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From Bob Hennelly’s coverage if the most recent chapter in the Carl Kruger scandal: An emotional state Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty to four federal corruption charges in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Kruger, who teared up in the courtroom, pleaded guilty to two conspiracy counts and two counts citing Travel Act violations. The Brooklyn [...]
From Nobel-winning economist supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz showed up at “Occupy Wall Street” this week to show his support for the protest and clearly outline what he sees as the worst crimes of the American financial sector. In a brief speech amplified by an “echo chamber” of protesters (who [...]
The Office of Charles Hynes, the Brooklyn (Kings County) District Attorney has indicted Samuel Kellner with an accusation of a rather clever extortion scheme. The Grand Jury has alleged the following: Mr. Kellner, aware that Rabbi Baruch Lebovits was facing charges prosecuted by the Kings County District Attorney, induced children to report additional, false allegations [...]
Just learned about this case. If the allegations are true, not only was a NYPD officer committing armed robberies, he was violating the city’s residency rules by living in New Jersey. From NorthJersey.com: FBI used cellphone data to track suspect in Carlstadt perfume heist Thursday, December 9, 2010 Last updated: Thursday December 9, 2010, 5:59 [...]
In a disturbing – but, alas, unsurprising – report in the Times of February 6th, William K. Rashbaum reports that NYPD precincts, in order to revise downwards the value of items reported stolen (making, for instance, a grand larceny – a felony – into a petit or “petty” larceny – a misdemeanor) have resorted to [...]
Tom Robbins of the Village Voice reports in Back to School for Bus Hoods that a pair of brothers who served as top officials of the union representing city school bus drivers pleaded guilty today to extortion charges in Manhattan federal court.Nick and Paul Maddalone became, respectively, the fourth and fifth high-ranking executives of Local [...]
White Collar Crime News – operated by New Jersey attorney Jef Henninger – has good detail on the unraveling, multifaceted, New Jersey/Israel/Brooklyn-based money-laundering/bribery/organ sale scandal. 44 arrested in massive Federal corruption sweep Operation Bid Rig Part 3 – update And – if you’re interested in criminal justice policy, or New Jersey, White Collar Crime News is worth [...]
WNYC’s Bob Hennelly and David Cruz have excellent coverage of the unfolding New Jersey scandal. Read/Listen to: Massive Corruption Arrests in NJ. Federal officials have just announced further details of a major investigation into corruption and money laundering in New Jersey and Brooklyn. WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly and reporter David Cruz, former editor-in-chief of The [...]