In a far too common storyline, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is using a press release as his sword to tell the tale of a 28 year old man alleged to have defrauded at least a half a dozen Haitian men and women in an immigration scam. According to…
I certainly don’t have the statistics, but countless number of people are arrested and / or issued Desk Appearance Tickets (DATs) in New York for shoplifting and violating the laws of Petit Larceny and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. Unfortunately for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, at least one…
Westchester County District Attorney Janet Difiore has announced the arrest of Mourad Boulas, a manager at Castle on the Hudson in Tarrytown, for Grand Larceny in the Second Degree (New York Penal Law 155.40). According to the Westchester County District Attorney press release, Mr. Boulas embezzled in excess of $400,000…
The tax man comes for everyone. Seems like the Queens District Attorney does so as well. While the New York taxing authorities take their payment in money, District Attorney’s Offices seek not just your money, but your freedom as well. Unfortunately for Diana Rabin, an accountant, her mother Lyidmila Levy,…
New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is following his predecesor’s commitment to not only cleaning up crime in the streets, but fraud in the suites as well. This mantra does not stop with white collar crime and DA Vance appears to be ready to build upon the principles…
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is trying to be more proactive when it comes to crimes involving knives. Last year, In Manhattan alone, there were 2,269 arrests involving the possession of illegal knives. Mere possession of certain weapons such as “gravity knives” and “switchblades” is punishable as an “A”…
While it may be the functional equivalent to a theft of nickles and dimes to the average New Yorker, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. has announced the indictment of John Haggerty for defrauding New York’s billionaire mayor out of over $1 million. Charged with Grand Larceny in the First…
Grabbing yet another headline, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the indictment of four individuals and numerous companies for their involvement in an alleged Medicaid Fraud Scheme to the tune of $5.7 million. According to Attorney General Cuomo, three men, David Ibragimov, his son Arthur Ibragimov and his son-in-law Mikhail Isakov,…
Manhattan, home to Wall Street and other global institutions, has always viewed itself as the center of the financial universe in terms of growth, management and even fraud. Once again, however, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office may have taken a larger share of the “fraud pie.” According to the…
To the likely chagrin of the hard partying summer Hamptons crowd, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota is already cracking down on the “fun” before the season has even started. District Attorney Spota has announced that twenty people have been arrested in a heroin ring in and around the East…