No jail time for 2 guilty in LIRR disability scam
Two former Long Island Rail Road employees who cheated the railroad out of tens of thousands of dollars in disability payments have escaped prison time.
View ArticleNY Court of Appeals requires deportation warning
New York's highest court says the state's trial judges must warn noncitizens they may be deported before allowing them to plead guilty to felonies.
View ArticleOak Rock ex-CEO pleads guilty to bank fraud
John Murphy, Oak Rock's founder and former CEO, entered a guilty plea on Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Brown in federal court in Central Islip.
View ArticleHuntington bookkeeper pleads guilty to theft
A Huntington woman charged with stealing more than $866,000 from the architectural firm where she was employed as the bookkeeper, has pleaded guilty.
View ArticleEx-LIRR conductor sentenced in disability scam
A former Long Island Rail Road conductor has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in the Long Island Rail Road disability scam.
View ArticleDoctor sentenced to 8 years in LIRR fraud case
Dr. Peter Lesniewski was sentenced Friday in Manhattan federal court for his role in the LIRR disability fraud scheme.
View Article2 NYers plead guilty in LIRR ticket skimming scam
Prosecutors say two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal bank and credit card information from LIRR customers using ticket vending machines.
View ArticleAgape World broker Hugo Arias pleads guilty to securities fraud
"It was a Ponzi scheme," Hugo Arias told the court during his arraignment Wednesday.
View ArticleBanker pleads guilty in NY to insider trading
A former investment banker pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges accusing him of insider trading to cover child support, then lying about it to the FBI.
View ArticleLI business owner pleads guilty to financial fraud
Officials say the defendant structured transactions so customers could evade taxes
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