trump Administration, which is seeking to avoid a lawsuit by shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac relating to the government conservatorship of the companies more than a decade ago following the financial crisis.