Federal authorities in New York have charged five people, including a former NYPD police officer, with operating a drug ring in Manhattan and the Westchester County area. Three of the defendants were taken into custody on Feb. 18, and another individual is already in...
Month: February 2020
Month: February 2020
Former New York mayor receives probation in wire fraud case
The former mayor of Cohoes, New York, was sentenced to probation after a conviction in a wire fraud case, avoiding prison time in the matter. The former mayor was accused of taking campaign contributions for personal use, and he pleaded guilty to one count of wire...
Ed Sapone’s DECISIONS OF THE WEEK -February 6, 2019
The Circuit did not release any precedential opinions in criminal cases this week, and issued only a few summary orders, none of them granting our clients any affirmative relief. Second Circuit On Monday, in United States v. Nunez Garcia (An The Circuit did not...
What the law says about fraud
New York residents and others who lost something of value because of another person's false or misleading statements could be considered victims of fraud. A fraud victim may bring a civil lawsuit against the person who engaged in deceptive activity, and a government...
