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Former Owner Of Upscale Westchester Restaurant Sentenced For Fraud Former Owner Of Upscale Westchester Restaurant Sentenced For Fraud
Former Owner Of Upscale Westchester Restaurant Sentenced For Fraud The former owner and operator of an upscale Northern Westchester restaurant has been sentenced for committing wire fraud in connection with her multi-year scheme to defraud the restaurant’s lenders, mortgagee, bankruptcy creditors, and customers, authorities announced. Fairfield County resident Barbara Meyzen, also known as “Bobbie," 57, of Redding,  owned and operated the La Crémaillère Restaurant in the North Castle hamlet of Banksville starting in 1993 until earlier this year. She pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Thursday, March 5  in White Plains federal court…

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Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Admits To Fraud Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Admits To Fraud
Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Admits To Fraud A police official in Mount Vernon has admitted to creating and using another person’s credit and name to pay for plastic surgery. Fraida Hickson, 56, a deputy police commissioner who runs the city’s parking bureau, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of credit fraud on Wednesday, April 24. She was suspended from her position this week following the guilty plea. According to the federal complaint, the investigation into Hickson was launched in 2017 after she had two plastic surgeries using her victim’s name, CreditCare account and Social Security number. The case was brought to the…

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by Zak Failla