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News and Press Releases

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May 2013

May 23, 2013

Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence of 10 Years to Life

May 22, 2013

Corrupt Colombian Government Employee and Criminal Defense Attorney Extradited in Obstruction of Justice Case

May 21, 2013

Most Wanted “Deadbeat Parent” Sentenced to 31 Months’ Imprisonment for Fleeing to Evade over $1 Million in Child Support Obligations

May 21, 2013

Staten Island Man Pleads Guilty to $82 Million Check Kiting Scam

May 21, 2013

Former High-ranking Official at NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

May 20, 2013

Three Mexican Brothers Plead Guilty To International Sex Trafficking

May 20, 2013

Former Chief Investment Officer Of Construction Supply Company Convicted On All Counts By Jury In Bank Fraud Scheme

May 17, 2013

United States Sues Brooklyn Fish Processors In Food Safety Case

May 14, 2013

Two Doctors, Including a Psychiatrist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Two Others Charged in Brooklyn as Part of Nationwide Medicare Strike Force Initiative

May 09, 2013

Statement of United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch Regarding the Sentencing of Former New York State Senator Shirley Huntley

May 09, 2013

Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 30 Months’ Imprisonment For Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion

May 09, 2013

Eight Members of New York Cell of Cybercrime Organization Indicted in $45 Million Cybercrime Campaign

May 08, 2013

Eight Indicted in Two Million Dollar Staged Accident Conspiracy

May 08, 2013

United States Obtains Settlement From City Of New York Over Failure To Reasonably Accommodate Disabled Firefighter Who Was 9/11 First Responder

May 06, 2013

Alleged Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence of 10 Years to Life

May 06, 2013

State Senator from Brooklyn Charged with Embezzlement and Obstruction of Justice

May 03, 2013

New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland Charged With Mail Fraud Conspiracy for Defrauding New York State

May 03, 2013

Queens Doctor Indicted for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

May 02, 2013

Three Members of International Cyber Fraud Ring Extradited from Romania to the United States

May 02, 2013

Long Island Software Programmer Arrested for Hacking into Network of High-voltage Power Manufacturer

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Long Island Man Pleads Guilty after Multi-state Scam to Steal Victims’ Retirement Savings

April 25, 2013

Former Chief Merchandising Officer of Aéropostale, Inc. Found Guilty of Receiving More than $25 Million in Kickbacks

April 24, 2013

Fitness Club Owner Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

April 22, 2013

Ralph Lauren Corporation Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation And Agrees to Pay $882,000 Monetary Penalty

April 17, 2013

Gambino Family Administration Member Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Two Murders

April 17, 2013

Queens Man Sentenced to 72 Months Imprisonment for Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft

April 12, 2013

Approximately $1 Million Worth Of Food Products Seized From V.I.P. Foods, Inc.’s Ridgewood, New York Facility

April 10, 2013

Long Island Health Care Provider Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for $10 Million Medicare Fraud and Hipaa Identity Theft

April 09, 2013

Former President of Union Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks Embezzled from Union Welfare Fund

April 08, 2013

Brooklyn Doctor Convicted in $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

April 04, 2013

NYPD Officer Assigned to Harlem Precinct Indicted for Armed Robbery and Narcotics Trafficking

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Far Rockaway Man Charged with Defrauding Victims of $50 Million in a Real Estate Ponzi Scheme

March 26, 2013

Port Authority Police Officer Arrested for Mail Fraud

March 25, 2013

Staten Island Man Convicted of Making False Statements In a Matter Involving International Terrorism

March 22, 2013

Two Ms-13 Street Gang Members Convicted in Federal Court on Racketeering, Murder and Firearms Charges

March 20, 2013

Queens Doctor Arrested for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

March 20, 2013

Alleged Al-Qaeda Operative Charged In New York For Terrorism Offenses Against Americans Overseas

March 18, 2013

New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland Charged with Mail Fraud for Defrauding New York State

March 14, 2013

16 Members of an International Money Laundering Scheme Arrested in the United States and Colombia

March 13, 2013

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Federal Judge

March 7, 2013

MS-13 Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Murder Conspiracy Charges

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Seven Defendants Arrested for Narcotics Trafficking in Brooklyn’s Bushwick Houses

February 27, 2013

Long Island Financial Advisor Charged in Insider Trading Conspiracy

February 22, 2013

Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Export Night Vision Equipment

February 21, 2013

Most Wanted “Deadbeat Parent” Pleads Guilty to Flight To Evade over $1.2 Million in Child Support Obligations

February 21, 2013

Bedford-stuyvesant Based Drug Ring Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

February 21, 2013

Three Charged in Scheme to Defraud New York City School Construction Authority of over $32 Million; Two Others Charged with Structuring to Conceal Fraud

February 08, 2013

Teacher's Aide Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography

February 07, 2013

New York Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Bomb New York Federal Reserve Bank In Lower Manhattan

February 06, 2013

Five Individuals and Five Corporations Charged in New York for Importing and Selling Hazardous and Counterfeit Toys

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Former New York State Senator from Queens Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud State of over $87,000

January 29, 2013

Former Dockworker Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Extortion Conspiracy Involving Christmastime Tribute Payments

January 25, 2013

Former Bank Director Charged with Securities and Wire Fraud

January 25, 2013

East Moriches Man to Be Arraigned Today on Charge Of Child Pornography Possession

January 25, 2013

Gambino Organized Crime Family Associate John Burke Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Racketeering and Murder

January 23, 2013

Defendant from Shirley Arrested for Aiming a Laser Beam At Aircraft Flying over Long Island

January 15, 2013

Brooklyn Real Estate Developer Charged in $2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

January 11, 2013

Axius Ceo Roland Kaufmann Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Pay Bribes in Stock Sales

January 08, 2013

Brooklyn Resident from Albania Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Support Terrorism

January 07, 2013

U.S. Attorneys Loretta E. Lynch and Sally Yates to Lead Attorney General’s Advisory Committee

January 03, 2013

Alleged Al-qaeda Operative Extradited to United States for Role in International Terrorism Plot Targeting New York City, United Kingdom, and Scandinavia

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