by Data Age | May 19, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Laws, Management, News
Naperville City Council members are taking a look at tightening the rules for businesses that buy and sell precious metals, gems and jewelry. An ordinance to be scrutinized by the council Tuesday evening would require pawnbrokers and secondhand sellers of those goods...
by Data Age | May 15, 2014 | Compliance, Education, Firearms, Industry, Laws, News
It was John Zawahri’s failure to pass a background check that prevented him from buying a firearm in California several years ago. So the 23-year-old obtained an “unfinished receiver,” the metal piece that holds the critical mechanisms that allow guns to fire, and...
by Data Age | May 15, 2014 | Compliance, Industry, News
In a filing with the SEC, payday lender and pawn shop chain EZCorp Inc. disclosed it has received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, taken in February, is part of an...
by Data Age | May 13, 2014 | Compliance, Firearms, Industry, Laws, News
The threats came from all over the country in the past two weeks, aimed at gun dealers in California and Maryland who were prepared to sell firearms that would set off New Jersey’s tough law. Read full report
by Data Age | May 13, 2014 | Compliance, Industry, News
The former owner of a North Charleston pawnshop was sentenced to three years in prison for buying about $1 million in stolen merchandise and selling it online, according to prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Read report here
by Data Age | May 13, 2014 | Compliance, Firearms, Industry, Laws, Management, News
On May 7th New Hampshire Representative Timothy Horrigan (D-Durham) stood on the state house floor and argued against legislation forbidding the use of EBT cards for guns, saying such a ban “is a blatant violation of the Second Amendment.” Read article...
