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Mailbox trap snares Pelham and New Rochelle check washing suspects
A postal inspector recently used a simple device to catch three men suspected of stealing checks from mailboxes in Pelham and New Rochelle. Image courtesy U.S. Postal Inspection Service The device, a...
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Lewisboro judge Marc Seedorf admits $160,000 tax evasion
Lewisboro Town Justice Marc A. Seedorf has pleaded guilty to tax evasion for failure to pay $160,000. Seedorf did not file tax returns for 11 years, from 2005 to 2015, according to the criminal...
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Hudson Valley investment manager gets 22 months in prison for securities fraud
The founder and general manager of Savant Capital Management LLC in Middletown has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for securities fraud. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel on Nov. 27 also ordered...
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Feds sting two Hudson Valley men in money laundering via charity fraud
Two Hudson Valley men who were arrested Wednesday believed they had been handling money from a health insurance fraud, according to a grand jury indictment filed this week. Arnold Klein and Leon Klein,...
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Former HR officer at FujiFilm pleads guilty to $400K larceny
A former human resources officer at FujiFilm has pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny for stealing more than $400,000 from the company. Maria Mecca, a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut,...
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Ability Beyond reports vandalism of its wheelchair accessible vans
Ability Beyond, a nonprofit provider of employment and residential services support to people with disabilities, reported that seven of its wheelchair accessible vans were vandalized outside of its...
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Hudson Valley publisher accused of not paying $843,984 in taxes
The feds are not buying William R. Grogg’s story that he can’t produce tax records from his publishing companies because the people who had them died. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman filed an...
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Fairfield ex-CFO Robert Mayer charged in town hall burglary
The Fairfield Police Department announced the arrest of Robert Mayer, the town’s former chief financial officer, for allegedly taking documents from the town hall on the day after he was fired. Robert...
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White Plains businesswoman accused of $891,000 in kickbacks for $8.4M contract
A White Plains businesswoman has been charged in an alleged bribery scheme that netted her company a $8.4 million contract for $891,000 in kickbacks. Gabriela Bratkovics was arrested last month and...
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New Rochelle Hyundai insiders accused in $1.2M auto scheme
Former employees of New Rochelle Hyundai allegedly used their positions as insiders to steal $700,000 from a bank and $500,000 from the dealership. James Castellano, 52, who was the office manager, and...
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Bridgeport tax preparer pleads guilty to concocting fraudulent returns
The owner of a Bridgeport tax preparation service who faced federal charges of preparing fraudulent returns for her clients has waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of aiding...
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Prison sentence for $2M Westchester fraud marks former Stamford CPA’s fall...
Steven L. Henning, a former accountant from Stamford who had forged stellar academic and business credentials, has been sentenced to federal prison for more than four years for operating a $2 million...
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How not to get kidnapped abroad, and what to do if you are
The threat of being kidnapped while overseas is a genuine concern for many U.S. business professionals and travelers. Last year, the U.S. State Department released a list of 35 countries where American...
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Harrison trash hauler Ralph Mancini pleads guilty to $800,000 billing scam
Harrison trash hauler Ralph Mancini has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court for bilking customers out of more than $800,000. Mancini, 57, admitted in a Nov. 13 change-of-plea hearing that he...
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Valhalla ‘foundation’ mortgage fraudster sentenced to 11 years in prison
The mastermind of a phony mortgage debt relief scheme who ran a make-believe foundation in Valhalla was sentenced Feb. 28 to 11 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Roman also sentenced...
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Once prominent lawyer, Guy Parisi, in foregone conclusion, disbarred
It was a foregone conclusion last year, when Guy T. Parisi pleaded guilty to mail fraud, that he would lose his law license. Now a panel of five Second Appellate Court justices has formally disbarred...
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Chappaqua businessman accused of $400,000 tax evasion
A Chappaqua businessman allegedly used $1.5 million from family businesses to underwrite a lavish lifestyle and evade nearly $400,000 in federal income taxes. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman accused...
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Bank accused of money laundering sues Mastercard for $1.5M
A Caribbean bank is suing Mastercard for $1.5 million, claiming that the Purchase company improperly canceled a debit card license when the bank was indicted for money laundering. Loyal Bank Limited,...
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IBM in new financial crime-fighting partnership
IBM has teamed with the Irish company Fenergo on an original equipment manufacturing agreement focused on financial crime risks. According to the companies, the new endeavor will combine Fenergo’s...
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Lewisboro judge Marc Seedorf admits $160,000 tax evasion
Lewisboro Town Justice Marc A. Seedorf has pleaded guilty to tax evasion for failure to pay $160,000. Seedorf did not file tax returns for 11 years, from 2005 to 2015, according to the criminal...
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