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Computer Scam Steals $20K From Great Neck Woman: Police
A duo schemed a Long Island woman out of $20,000 in a computer virus scam, officials reported.
On Tuesday, July 11, a Great Neck woman received a notification on her computer saying it had been compromised.
The woman, who is 70 years old, called the number provided in the notification, which informed her that she would receive a call from her bank’s fraud department.
Police said an unknown man then called her and told her she needed to withdraw $20,000.
After she withdrew the money, an unknown woman came to the victim’s house, claiming to be from the bank’s fraud department, and took …
NY Doctor Sentenced for Filing False Tax Returns, Ordered To Pay $245,212
A New York doctor will avoid prison after admitting that he filed false tax returns.
Albany County resident Ehab Kodsi, age 56, of Watervliet, was sentenced to pay $245,212 in restitution and pay an additional $25,000 fine Thursday, Nov. 3, in federal court in Albany.
The sentence followed Kodsi’s guilty plea to filing a false tax return and admission that he deliberately underreported revenue from both his pain management company in Queensbury, in Warren County, and his real estate company between 2015 and 2018.
He was also accused of improperly deducting personal and business expenses.…
