Meanwhile, the federal government sued Levine's companies, claiming overcharges for their salvage work. Lawsuits regarding the overcharges are still pending as of January 2011. In addition, the city owed the company more than $5 million in tax overcharges. The case also alleged cover-ups and coordination to obscure the overcharges. On December 11, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the overcharges were unlawful. No other government studies have been conducted into ARM interest overcharges. He befriends a waitress, a single mother, working at a diner which overcharges outsiders.