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Report Spurs Investigation of Bank of America, JPMorgan Prison Deals

Loaded on Dec. 3, 2014 by Daniel Wagner published in Prison Legal News December, 2014, page 12
Filed under: Lobbying, Money/Property, Trust Accounts, Commissary. Location: United States of America.

Report Spurs Investigation of Bank of America, JPMorgan Prison Deals

Government auditors are investigating exclusive contracts held by Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to provide financial services inside federal prisons.

by Daniel Wagner

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s inspector general, Eric Thorson, will audit Treasury’s ...

 

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