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Student Loan Scandal
The story package revealed "improper payoffs from a student loan company to college financial aid officers, as well as to a key official at the U.S. Department of Education who was in charge of overseeing the lenders that participate in the federal guaranteed student-loan program."
Tags: student loans; improper payoffs; college financial aid; lenders
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Tax-sale tactics get a hard look; Tax-sale buyer's tactics scrutinized; Witness protection inquiry possible; Records, interviews reflect Davis' posh past; Behind on their taxes, these homeowners crossed paths with Davis; Tale of four properties; Tax-sale law with bigger payoffs may be a 'monster;' State says D.M, businessman disguised loans as home sales; Man monitored client of Davis, was convicted
The Des Moines Register investigates slum lord Josh Davis, a former drug accountant for the Medellin Cartel who had gone into the witness-protection program. After Davis moved from California to Iowa, he began buying properties through tax sales. "He turned some properties into slum housing and found ways to take other properties he couldn't obtain through tax-delinquent liens... He,,, played cat and mouse games to keep city officials from closing properties with major code violations, intimidated or tricked people into signing over their homes and rented out dozens of improperly seized properties to make money."
Tags: Josh Davis; Medellin Cartel; drugs; witness-protection program; money; slum lords; housing; Iowa; California