Online detectives send out clear message to pedophiles »

Posing as a fifteen year old girl, undercover detectives for Westchester County PD trapped a predatory pedophile using AOL’s messenger service to entice young girls into participating in sexual activity with him.
In early January 2009, Luis Antonio Rebutti, using instant messaging, contacted an America Online profile maintained by an undercover detective with the Westchester County Police Department. In the [...]

Former Art Collector’s Employee “Tried To Sell” Stolen Warhol Artwork »

The former employee of a art collector has surrendered and been charged with mail and wire fraud in Manhattan federal court, in connection with a joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Westchester County Police Department into James Biear’s possession of numerous pieces of notable artwork believed to have been stolen from his former [...]

FBI arrest 37 in Westchester County cocaine ring raids »

After a coordinated strike beginning last night involving more than 200 federal and local law enforcement officers, 37 defendants are in custody. Six defendants are still being sought. The defendants taken into custody today are expected to be presented in White Plains federal court later this afternoon.
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern [...]

Schumer backs bill to confront Healthcare fraud »

In the wake of a new major Medicaid fraud bust in Nassau County and New York City, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, joined by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, has announced he is backing new comprehensive health care fraud legislation that will dramatically ramp up efforts to track, arrest, and convict Medicaid and Medicare [...]

Former NY Giant pleads guilty to fraud »

A financial adviser who once played for the New York Giants has pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Clyde “Peter” Hall, who played one season as an end after being drafted in 1960, had been scheduled for trial in Manhattan federal court on charges he cheated investors out of millions.

Hall, drafted out of Marquette University as a quarterback in [...]

Handbag King sentenced to one year for corruption »

Frederic A. Bourke Jr., of Greenwich, Conn., has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to one year and one day in prison, announced Mythili Raman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division and Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Bourke, chairman of handbag firm , had been [...]