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Company accused of scamming 9/11, NFL concussion victims

A company that promised sick 9/11 responders and NFL players with concussion injuries that it could “cut through red tape” to get their payouts faster lured them into advances that meant hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegally high interest and fees, authorities said Tuesday.

A.G. Schneiderman And Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announce Lawsuit Against RD Legal For Scamming 9/11 Heroes Out Of Millions Of Dollars In Compensation Funds

Lawsuit Also Accuses Company Of Deceiving National Football League Concussion Victims

BRIEF-RD Legal Funding is sued by US CFPB, NYAG over advances to 9/11 victims, NFL retirees

* Rd legal funding llc is sued by u.s. Consumer financial protection bureau, new york attorney general — court filing

CFPB and New York Attorney General Sue RD Legal for Scamming 9/11 Heroes Out of Millions of Dollars in Compensation Funds

CFPB and NY Also Accuse Company of Deceiving National Football League Concussion Victims

NY Attorney General says legal funding company ripped off 9/11 responders, football players with ‘unlawfully high’ interest rates

A lending company promised 9/11 and NFL concussion victims attractive advances on payouts — then cheated them out of millions with “unlawfully high” interest rates, the New York State Attorney General alleged Tuesday.

Company accused of scamming 9/11 heroes out of millions

A legal-funding company is being accused of targeting 9/11 first responders and allegedly scamming them out of millions of dollars.

Legal financial advance firm accused of scamming 9/11 heroes, NFL players

A New Jersey-based company that offers financial advances to people awaiting legal settlements was accused Tuesday of scamming first responders to the 9/11 terrorist attack by luring them into costly advance deals on pending compensation and settlement payouts.

Lender scammed 9/11 first responders out of millions: suit

A Cresskill, N.J., lender scammed 9/11 first responders ​suffering from cancer — as well as football players with brain injuries — out of millions of dollars by luring them into illegal loans with interest rates of as much as…

In the wind: Experts say thousands of Downtowners affected by toxic 9/11 dust still missing from Zadroga Act rolls

t’s been more than 15 years since the 9/11 attacks spread a cloud of toxic chemicals and dust across Lower Manhattan, and advocates say that many of the people who were harmed by it still don’t realize how they…

NYPD Deputy Chief James Molloy dies of 9/11-related brain cancer

An NYPD chief has died of 9/11-related brain cancer after a long struggle with the disease, officials said Tuesday.