Crime
Mount Vernon women agree to forfeit $1.7m for SBA fraud
The women submitted 315 false loan applications seeking more than $3 million in Covid-19 disaster relief funds. Many of the businesses...
Stamford firm in $98M settlement of foreign bribery charges
Freepoint Commodities also agreed to a $7.6 million settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
First County Bank helps Darien businesses fight fraud
Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police Department addressed why the police have limited capacity to handle fraud cases.
Monsey man admits to diverting $650,000 from investors
"Mr. Tilson had a lapse in judgment," defense attorney Mark E. Bini said. "He has elected to take full responsibility, foregoing...
‘Pillar’ of the Catskills gets 6 months prison for money laundering
The FBI set up the sting in 2019 with a source who had claimed to have discussed money laundering with Resnick,...
Imprisoned Haitian swindler summoned for SEC sanctions discussion
Pierre appealed to a hundred friends and relatives, mostly in the Haitian community, by promising exceptionally high and unrealistic rates of...
Good deeds not enough to keep former Sullivan car dealer out of prison
"The number and diversity of the supportive letters speak to a man who had dedicated his time and resources to many...
Dutchess doctor paying the price for insider trading scheme
On Sept. 19, Kaplan pled guilty to securities fraud, in a parallel criminal case brought by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, and...
Head of hairless testing service charged in $5.9M hirsute dispute
"The purported results provided to customers were not based on testing the hair samples as promised," according to the indictment, "but...
Weston man charged in $890K embezzlement scheme
Charles M. Ameer has been released on a $500,000 bond since his arrest on a federal criminal complaint on Aug. 31.
Wilton contractor pleads guilty to federal tax offense
David Anspach pleaded guilty to one count of willfully delivering or disclosing to the IRS a false document.
Former Stamford lawyer receives prison sentence for defrauding clients
William McCullough was released on bond and is required to report to prison on Jan. 8.
Investor claims Loch Sheldrake fraudster using bankruptcy to dodge debt
Fischman was in a position "to loot nearly the entirety of the $70 million raised from investors and lenders," the complaint...
Anti-Semitic threats land White Plains man in jail again
Feiner had received three emails in 2017 after he questioned the appropriateness of a 60-foot obelisk erected in 1897 at Mount...
Feds nab Pelham Manor man in 3-part Medicare fraud scheme
Patel and several co-conspirators allegedly devised a three-part scheme to create phony prescriptions for medical equipment, laboratory tests and pharmaceuticals from...
