OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - For Americans struggling in this economy, an advance on a paycheck can be a lifeline. These advances - also known as payday loans - have become a fast-growing business online, with nearly $11 billion lent out last year.
The money often comes with crippling interest rates, as CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian found for this report in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity.
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Many, many mobsters are in PRISON for loansharking, but states like Delaware say "come on over here!! Just don't break any legs. Okay? No broken legs?". Maryland OUTLAWED this type of business (as have a whole lot of other states). It is, without further description, loansharking, except loansharks DON'T get the interest these legalized criminals get...Thank you Delaware, for standing up for, and looking out for, the most vunerable of your citizens.
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