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Teen suspects in Stratford theater fire identified; to be tried as adults
The three teens arrested for starting the fire that destroyed Stratford’s American Shakespeare Theatre have been identified and will be tried as adults. The aftermath of the Jan. 13 fire. Photo by Ned...
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New Windsor tax preparer falsified returns by $2.4M, feds charge
With four days to go to Tax Day, customers of Eversley Tax in New Windsor, whose federal returns have not been completed, are out of luck. Eversley E. Barrett, 64, who operates the tax preparation...
View ArticleRockland County lawyer sentenced to four months in mortgage fraud scam
A Rockland County attorney was sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York to four months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Laurence Savedoff of New City...
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Mount Vernon city worker pleads guilty to credit card fraud for plastic surgery
A Mount Vernon Police Department employee has pleaded guilty to using a credit card account created under another person’s name to pay for plastic surgery. Fraida Hickson was charged with one count of...
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Bridgeport tax preparer pleads guilty to coordinating $1.5M in false returns
Rolando Russell, an independent Bridgeport tax preparer, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to preparing false tax returns for his clients. In pleading guilty, Russell agreed that losses...
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Ridgefield contractor pleads guilty to antitrust, fraud charges
Ridgefield resident and insulation contractor Michael S. Flynn has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport Superior Court for his role in a number of bid-rigging schemes in violation of antitrust laws, and of...
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NYMC to receive $925K in bioterrorism and disaster response training funds
From left: Dr. David Markenson, medical director of NYMC’s Center for Disaster Medicine; County Executive George Latimer; Legislator Peter Harckham; and Dr. Alan Kadish. Speaking at the podium, Dr....
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How to prove you’re not hired, fired or forced to retire because of your age
If you are over 40 years old, age discrimination at work may start with teasing comments from co-workers like, “Must be nice to be so close to retirement,” but it’s no joke when you lose a job on the...
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Westchester residents linked to $1M Jamaican sweepstakes scam
Two Westchester residents are among seven individuals who have been accused in federal court, White Plains, of running a variation of the Jamaican lottery scam based on the Publishers Clearing House...
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U.S. Attorney’s Office accuses Harrison waste hauler of overbilling customers
The owner of a Harrison trash hauling business has been accused of overbilling commercial customers. Ralph Mancini, operator of County Waste Management Inc., was arraigned May 17 in federal court in...
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Greenwich attorney Gordon Caplan pleads guilty in college admissions scam
Caplan Greenwich resident Gordon Caplan, the former co-chairman of Manhattan law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, has pleaded guilty in the college admissions cheating scandal, admitting that he paid...
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Settlement of opioid lawsuits may be on the horizon, NY attorney general says
Discussions are underway regarding a possible settlement of the lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James in the opioid crisis, the attorney general said today in White Plains....
View ArticleWestchester’s Buchwald steps into Trump tax turmoil
State Assemblyman David Buchwald, a Democrat who represents the 93rd District, told the Business Journal that the Assembly’s passage of his TRUST Act “stands for a broader principle that top public...
View ArticleEx-employees of AMA Labs in Rockland County plead guilty to rigging tests
Two former employees of AMA Laboratories Inc. have pleaded guilty to rigging results at the Rockland County consumer products testing business. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman charged David Winne, the...
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Westchester lawyer suspended two years for stealing $400,000 in sales taxes
Convicted White Plains lawyer Peter V. Spagnuolo was suspended June 5 from practicing law for two years for stealing state sales tax payments from two restaurants. A state appellate court had suspended...
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Conn., Illinois attorneys general probe data breach at Westchester-based AMCA
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has teamed with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on an investigation into the data breach at Westchester County-based American Medical Collection Agency...
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Trustee wants do-over in photocopier schemer’s bankruptcy
The U.S. Trustee’s Office is asking federal bankruptcy court to revoke the discharge from a Chapter 7 liquidation case by Eastchester photocopier salesman Joseph Holzberg. Holzberg Holzberg had...
View ArticlePension scheme costs Newburgh lawyer his livelihood
A wire fraud conviction cost Michael J. Vatter his position as Newburgh fire chief, ended his ability to practice law and thwarted his attempt to reunite with his wife in Florida. A state appeals court...
View ArticleFeds file to stop imprisoned White Plains CPA from filing tax returns
The feds are trying to stop White Plains CPA Joseph Cervone from filing tax returns for clients, just in time for his release from prison in a $23.5 million tax scheme. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman...
View ArticleEstate of suicide victim wants Maryknolls to disclose former priest’s records
The estate of an Ulster County man who killed himself earlier this year is asking a court to compel the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers to identify and preserve records of a priest who allegedly...
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