TAMPA, Fla. - (09/30/04) -- An Army veteran who served in theIraq war pleaded guilty Wednesday to last March's armed robbery atMid-Florida FCU, but refused to name his accomplices, who stillremain at large. Army Sgt. James Lee Stover, Jr., 34, told a judgehe would rather serve a long prison sentence than name hisaccomplices, believed to be at least three other men. As a result,Stover, a divorced father of four young children, is expected to besentenced to up to 32 years in federal prison. Stover was on a30-day leave from active duty during the robbery, and had served ayear in Iraq
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Part of the growing "phishing-as-a-service" economy, the Spiderman kit offers novice hackers sophisticated tools to target customers of major EU institutions.
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Banks may need to offer people over the age of 65 more than just digital experiences, according to an executive at J.D. Power, which surveyed more than 11,000 retail banking customers.
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In a move some industry observers call "dangerous and irresponsible," the administration is taking down consumer protection guardrails that have been put up by states like California and Colorado.
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Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Friday approved national trust charter applications for five crypto firms, affirming the administration's push to allow crypto companies the ability to take deposits.
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Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data.
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