Academics Shill for Predatory Lenders

The Payday industry trade group Consumer Credit Research Foundation (CCRF) paid for a 2011 study conducted by Arkansas Tech University and edited it to fit their purposes, according to the Campaign for Accountability (CfA) report, Academic Deception. The records released by the CfA report show that the CCRF paid Professor Anthony Fusaro at least $39,912 to author a report titled …