cash payments
Coverage of cash payments in the Nexus archive.
- Does this modeling opportunity sound legitimate, or are we right to be concerned?
A friend in North Carolina is working with a freelance modeling agent who claims to connect models with European companies but lacks a verifiable online presence. The situation involves hotel-based photo shoots, cash payments without tax paperwork, secrecy around contracts, and offers of housing and car use from unfamiliar individuals. The National Human Trafficking Hotline suggested it may be a scam or fraud rather than trafficking.
- Ministers look at restricting cash payments as disability benefits bill soars
Ministers are considering restricting cash payments due to a rising disability benefits bill. The increase in claims since 2019 is attributed to mental health and neuro-developmental conditions.
- Charlotte city council approves new fare enforcement plan
Charlotte City Council approved a new fare enforcement plan for the Charlotte Area Transit System, including dedicating 60 officers to enforcement, phasing out cash payments, and raising the senior pass age from 62 to 65. Details will be discussed in a 5 p.m. news segment.
- Felon convicted for selling dozens of firearms and hundreds of ammunition rounds
A 45-year-old Houston man has been convicted for selling firearms and machine gun conversion devices using cash payments. The case involved dozens of firearms and hundreds of ammunition rounds.