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Franklin Township, NJ
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Authorities Smash California-To-NJ Pot Smuggling Ring Following Hackensack Traffic Stop
It began with a driver who Hackensack police said they caught with three large bags of pot and some THC during a traffic stop. It ended in the takedown of a Somerset County-based operation that authorities said shipped marijuana by the pound from California to New Jersey. Hackensack police said they found a five-gallon bucket containing bags of pot, along with the THC cartridges, when they stopped Victor I. Chihimie, 22, of Madison last month for a traffic violation. City police detectives quickly found that Chihimie “was receiving multiple suspicious packages [at] a residence on Edgew…
Torrington, CT
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Covid-
19: Alert Issued For Testing, Supply, Other New Scams
The United States Postal Inspection Service is warning consumers to be wary of opportunistic fraudsters looking to take advantage of fear-mongering during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. An alert was issued by the USPIS due to scammers who have “identified the public’s concern as a target for scams and fraud.” Current scams that have been reported include testing scams, supply scams, provider scams, app scams and investment scams, each of which is designed to convince targets to hand over money during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to USPIS, to protect oneself from COVID-19 sca…
Somers, NY
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Area Man Charged With Running Multimillion-Dollar Ponzi, Embezzlement Schemes
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against a Hudson Valley investment adviser who allegedly operated a multimillion-dollar investment club that was actually a Ponzi scheme targeting the Haitian community. Nanuet resident Ruless Pierre, 50, was charged with securities fraud, wire fraud and structuring charges by the SEC in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court this week after he was involved in a pair of fraud schemes. The SEC's complaint alleges that Pierre ran an investment club called the Amongst Friends Investment Group in Nanuet that operated as a frau…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Six Nabbed In Operation Of Illegal Brothels In NYC
Six people are facing federal charges for their roles in money laundering and supporting brothels through a variety of means in New York. Kwang Kyu Kim, Hyun Kyung Han, Hong Nae Yi, Beirne Lowry, Tien Chih Wang and Zhengyi Lu were arrested on Monday and charged in Manhattan federal court for a “scheme to provide financing and other support services to brothels in the New York metropolitan area.” According to the allegations, since 2012, the Diplomatic Security Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, United States Customs and Border Protection, and the United States Attorney’s Offi…
White Plains, NY
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Three Charged With Mail Theft In Westchester
The complaints from Westchester residents who have not been receiving their mail helped lead to the arrests of three men who allegedly have been stealing from mailboxes for several months, investigators from the United States Postal Inspection Service said. The USPIS and members of the Pelham Police Department announced the arrests of Bronx residents Jonathan Jimenez, Luis Gonzalez-Morell and Martin Reyes-Maria on Tuesday, following a monthslong investigation into stolen mail. Officials said that over the past several months, the USPIS, Pelham Police Department and Westchester County Distri…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Westchester Attorney Indicted For Attempting To Embezzle From Deceased Man's Estate
A prominent Westchester attorney who has represented several Republican politicians was indicted by a federal grand jury in White Plains on Tuesday for fraud and false statement charges arising from his attempt to embezzle from an estate of a deceased man. Rye resident Guy Parisi, 71, was charged with one count of conspiracy (which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison); one count of mail fraud (which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison); and one count of making a false statement (which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison). “Instead of protecting the…
Armonk, NY
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Wanted Man Busted For Stealing Mail In Westchester, Police Say
Police busted a wanted man who allegedly stole mail in Westchester County. Officers from the Yonkers Police Department conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Nepperhan Avenue and Morgan Street shortly after 8:45 p.m. on July 26. During the stop, the officer recognized one of the men in the vehicle, Jamie Guzman, who was wanted in connection to a mail theft and check washing scheme, police said. Guzman was arrested following the stop and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, identity theft, and grand larceny. Police said the 30-year-old Bronx resident was wante…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Ex-Postal Worker Charged In Connection With Westchester Mail Thefts
A former U.S. Postal Service employee who recently resigned from her post in Yonkers is among two who local residents who have been arrested in connection to mail theft in the area. Following the recent rash of recently reported stolen mail in the region - which has led to multiple arrests in multiple cases in Westchester - Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Police Commissioner Charles Gardner announced the arrest of two School Street residents who are facing multiple charges for their alleged role in mail theft. In recent weeks, police in Yonkers have received reports of more than 80 reported in…
