Tag: fraud

Brooklyn jury convicts Queens man, real estate mogul in $2.4M mortgage fraud

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Nov. 25, 2024 By Adam Daly A local business owner was convicted Thursday of defrauding taxpayer-funded mortgage lenders out of millions of dollars in a years-long scheme involving fraudulent short sales of distressed properties. Queens resident Avraham Tarshish, 40, now faces up to 30 years in prison after a Brooklyn jury found him guilty…

MAYOR ADAMS INDICTED: Feds accuse NYC’s chief executive of accepting illegal foreign donations, defrauding millions in campaign funds

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Sep. 26, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller, Kirstyn Brendlen, Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki Mayor Eric Adams was criminally charged on multiple counts of bribery, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and wire fraud in a historic Thursday indictment, making him the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted and throwing his political future…

Prosecutors in Santos case hand his defense over 80K pages of material

Jun. 30, 2023 By Jake Offenhartz, AP

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday that they have turned over more than 80,000 pages of materials to U.S. Rep. George Santos ’ lawyers in the federal fraud and money laundering case against him.