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Former Sales Chief Of NY Mortgage Lender Sentenced For $8.9M Fraud Scheme
The former co-owner and executive at a New York mortgage lender has been sentenced for an $8.9 million fraud scheme, federal authorities announced.
Long Island resident Edward E. Bohm, age 44, of Smithtown, formerly the president of Sales and part-owner of mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC, based in Garden City, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the federal courthouse in Central Islip to two years in prison.
Bohm was also ordered to pay $3,488,615.42 in restitution and $1,500,000 in criminal forfeiture.
In February 2019, Bohm pleaded guilty to conspiring to …
Decomposed Body Found In Connecticut Home ID'd As Ponzi Swindler, Jeffrey Epstein Mentor
A body found in a Connecticut home during a welfare check has positively been identified as Steven Hoffenberg, a longtime mentor of Jeffrey Epstein.
Hoffenberg, the one-time owner of the New York Post and businessman who spent 18 years in prison for a $460 million Ponzi scheme, was found in the New Haven County home around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the city of Derby.
According to the Derby Police, the medical examiner's office confirmed on Friday, Aug. 26, that the badly decomposed body was that of Hoffenberg.
An initial autopsy did not find signs of trauma on the body, the…
NY Woman Admits To Defrauding Elderly Of More Than $1.5M
A New York woman has admitted to leading a fraud scheme that bilked more than $1.5 million from elderly victims.
Long Island resident Mara Ficarra, of Southampton, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, June 6, to conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District.
Federal prosecutors said Ficarra owned and led several companies, including three that published reference publications featuring biographical information of people across the country.
Between 2013 and 2018, Ficarra mailed letters and pamphlets to victims, most of them…
Six Hudson Valley Residents Accused Of Scamming $250,000 From Businesses
Six Hudson Valley residents have been indicted by a grand jury in a wide-ranging fraud scheme that costs area businesses more than $250,000.
The fraud scheme targeted businesses in Orange County including in Newburgh and Middletown and ran from March 2021 through April, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office
Those arrested included:
Turgaud Dubuisson, age 29 of Newburgh
Anthony Dubuisson, age 25, of Newburgh
Robert Geter, age 46, of Newburgh
Marlon Tabora, age 25, of Newburgh
Daniel DeLeon, age 32, of Newburgh
Tonya Best, age 46, of Middletown.
According to the indictment…
