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Scott A. Tucker

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Convicted in a public proceeding.

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  1. Operated AMG Services, AMG Capital Management and related companies as an online payday lending business under brand names including Ameriloan, 500FastCash and UnitedCashLoans, charging interest rates as high as 700%. source
  2. Beginning in 2003, entered agreements with the Miami and Modoc tribes of Oklahoma and the Santee Sioux tribe of Nebraska under which the tribes were nominally the lenders in exchange for roughly 1% of revenue, while Tucker retained the rest and controlled the business. source
  3. In October 2016, a federal court imposed a $1.3 billion civil judgment against Tucker and the corporate defendants in an FTC lawsuit, at the time, the largest judgment the FTC had obtained in a litigated case. source
  4. Convicted on 13 October 2017, after a five-week federal jury trial, on all 14 criminal counts against him, including racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and Truth in Lending Act violations. source
  5. Sentenced on 5 January 2018 to more than 16 years in federal prison. source

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  1. U.S. Court Finds in FTC's Favor and Imposes Record $1.3 Billion Judgment Against Defendants Behind AMG Payday Lending Scheme. US Federal Trade Commission. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  2. Payday Lender Scott Tucker Sentenced To More Than 16 Years In Prison. KCUR (NPR, Kansas City). Accessed 2026-09-29.
  3. IMPACT: Tribal payday lender sued by Federal Trade Commission. Center for Public Integrity. Accessed 2026-09-29.

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