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More Women Join 11 Others Accusing Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment; First Accuser Plans To Sue Him More Women Join 11 Others Accusing Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment; First Accuser Plans To Sue Him
More Women Join 11 Others Accusing Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment; First Accuser Plans To Sue Him The hot water Andrew Cuomo has found himself in for months is heating up as more women have come forward with sexual harassment allegations against New York's third-term governor. Two more women have now come forward to prosecutors to accuse the 63-year-old Cuomo of sexually harassed them, bringing the total number of accusers to 13. The new allegations come days after New York Attorney General’s independent investigators released a scathing 165-page report that determined the governor had acted inappropriately with at least 11 women, including a State Police trooper and multiple state staf…
Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme
Fairfield County Woman Among Two Charged With Running Marriage Fraud Scheme A 14-count indictment was unsealed on Friday detailing charges against two Connecticut residents, including one from Fairfield County, accused of operating an extensive immigration marriage fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said.  Jodian Stephenson, 34, of Bridgeport --also known as “Jodian Gordon,” and Donovan Lawrence, 62, of Milford, were charged, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, and Christopher W. Fonda, Supervisory Immigration Officer for …
Ex-Newtown Lawyer Admits To Stealing $1.3M From Clients, Friends, Family Ex-Newtown Lawyer Admits To Stealing $1.3M From Clients, Friends, Family
Ex-Newtown Lawyer Admits To Stealing $1.3M From Clients, Friends, Family A former lawyer from Newtown admits to stealing more than $1.3 million from his clients, according to the U.S. Justice Department.  Thomas M. Murtha, 62, of Birmingham, MI, and former.y of Newtown pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 30 to one count of wire fraud related to his theft of more than a million dollars from victims, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,  According to court documents and statements made in court, Murtha operated a law practice under the name Maher & Murtha LLC in Bridgeport. Murtha stole at least $1.3 million from m…