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$185M Scheme: Manhasset Man Among Trio Charged By Feds
Three New York men have been charged in connection with a $185 million fraud scheme involving over a thousand investors, federal authorities announced.
The three are Long Island resident Mario Gogliormella, age 47, of Manhasset; and New York City residents Steven Lacaj, age 27, of Manhattan, and Karim Ibrahim, age 34, of Queens, also known as “Chris Hayes."
“By allegedly raising approximately $185 million from over 1,400 investors, Mario Gogliormella, Steven Lacaj, and Karim Ibrahim left a trail of shattered trust and financial ruin," US Attorney for the Southern Distric…
'Smile, Laugh Were Contagious': Garden City Businesswoman, Mom Dies At 43
A businesswoman and mother who was a lifelong New York resident has died at the age of 43.
Kimberly A. Hallenbeck was born in Westchester, lived in Orange County, and worked on Long Island.
Her death, on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, came after a two-year battle with cancer, according to her obituary.
A resident of the town of Newburgh, she was the daughter of the late Francis J. Hallenbeck III and Elizabeth (Burns) Laurie, who was born on July 1, 1980 in Bronxville.
She worked as a loan mortgage originator for Contour Mortgage in Garden City.
She had "a smil…
