Thursday, June 29, 2017

Philadelphia District Attorney bites the bullet....

former Philadelphia DA, R. Seth Williams

Philadelphia District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams Pleads Guilty To Federal Bribery Charge

"PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams today admitted that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of concealed bribes in exchange for his agreement to perform official acts, defrauded a nursing home and family friends of money earmarked for a family member’s care, and used political action committee funds and official government vehicles for his personal benefit, Acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
Williams, 50, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond to Count One of a superseding indictment charging him with travel and use of interstate facilities to promote and facilitate bribery contrary to Pennsylvania law. Williams was ordered detained until his sentencing, which is set for Oct. 24, 2017.
“The indictment alleged that, as District Attorney, Mr. Williams compromised himself and his elected office by using his office to help those willing to secretly pay him with valuable items like money, trips, and cars, as well as defrauding his political action committee and others,” Acting U.S. Attorney Fitzpatrick said. “Today, Mr. Williams admitted all of that conduct. He admitted that he misused the resources of the Philadelphia DA’s Office and his influence as an elected official for personal gain. He admitted defrauding his political action committee. He admitted defrauding his mother’s nursing home and her friends. Williams owed the public a duty to act according to the highest legal and ethical standards. Seth Williams breached that trust; he abused his power; and he will now be held accountable for his actions.”
“From his first day in office, Seth Williams sought to portray himself as a man of the people – a principled public servant and reformer, devoted to the cause of justice,” said Michael Harpster, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. “Mr. Williams talked a good game. Unfortunately, ‘talk’ is all it was. In reality, he gamed the system. Feeling entitled to a certain lifestyle, he traded on his title of District Attorney in exchange for financial favors large and small. We’re gratified that Mr. Williams elected to change his plea, and admit to such brazen misconduct.”
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
From July 2010 through May 2015, Williams had an arrangement with Mohammad N. Ali (identified in the indictment as “Business Owner #1) in which Williams, while serving as the Philadelphia District Attorney, accepted trips, money, and other things of value in exchange for performing and agreeing to perform official acts on behalf of Ali, including contacting a Philadelphia police official in order to pressure and advise the official to assist Ali with security screenings at the airport. Williams also agreed to assist with criminal charges brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office against Ali’s associate.
From March 2012 through July 2015, Williams had an arrangement with Michael Weiss (identified in the superseding indictment as “Business Owner #2”) in which Williams accepted airline tickets, money, an automobile, and other things of value in exchange for performing and agreeing to perform official acts on behalf of Weiss, including appointing him as Special Advisor to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office in November 2012 and providing an official letter to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in order to influence a then-pending hearing to revoke or suspend Weiss’ California liquor license. In July 2015, Williams also obtained a police accident report at Weiss’ request.
In addition, from February 2012 through November 2013, Williams diverted his mother’s pension and Social Security payments to pay for his own personal expenses instead of applying them to his mother’s nursing home costs, as was his obligation under agreements with the nursing home. After accepting $10,000 from his mother’s friends intended to cover expenses for her nursing home care, Williams spent that money on his personal expenses as well.
From August 2010 through August 2016, Williams also defrauded the “The Committee to Elect Seth Williams” by using its funds for personal expenditures, including parties, birthday dinners, massages, and fitness classes. He concealed this fraud by providing false or incomplete reports to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the City of Philadelphia.
Lastly, Williams engaged in a scheme to use official vehicles – which were provided by the City of Philadelphia and a federal narcotics law enforcement program – for his personal benefit. Williams used the vehicles to transport himself, family members, friends and other non-employees on non-district attorney business, including personal trips outside of Philadelphia.
“The gifts Williams received represents the degree to which he was cheating the public," said IRS-CI Acting Special Agent in Charge Gregory Floyd. “No public official gets a free pass to ignore our laws. IRS CI will continue to ensure that our elected officials abide by their oath to faithfully discharge the duties of their office. It is unacceptable to accept benefits in exchange for performing official acts, but if you do IRS-Criminal Investigation will be there to seek justice on behalf of the citizens of Philadelphia."
“Homeland Security Investigations is pleased to have contributed to this investigation to hold accountable a public official who betrayed the trust of his community by engaging in such unscrupulous behavior,” Marlon V. Miller, special agent in charge of HSI Philadelphia, said. “The public places an enormous amount of trust in elected officers and they should be held accountable to a higher standard of conduct. HSI will continue to work jointly with our law enforcement partners to investigate those who exploit their official public positions for their personal benefit.”
The bribery charge to which Williams pleaded guilty is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. As part of the plea agreement, Williams must forfeit $64,878.22, representing the sum of $33,765.52 worth of bribe proceeds and $31,112.70 worth of fraud proceeds.
Acting U.S. Attorney Fitzpatrick credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster in Philadelphia; special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, Philadelphia Office, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Gregory Floyd, and special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Philadelphia, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Marlon V. Miller, with the investigation. He also thanked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Nick DiGiulio, for its participation in the investigation.
The U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recused his office from the investigation involving the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and the matter was assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. Two prosecutors from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania office were assigned to the case, subject to the supervision of prosecutors in the New Jersey office.
The government is represented by Deputy Chief Eric W. Moran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark and Chief of Appeals Robert A. Zauzmer and Assistant U.S. Attorney Vineet Gauri of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia."
How can this happen? A man with such power succumbs to bribery? Precisely for that reason, as the Torah says, asher nasi yecheteh, or because he is the prince he will sin, as noted by my dear uncle Shalom.  Power corrupts, it gets into your head and you think you are invincible until the handcuffs come on and you are in for a reality check.

Will he do prison time? To hard to tell since in federal dollars, he did not steal alot of money.

If he ends up in prison, this is what he can expect....and of course, no  more suit and tie....
PRISON: what to expect in Federal Bureau of Prisons (Prison series Book 1) by [David, Earl ]

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stealing from Social Security Cookie Jar leads to arrest

"NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man charged with stealing his late great aunt’s Social Security benefits for 18 years made his initial court appearance today, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
Lance Nelson, 56, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with stealing $184,936 in benefits from the Social Security Administration between 1998 and 2016. Nelson appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven C. Mannion in Newark federal court.
According to the complaint:
Nelson’s great aunt received Social Security benefits, which were sent to a joint bank account that she shared with Nelson at Bank of America. In February 1998, Nelson’s great aunt died, and the Social Security Administration, unaware of her death, continued to issue her monthly retirement benefits. From March 1998 until February 2016, the Social Security Administration sent $184,936 to the joint account.  Nelson, who was not entitled to receive his great aunt’s retirement benefits, used the money for his own benefit. Between August 2009 and March 2016, Nelson caused $52,367 to be transferred from the joint account into Nelson’s individual savings and checking accounts. He also used ATMs to withdraw approximately $30,000 from the joint account between April 2011 and October 2015. Since at least 1998, Nelson earned $36,868 to $64,272 per year as an assistant zoning officer for the City of Perth Amboy.
The theft of federal funds charge carries a maximum potential penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, or twice the gross pecuniary gain or loss associated with the offense.
Acting U.S. Attorney Fitzpatrick credited special agents with the Social Security Administration - Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John F. Grasso of the New York Field Division, with the investigation leading to the charge.  
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cari Fais of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Special Prosecutions Division in Newark."

What was he thinking that he would never get caught? Also it shows you the govt does not check to whom it is sending their money too. Imagine they are sending money to a dead person for almost 18 years. Shows you the govt was sleeping on this one. This is a separate investigation.

In any event, this is what Mr. Nelson can expect in federal prison if he is sentenced to prison....

https://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG


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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Corrupt New Jersey cops bite the bullet

Jersey City Cops under the spotlight


"NEWARK, N.J. – A former Jersey City police officer today admitted accepting approximately $55,000 in corrupt payments in exchange for helping employers operate at worksites without the required presence of an off-duty police officer and for helping a police officer obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. 
Anthony Iannicco, 48, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and accept corrupt payments.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Iannicco was a police officer with the Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) from 1995 to 2016. From 2008 through 2016, his duties included serving as the “assistant pick coordinator” for Jersey City’s West District. As the assistant pick coordinator, Iannicco assigned police officers to off-duty details. 
Under Jersey City’s municipal code, off-duty police officers were not permitted to receive cash payments directly from off-duty employers. Rather, the employers were supposed to pay Jersey City, which would then pay the off-duty police officers, minus certain fees, taxes and deductions, including an administrative fee payable to Jersey City per hour that the off-duty police officers worked. 
Iannicco conspired with numerous employers to cut Jersey City out of the process of hiring and compensating off-duty police officers. Generally, Iannicco permitted these employers to operate at worksites without the presence of a police officer when such a presence was required. In exchange, Iannicco accepted cash payments directly from these employers in violation of Jersey City rules and regulations.
In addition, Iannicco provided fraudulent off-duty employment vouchers to another police officer, identified in the information as “Co-Conspirator 1,” falsely representing that Co-Conspirator 1 completed off-duty assignments that Co-Conspirator 1 never worked. Jersey City subsequently paid Co-Conspirator 1 based on these fraudulent vouchers. In exchange for providing these fraudulent vouchers, Iannicco accepted cash payments from Co-Conspirator 1.
 
Altogether, from 2011 to 2016, Iannicco collected payments of approximately $55,000 directly from off-duty employers and from Co-Conspirator 1.
Iannicco faces a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Iannicco is required to forfeit the $55,000 that he received. Sentencing is set for Oct. 3, 2017."

What were these cops thinking, that they were above the law? In my opinion, since the money amount is relatively small in fed terms, the cops may end up with probation.

In any event, if they end up in prison, this is what they can expect...


PRISON: what to expect in Federal Bureau of Prisons (Prison series Book 1) by [David, Earl ] 
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

NJ Attorney Christopher Campos found guilty .....


"Former Hoboken, New Jersey, City Council President Found Guilty After Trial For His Participation In A $7 Million Dollar Car Loan Scheme

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found former Hoboken, New Jersey, City Council President and attorney CHRISTOPHER CAMPOS guilty of bank and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. CAMPOS and his co-conspirators fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in car loans by using at least 20 straw buyers to acquire more than 200 new automobiles based on false representations that, among other things, the straw buyers would use the cars for their personal use when, in truth and in fact, CAMPOS and his co-conspirators obtained the vehicles in order to lease as livery cabs. The week-long trial took place before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni, who is scheduled to sentence CAMPOS on September 20, 2017.

CAMPOS’s co-defendant, Julio Alvarez, pled guilty to bank and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud on June 9, 2017. Alvarez is scheduled to be sentenced on September 8, 2017, before Judge Caproni.

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim stated: “As a unanimous jury found, Christopher Campos, an attorney and former Hoboken City Council President, defrauded lenders out of millions of dollars. He recruited straw buyers to obtain loans for cars supposedly for ‘personal use,’ when in fact they made up a fleet of over 200 vehicles Campos and his co-conspirators leased to livery drivers. Campos now awaits sentencing for this massive fraud.”

According to the allegations contained in the Complaint, Indictment, and the evidence presented in Court during the trial:

Between approximately October 2012 and September 2013, CAMPOS and Alvarez, among others, orchestrated a scheme to fraudulently obtain new automobiles that they intended to lease to livery cab drivers. In order to secure financing in connection with the purchase of these new cars, CAMPOS and other co-conspirators enlisted and aided individuals with good credit histories (“straw buyers”) to submit fraudulent car loan applications to numerous lenders. In order to obtain the new vehicles, CAMPOS and other co-conspirators sent straw buyers to several car dealerships located throughout the New York City area, where dealership employees helped straw buyers submit fraudulent loan applications.

The auto loan applications submitted by the straw buyers falsely represented that the vehicles would be used for the buyers’ personal use, rather than as part of the defendants’ leasing business. In addition, in many cases, the car loan applications misrepresented personal information about the straw buyers, including their incomes and assets. CAMPOS also caused financing applications to be sent to multiple financial institutions at the same time so that the lenders would not know that the straw buyers were incurring obligations to other lenders in connection with the purchase of multiple new automobiles.

In total, the scheme carried out by CAMPOS, Alvarez, and others involved at least approximately 20 straw buyers, the purchase of more than approximately 200 new vehicles, and more than $7 million in fraudulently obtained loans from a variety of financial institutions. Most of the loans ultimately went into default.

* * *

CAMPOS, 40, of Palisades Park, New Jersey, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, bank fraud, and wire fraud. The conspiracy and bank fraud charges each carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and the wire fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The maximum potential sentences are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.
Mr. Kim praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI. Mr. Kim also thanked the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for their substantial assistance in the investigation and trial.
The prosecution of this case is being handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Dina McLeod, Sagar K. Ravi, and Niketh Velamoor are in charge of the prosecution."

What was he thinking, that he would never get caught? Money surely got to his head. Now he will pay dearly for his crime. Since he took the government to trial he may sit a while in prison. I estimate based on the fraud between five and ten years. What can he expect in federal prison? Go here....


 


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Monday, June 26, 2017

two jewish couples arrestedi in lakewood benefits scam

Lakewood couple taken into custody, their nightmare has just begun 
"TRENTON, N.J. – Two couples from Lakewood, New Jersey, were arrested this morning on charges that they failed to report their sizable incomes in order to fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in public assistance benefits, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
Rachel Sorotzkin, 32, and Mordechai Sorotzkin, 35, are charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to steal government funds. Yocheved Nussbaum, 40, and Shimon Nussbaum, 42, also of Lakewood, are charged in a separate complaint with one count of conspiring to steal government funds. The Sorotzkins and the Nussbaums, all of Lakewood, are expected to make their appearances this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas E. Arpert in Trenton federal court.
According to the complaints:
From 2011 through 2014, Rachel and Mordechai Sorotzkin applied for and received Medicaid health insurance benefits for themselves and their children. After being approved for Medicaid benefits in August of 2011, the Sorotzkins received significant windfalls – including a lump sum payment of $1 million from Rachel Sorotzkin’s business in April of 2013 – which they failed to report to Medicaid officials. Despite earning in excess of $1 million in each of the 2012 and 2013 calendar years, the Sorotzkins continued to use their Medicaid cards, ultimately defrauding the government of approximately $96,000 in taxpayer-funded medical care.
In a separate scheme, Yocheved and Shimon Nussbaum applied for and received public benefits for themselves and their children from 2011 through 2014, despite their significant income. In the years prior to and during the conspiracy, the Nussbaums created a variety of companies that were nominally run by relatives but were actually controlled by the Nussbaums. They opened various bank accounts in the names of these companies and used funds from these accounts to cover personal expenses.
In applying for Medicaid, Section 8 housing, and SNAP food benefits, the Nussbaums grossly underreporting their true income by failing to include the income from these business accounts. Despite annual income of up to as high as approximately $1.8 million in 2013, the Nussbaums continued to receive taxpayer-funded health, housing and food benefits through August of 2014, ultimately defrauding the government of approximately $178,000.
The conspiracy counts each carry a maximum potential penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense.
In related arrests also carried out this morning, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office is charging four additional people at the state level for allegedly defrauding public assistance programs. MordechaiBreskin, 37, and Jocheved Breskin, 35, of Lakewood, are charged with 2nd degree theft by deception for wrongfully collecting approximately $585,662 in Medicaid, SNAP, HUD and SSI benefits between January 2009 through December 2014. Zalmen Sorotzkin, 39, and Tzipporah Sorotzkin, 35, of Lakewood, are charged with 2nd degree theft by deception for wrongfully collecting approximately $338,642 in Medicaid, SNAP, HUD and SSI benefits between January 2009 and April 2014.
Acting U.S. Attorney Fitzpatrick credited special agents with the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher in Newark; the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato; the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller, under the direction of State Comptroller Philip James Degnan; the New Jersey Department of the Treasury – Office of Criminal Investigation; under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Charles Giblin; the Social Security Administration - Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge John Grasso; the Lakewood Police Department; and criminal investigators of the U.S. Attorney’s Office with the investigation leading to today’s arrests."

I just dont get it. We can stand in shul, shuckle for shemoneh esrei for half an hour and then steal from the govt when we walk out the door.  A double standard indeed and now this chilul Hashem.

Hopefully, the Judge will have mercy on them. If not, I pray the men ended up in FCI Otisville where they can  have kosher meals on Shabbos and sing a few Jewish songs and listen to words of comfort. 
Trust me, I went through the same hell.
To see what they can expect in federal prison called hell, here is what they can expect....
https://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG



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Sunday, June 25, 2017

A yid going to prison over bribery scandal


Herman Epstein

According to the NY Daily news, a slumlord is going to prison for bribing govt officials. See story here...http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/crooked-nyc-landlord-prison-bribing-city-article-1.3148158

Prison is a horrible place and I dont know if there are any state prisons like the federal prison in otisville.

To see my prison story go here...
https://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG

PRISON: what to expect in Federal Bureau of Prisons (Prison series Book 1) by [David, Earl ]
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Woman jumps out window out of east side apt

According to NY Daily News, a woman jumped to her death at 10 Gracie Square.

Why would someone take their life? Based on gematria, we have a clue, as the difference between wealth (570-osher) and poor (ani-130) is maves or death which is 440.

To read more about the mysteries of life and beyond, go to Code of the Heart....

https://www.amazon.com/Code-Heart-Gematria-Bible-Decoder/dp/1520393466
https://www.amazon.com/Code-Heart-Gematria-Bible-Decoder-ebook/dp/B012LM98XO

Code of the Heart: Gematria as a Bible Decoder (Bible Code Series Book 3) by [David, Earl, Langner, David]
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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Staten Island Doctor busted in pill mill operation


Dr. David Taylor taken into custody 

"Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA”), James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging of DAVID TAYLOR, a state-licensed doctor, with writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone over a five-year period. In addition to TAYLOR, VITO GALLICCHIO, and DANIEL GARCIA were arrested on charges that, from January 2012 through at least June 2017, they conspired with TAYLOR to distribute oxycodone. All three defendants are expected to be presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge James L. Cott later today. The case has been assigned to United States District Court Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr.
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said: “As the opioid epidemic wreaks havoc on too many of our communities, for years, Dr. David Taylor and his co-conspirators allegedly wrote prescriptions for and distributed medically unnecessary oxycodone. Doctors should be advancing the health of our citizens, not allegedly fueling the biggest health crisis facing the country, the opioid abuse epidemic. We are committed to holding accountable everyone involving in the illegal distribution of opioids, including allegedly corrupt doctors.”
DEA Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt said: “It is alleged that millions of dollars’ worth of pain medication was diverted onto the streets of Staten Island, enabling addiction and overdoses on the borough. These arrests will impact Staten Island’s opioid market by shutting down an illicit pill distribution operation located at the heart of the borough, along Hylan Boulevard.”
NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill said: “As alleged, the defendants distributed Oxycodone for at least five years, at the expense of those addicted to these pain killers. The NYPD will aggressively pursue those who distribute illegal prescription drugs.”
According to the allegations in the Indictment unsealed today in federal court:[1]
From January 2012 through at least June 2017, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, DAVID TAYLOR, VITO GALLICCHIO, and DANIEL GARCIA, and others conspired to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone.
* * *
TAYLOR, 74, GALLICCHIO, 48, and GARCIA, 57, are charged with one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. This offense carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The maximum potential sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.
Mr. Kim praised the outstanding investigative work of the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad (Group TDS-NY), which comprises agents and officers from the DEA, the NYPD, the New York State Police, New York State Department of Financial Services, and New York City Department of Investigation. He also acknowledged the assistance of HHS-OIG and the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
The case is being prosecuted by the Office’s Narcotics Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kiersten A. Fletcher and Dina Y. McLeod are in charge of the prosecution.
The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty."

The doctor is 74 years old. He will have a difficult time behind bars. If he gets to sit in jail, hopefully it will be in a camp like Otisville.

To read my story, go here...

 
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

fix the NYC subways



A story appeared in the NY Post with above front cover...

I said it all along and documented my goose chase over here....
https://www.amazon.com/Day-At-Subway-Incompetence-SUBWAY-ebook/dp/B012E6O3GE/

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

federal prison caught with weapon.....

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell pleaded guilty today to possessing a weapon in prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Christopher Williams, 32, entered his guilty plea to possession of a weapon by an inmate of the institution.
Williams admitted that on August 25, 2016, he possessed a handcrafted weapon commonly known as a “shank.” The weapon was a piece of metal about six inches long, sharpened on one end, with a handle made of duct tape. The weapon was discovered during a search of Williams when a prison staff member observed it fall from his clothing.
Williams faces up to five years in federal prison when he is sentenced on September 26, 2017."

I witnessed similar cases. To read my prison story, go here...


PRISON: what to expect in Federal Bureau of Prisons (Prison series Book 1) by [David, Earl ]
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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Indian slum landlord threatening tenants in queens

mansion made of the money of immigrant rents......
building where people need to prove their immigration status
slum landlord Jadeep Reddy


What chutzpah, an Indian native , threatening tenants in a queens apartment building about proof of their status while he lives like a king off their rents. See NY Daily News

I wonder how mr. reddy got his green card papers???  I hope I was not his immigration lawyer....that would be an embarrassment.....
letter questioning people's status, wonder if Trump uses same letter to his tenants.


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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Latvian Cybercriminal brought to Justice

"WASHINGTON – A Latvian man made his initial appearance today in Minneapolis following extradition from Poland for his involvement in a “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website and caused millions of dollars in losses to Internet users. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division; Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Brooker of the District of Minnesota; and Special Agent in Charge Richard T. Thornton of the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office made the announcement.

PETERIS SAHUROVS, 28, a/k/a “Piotrek,” a/k/a “Sagade,” was indicted in 2011 in the District of Minnesota on charges of wire fraud, computer fraud and conspiracy. SAHUROVS was arrested on the indictment in Latvia in June of 2011. He was released by a Latvian court and later fled. In November of 2016, SAHUROVS was located in Poland and apprehended by Polish law enforcement, after which the U.S. began extradition proceedings. SAHUROVS was at one time the FBI’s fifth most wanted cybercriminal and a reward of up to $50,000 had been offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

Scareware is a type of malicious software, or malware, that poses as legitimate computer security software and purports to detect a variety of threats on the affected computer that do not actually exist. Computer users are informed they must purchase what they are told is anti-virus software in order to repair their computers. The users are then barraged with aggressive and disruptive notifications – and sometimes prevented from using their computer – until they supply their credit card number and pay for a fraudulent “anti-virus” product.

According to the indictment, SAHUROVS and members of the conspiracy relied on fraudulent online advertising to spread their malware. The defendants created a phony advertising agency and claimed that they represented an American hotel chain that wanted to purchase online advertising space on the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s news website, startribune.com. After their advertisement began running on the website, the defendants changed the computer code in the ad so that the computers of visitors to the startribune.com were infected with malware.

The indictment alleges that the malware caused users’ computers to “freeze up” and then generate a series of pop-up warnings in an attempt to trick users into purchasing purported “antivirus” software to fix the problems created by the malware. The “antivirus” software, if purchased, “unfroze” victim computers and stopped the pop-ups and security notifications, but the malware remained hidden on their computers. Users who failed to purchase the “antivirus” software found that all information, data and files stored on the computer became inaccessible. The scheme generated more than $2 million in proceeds.

This case is being investigated by the FBI-Minneapolis Field Office."

I think I was affected by this or a similar scam last  year. To see what he faces in federal prison, go here...



Prison Diaries: Life at MDC Brooklyn (1) by [David, Earl]

  

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Sunday, June 11, 2017

man defrauds immigrants in prison, not the brightest light bulb....

"LAFAYETTE, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a former Lafayette stockbroker and financial consultant was sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating a scheme to take money from the families of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees on the false promise that he would provide the ICE detainees assistance in their immigration proceedings.

Donald Domingue, 59, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald Walter on one count of wire fraud. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $10,965 restitution and a $10,000 fine. According to the March 27, 2017 guilty plea, Domingue, who was a financial consultant and stockbroker in Lafayette, owned and operated a company headquartered in Lafayette that claimed to assist individuals being held in ICE detention centers. Through this company, American Immigration Consulting LLC, Domingue operated a scheme to defraud ICE detainees. He would make mass mailings to ICE detention centers around the country advertising his services in representing illegal aliens and assisting them with their immigration problems. Those detainees would then contact family members who would pay Domingue in exchange for promises that Domingue would represent the ICE detainees at deportation hearings, assist them in obtaining work permits, assist them in “bonding out” of detention facilities, and otherwise provide services in immigration-related matters. However, after receiving payments, Domingue would cease communication with the ICE detainees and their family members and fail to render the promised immigration services. The ICE detainees would then generally be deported. The scheme to defraud stared in April of 2014 and ended October 2014."

What was Mr. Domingue thinking, that he can steal from someone who is down already? Not the brightest light bulb. In any event, he is lucky the feds only gave him 18 months time, which is like microwave time.

To see what he can expect in federal prison, go here...https://www.amazon.com/Prison-Diaries-Life-MDC-Brooklyn-ebook/dp/B06XL18YS5


 

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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Dayton Attorney gets 14 months prison term

"DAYTON – Steven Scudder, 62, of Centerville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a fraudulent investment scheme. Scudder pleaded guilty to wire fraud on January 19, and admitted that he used his position as an attorney to facilitate the fraudulent investment scheme operated by someone else.

Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Ryan L. Korner, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, Angela L. Byers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Joseph Rivers, Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration, James Vanderberg, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General and Christopher White, Assistant Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced the sentence handed down today by U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose.

Court documents state that between July 2013 and July 2014, Scudder served as trustee of the WMA Trust, a land trust that purported to secure investments that individuals had made with William Apostelos. Scudder ultimately resigned from this position during mid-summer 2014. Scudder said Apostelos instructed him to continue to falsely hold himself out as the trustee of the WMA Trust until September 2014. Based on Scudder’s false representations, an investment group of approximately 10 people in another state invested more than $1 million with Apostelos. Apostelos used the funds to pay earlier investors rather than investing the money as promised.

Apostelos pleaded guilty in February for conducting a $70 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 500 victims. He is scheduled for sentencing at 9:30am on June 30."

For him to get such a light sentence, he probably cooperated. To read more about prison life, go here..



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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Comey testimony about President Trump

former FBI Director Comey at US senate hearing 

Sounds damning to me.  You see, money gets into peoples heads. We are all corruptible, even a President.

I went through same in my life on a different level and ended up in federal prison.

To see what happens when you commit a federal crime, go here..

https://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons/dp/1520483988

https://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG/

PRISON: what to expect in Federal Bureau of Prisons (Prison series Book 1) by [David, Earl ]

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Jewish real estate developer pleads guilty

Shalom Lamm


"Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that SHALOM LAMM pled guilty to conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process, in connection with an election in Bloomingburg, New York. LAMM pled guilty earlier today before United States District Judge Vincent Briccetti in White Plains federal court.

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said: “As he has now admitted, Shalom Lamm conspired to advance his real estate development project by corrupting the democratic process, specifically by falsely registering voters. The integrity of our electoral process must be inviolate at every level; our democracy depends on it.”

According to the allegations contained in the Indictment, as well as statements made in related court filings and proceedings:

Starting in 2006, SHALOM LAMM, a real estate developer, sought to build and sell real estate in Bloomingburg, New York. From these real estate development projects, LAMM and others hoped for and anticipated making hundreds of millions of dollars. But by late 2013, the first of their real estate developments had met local opposition, and still remained under construction and uninhabitable. When met with resistance, rather than seek to advance their real estate development project through legitimate means, LAMM and others instead decided to corrupt the democratic electoral process in Bloomingburg by falsely registering voters and paying bribes for voters who would help elect public officials favorable to their project.

Specifically, in advance of an election in March 2014 for Mayor of Bloomingburg and other local officials, LAMM and others, and people working on their behalf, developed and worked on a plan to falsely register numerous people who were not entitled to register and vote in Bloomingburg because they actually lived elsewhere. Those people included some who never intended to live in Bloomingburg, some who had never kept a home in Bloomingburg, and indeed, some who had never set foot in Bloomingburg in their lives. LAMM and others took steps to cover up their scheme to register voters who did not actually live in Bloomingburg by, among other things, creating and back-dating false leases and placing items like toothbrushes and toothpaste in unoccupied apartments to make it seem as if the falsely registered voters lived there.

LAMM and others also bribed potential voters by offering payments, subsidies, and other items of value to get non-residents of Bloomingburg to register unlawfully and vote there.

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LAMM, 57, of Bloomingburg, New York, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The maximum potential sentence in this case is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

LAMM's sentencing is scheduled for September 28, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.

Co-defendant Kenneth Nakdimen pled guilty on May 25, 2017, to one count of conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process. His sentencing is scheduled for September 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.
 Mr. Kim praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI-Hudson Valley White Collar Crime Task Force, the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office, the Sullivan County Sherriff’s Office, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Postal Inspection Service. Mr. Kim also thanked the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, Election Crimes Branch, for its assistance in the case.

This case is being handled by the Office’s White Plains Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Kathryn Martin, Benjamin Allee, and Perry Carbone are in charge of the prosecution."

The defendants thought they would make hundreds of millions of dollars in the building project but instead are facing prison time. This is life, sometimes unpredictable. I went through same federal prison hell.

Here is what they can expect if they end up in federal prison and if they do, I hope they end up in Otisville Camp.....


    
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