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CT couple indicted in alleged $17.9M fraud against Curry Automotive of...
A federal grand jury has indicted a Connecticut couple for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from Curry Management Corp. of Greenburgh. Anthony and Patricia Riccardi of New Canaan were accused of...
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Yonkers mortgage fraudster ordered to pay $694,450 in restitution
Terra Foundation swindler Rocco Cermele has been ordered to pay $694,450 in restitution to victims and sentenced to time served in prison plus three years of supervised release. Cermele, of Yonkers,...
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County Executive says Westchester pharmacy caught charging patients for Covid...
At least one pharmacy in Westchester has been charging patients $20 for their Covid vaccines, which are legally free to all. Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced earlier this week that...
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Bridgeport tax preparer indicted on 13 fraud charges
Torise Baker, a Bridgeport tax preparer, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Hartford on 13 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax...
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Pizza restaurant chain co-owner sentenced in tax fraud case
The co-owner of a chain of pizza restaurants in Westchester and Fairfield counties was sentenced to 30 days in prison and one year of supervised release for a federal tax offense. Trumbull resident...
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Owner of Bridgeport child autism services agency pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
Nicole M. Balkas, owner of Bridgeport’s Helping Hands Academy LLC, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of health care fraud related to the Medicaid program. Balkas’ business provided...
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Scarsdale lawyer disbarred for role in Shkreli securities frauds
Scarsdale lawyer Evan L. Greebel, who was imprisoned for 18 months for his role in helping Martin Shkreli defraud investors, has been disbarred. Greebel, 47, admitted that he had committed a serious...
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Shelton business owner and poker pro sentenced to 14 months on tax fraud charge
A Shelton resident and business owner who has a parallel career as a professional poker player was sentenced to 14 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading pleaded...
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Owner of AMA Laboratories in New City admits to misbranding safety of sunscreens
Gabriel Letizia Jr., 72, pleaded guilty May 4 to rigging test results of consumer products at AMA Laboratories Inc. in New City, and has made a deal with prosecutors to forfeit $46.2 million and serve...
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‘It’s a nonstop war’ – Lessons in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
Virtually any individual or business with a computer could find themselves in the same virtual boat as the Colonial Pipeline Co., a victim of a recent cyberattack, according to the cybersecurity...
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Beware: Wire transfer fraud can occur if your email has been hacked
Do you or your associates ever issue wires from your bank accounts? Wire fraud is becoming a huge problem. In recent weeks, we’ve noticed a cybersecurity breach that could potentially impact our...
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AG James launches criminal investigation of Trump Organization
The business dealings of the Trump Organization and members of the Trump family, including former President Donald Trump, are now the subject of a criminal investigation by New York Attorney General...
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Westport man sentenced for defrauding investors, lying to SEC
Westport resident Barton Stuck has been sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for defrauding investors and making false statements to the U.S....
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Convicted chiropractor James Spina ordered to pay victims $9.8M
U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas has ordered Middletown chiropractor James Spina to pay $9,760,555 in restitution as part of a criminal case in which Karas sentenced Spina last month to 9 years in...
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Jury convicts Exclusive Motor’s father-son owners on fraud charges
A father-son team who ran Exclusive Motor Sports, a used car lot in Central Valley, were convicted June 3 in federal court in White Plains for cheating banks and the IRS. From 2009 through 2018, Mehdi...
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BBB sees spike in lottery and sweepstakes scams
The confinement and isolation of older people during the Covid-19 pandemic may have enabled a dramatic increase in money lost to lottery and sweepstakes scams, according to the Better Business Bureau....
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Former Orange County IDA members plead guilty to felony charges
In March, the Orange County Legislature dismissed all seven members of its Industrial Development Agency when it learned that a criminal investigation was being conducted by the District Attorney’s...
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Arson, manslaughter among charges leveled against six men in fatal Evergreen...
Six people have been arrested in connection with the deadly fire that destroyed Evergreen Court assisted living in Spring Valley on March 23 and took the lives of volunteer firefighter Jared Lloyd and...
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Head of Kiryas Joel religious charity sentenced for laundering money
Arnold Klein, the head of a religious charity that laundered illicit money has been sentenced to six months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas also sentenced Klein, of Kiryas Joel,...
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D.A. reveals trash hauler’s stripper charges
City Carting of Westchester, a trash hauling firm with a $20 million annual contract with the county, has allegedly ripped off Westchester taxpayers for nearly $135,000 for charges at strip clubs....
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