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$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Hudson Valley Admits Role In Scheme $3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Hudson Valley Admits Role In Scheme
$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Hudson Valley Admits Role In Scheme An attorney from Westchester has admitted to laundering money in order to make payments to maintain six US properties owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, federal officials said.  Pelham resident and attorney Robert Wise pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 25 to participating in a scheme to make around $3.8 million in payments to maintain six properties in the US that were owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York.  According to federal officials, Vekselberg was designated …
Area Woman One Of Two Killed After Car Plunges Off Ferry Area Woman One Of Two Killed After Car Plunges Off Ferry
Area Woman One Of Two Killed After Car Plunges Off Ferry A Westchester woman has been identified as one of two women killed when a vehicle they were in plunged off a ferry in Miami, Florida. Viviane Brahms, 75, of Harrison, was a passenger in a 2019 Mercedes Benz driven by Emma Afra, 63, that was using the Fisher Island Ferry around 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, when it fell off the ferry near the Government Cut waterways, said Miami-Dade Police Det. Alvaro Zabaleta. According to investigators, after the vehicle fell off the ferry, a multi-agency search was conducted with divers working through the night to locate the vehicle, Zabaleta said. Th…