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US Attorney Avery to resign on Jan. 17
Vanessa Avery Roberts, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that a Guilford businesswoman was sentenced for a tax offense. NEW HAVEN – U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut...
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Trustee to ask court for $35M in funds for Madoff victims
Irving Picard, SIPA trustee assigned to Madoff Ponzi scheme investor victims. Photo courtesy of BakerHostetler WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) trustee assigned to the...
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Greenwich resident ordered to pay $1M for defrauding hospital
Michael Caridi of Greenwich A Greenwich resident was ordered to pay nearly $1 million in penalties and disgorgement for his part in a fraud perpetrated against a Canadian hospital during Covid, the...
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Mount Vernon defrauded of $400k; attempted fraud of $800k stopped
Thieves stole $400,000 from the City of Mount Vernon through unauthorized bank transactions, moving the money from Mount Vernon’s bank to other banks, but further attempts to steal up to another...
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State judge adds $7.5M in punitive damages in asbestos case
Nicholas Barone A Bridgeport Superior Court judge has added $7.5 million in punitive damages to a $15 million jury verdict against Norwalk-based R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co. Inc. on behalf of the family...
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Seven indicted, arrested, for allegedly operating HV drug ring
A Dutchess County Grand Jury has indicted seven people for allegedly running a narcotics trafficking network that operated in Westchester, Dutchess, Ulster and Orange Counties. Indicted and arrested...
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CNN Wire: Ex-WWE CEO McMahon settles SEC charges over undisclosed settlements
Vince McMahon, the embattled former CEO of WWE, settled SEC charges over undisclosed settlements he made to women in 2019 and 2022. CNN Photo Originally Published: 10 JAN 25 13:55 ET By John Towfighi,...
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Hochul promises much in her State of the State Address
New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul on Jan. 14 delivered her 2025 State of the State Address at the Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. As expected, Hochul called for improvements...
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Edward D. Jones nationwide settlement nets state $335K
Jorge Perez, state banking commissioner Connecticut Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez on Dec. 20, 2024 issued a consent order directing the St. Louis-based broker-dealer Edward D. Jones & Co. LP to...
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Westport investment advisor pays $150K in AML penalty
Sean Stiefel, founder of Navy Capital Green Management LLC WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Westport- and Manhattan-based investment advisor has agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty related to violating federal...
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Former Shelton city official Kenneth F. Nappi, 77, dies
Kenneth F. Nappi SHELTON – Kenneth F. Nappi, former city Republican Town Committee vice chair, public safety director and Shelton Student Transportation Service director, died on Saturday, Jan. 11,...
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Rockland scammer who stole $1.4M sentenced to prison
A Rockland man who pretended to be a registered broker and to buying stocks and cryptocurrency for investors has been sentenced to prison for five years. U.S. District Court Judge Nelson S. Román also...
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Actions of Westchester ID theft victim lead to bank fraud plea
A Georgia man who allegedly stole a woman’s identity to steal money from a Westchester credit union has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. McCoy used personal information from at least...
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Lucrative businesses cost couple a year in prison
Two Chinese immigrants who opened several lucrative businesses in Westchester and beyond have been sentenced to prison for a year and a day. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas also ordered Hong...
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NY to get up to $250M from $7.4B Purdue/Sackler settlement
Stamford-based Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family that controlled it have settled a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of 15 states over the opioid crisis and their actions that were at the heart...
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Carvana settles for $1.5M with state AG’s office
As part of a settlement with the state attorney general’s office, Carvana will pay customers $1 million for delays in paying for car registration and titles. File photo HARTFORD – State Attorney...
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Bridgeport Public Schools preps for ICE raids
As at least one Fairfield County school district has issued immigration safety guidelines, the ACLU of Connecticut sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont and state lawmakers asking to strengthen the Trust...
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Lamont nominates Judge Bright to Supreme Court, Judge Wilson to Appellate Court
Judge William Bright HARTFORD – Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated several jurists to serve in positions on Connecticut’s courts, including the Supreme, Appellate, Family, and Workers’ Compensation courts....
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ICE agents conduct operation in Sleepy Hollow
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Jan. 28 staged an action in the Village of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County. A source told the Business Journal that the agents were looking...
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Two pre-settlement loan companies agree to pay a total of $1.3M to borrowers
Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez HARTFORD – Two small loan companies that issued loans to those consumers who were due legal settlement funds have to pay back borrowers more than $1.3 million as part...
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